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10 Things I Thought About in 2016 that Will Still Matter in 2017

Direct Marketing Observations

I just plucked the relevant stuff as it was written on the pages. Today I was thinking about a website that I go to, from time to time called Quotes on Design. What’s cool is that you can constantly refresh the page for a new quote on design. That thinking posed a question internally… ‘How about a site on things I said? I quickly shut that thought down. But… Instead, here are things I’ve written in my Moleskine over the past 12 months.

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Just Write

Waxing UnLyrical

Yesterday Mark Schaefer published a terrific post on how to pluck up the courage to blog with confidence. As I commented on the post, I recalled how I felt every one of the emotions he described (I’m too scared!, how much time will it take?, who will read it?, and then some, before I got my started on my blogging journey. And I also recalled how I might never have actually started that journey had it not been for Kami Huyse asking me to guest blog for her back in 2008.

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How to Create the Best Google My Business Posts

Hootsuite

You don’t need to grab attention or pluck heartstrings. If you’re a brick-and-mortar business you’re probably already familiar with the ups and downs of turning digital marketing into real foot traffic.

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8 Popular Instagram Trends of 2020 (So Far!)

Later

Pluck, laser, wax, shave, grow? We’re halfway through the year, which means it’s a great time to look back and what’s worked, what hasn’t worked, and which Instagram trends are driving the best results!

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The Point Of Creativity In Business

Twist Image

Anyone can do oil painting in their garage, or pluck away at their guitar in their basement for the pure love of the activity. The point of creativity in business is to tell and/or sell. For some reason, the statement above is seen (by many) as some kind of defamation of creativity. A bastardization of the what art is. The proverbial selling of the soul. That''s stupid. And, it''s wrong. Let''s set the table first: creativity for the sake of being creative is fine. It''s a right.

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Are Younger Lawyers Naturally Better At Social Media?

Myrland Marketing

Are digital natives, those who were born in an era when electronic devices were prevalent and in their hands from the moment they were old enough to hold them, better equipped in this current era of social and digital media?

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How do you know if your launch goals are realistic?

Absolute PA

You’re kinda left to pluck a figure out of thin air and hope that you can reach it. When you promote a new service or launch a new product online, how can you tell that your launch goals – the amount of people you want to buy your ‘product’ and how much money you want to make from it – are realistic ones? Out of thin air. Especially the first time, it’s almost impossible to know what you can achieve from your launch.

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YouTube - Informal Learning in 10 minutes

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Did you at all intend to sacrifice a bit of your production value to the the closeup-induced fuzziness, perhaps in order to pluck a range of subconscious chords? Close. Sign Up. QuickList ( 0 ). Sign In. Site: Home. Videos. Channels. Community. Upload. Videos. Channels. advanced. Loading. Informal Learning in 10 minutes. Rate: 23 ratings Sign in to rate. Views: 14,848. Share. Favorite. Playlists. MySpace. Facebook. more share options ). fewer share options ).

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How we read online. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine

Buzz Marketing for Technology

You, my dear user, pluck the low-hanging fruit. Home the browser Campaign 2008 News & Politics Arts & Life Business & Tech Health & Science Style & Shopping Travel & Food Sports Slate on NPR Video PRINT DISCUSS E-MAIL RECOMMEND Facebook MySpace Mixx Digg Reddit del.icio.us Furl Ma.gnolia Sphere StumbleUpon CLOSE NEWSLETTERS PODCASTS RSS More the browser columns Lazy Eyes How we read online.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #311

Twist Image

Pull Wikipedia 's live editing data, convert various editing actions into musical notes (bells are additions, plucked strings are subtractions; the size of the changes defines the pitch). Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

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Local Blogging gets push with blogburst

Koka Sexton

BlogBurst, a syndication service that places blogs on top-tier online destinations, is a product of Pluck Corporation, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Local Blogging gets push with BlogBurst All bloggers for the most part want to get more traffic. It’s great to have repeat readers and that following can carry you a long way, but getting new readers is where a blog can really grow.

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Tips For Dealing With Information Overload

Buzz Marketing for Technology

My strategy is to make sure I see at least the title of everything, and then pluck the important stuff out of the stream, either replying to it immediately or marking it in some way so I can ’get back to it’ In reality “get back to it&# usually means “recognize that it was important when it comes around again a second time&#.

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The Dark Art of Product Pricing

ProBlogger

Pricing can be so hard that sometimes you just need go with your gut, pluck a number, throw it out there and see what happens. This post was written by the Web Marketing Ninja — a professional online marketer for a major web brand, who’s sharing his tips undercover here at ProBlogger. Curious? So are we! One of the most common questions I get asked is how much I’d charge for a given product.

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How to Create a Membership Program that Rocks

ProBlogger

Mistake #5: You pluck a name out of thin air. This is a guest post by Mary Jaksch of A-List Blogging Bootcamps. Many bloggers dream of adding a membership program to their blog. And with good reason. A membership program can create raving fans, will make your blog stand out, and can even create a great revenue stream. But most membership programs fizzle out because the creator made one or more of five critical mistakes in creating and running it.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

¬ crazysquid #3191 February 12th, 2009 at 5:42 am Please forgive the spelling, and errors of the above submission, I type like a plucking chicken. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS The 22 most unknown FREE things anyone can have.

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Social Bookmarking For Enterprise Knowledge Management | Intelligent Agent

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Shadows (owned by Pluck) 3.075 (B). Books. Periodicals. Conferences. Blogs. Buyers Guides. E-Newsletters. News/Events. Info Services. Advertising. March 15, 2007. Social Bookmarking For Enterprise Knowledge Management. Filed under: blinklist , bluedot , cogenz , connectbeam , delicious , diigo , furl , knowledge_management , magnolia , shadows , simpy , social_bookmarking — Robert Berkman @ 3:05 pm. This is an unconventional post: 1. It is longâ??and

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The 22 most unknown FREE things anyone can have.

Koka Sexton

¬ crazysquid #3191 February 12th, 2009 at 5:42 am Please forgive the spelling, and errors of the above submission, I type like a plucking chicken. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS The 22 most unknown FREE things anyone can have.

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Behind Every Great Blogger is an Even Greater Voice

ProBlogger

It’s like a scrabble contest to see who can pluck the most pretentious sounding adverb out of his backside. Much is said of the great content that is required to become a great blogger. None of it matters if you don’t have a great voice. Great bloggers don’t settle for great content. Great bloggers understand that how you deliver your message is just as important as the message itself.

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The Ultimate Guide to Infographic Marketing

Convince & Convert

So long as they fit the style of the infographic (and don’t look like they were plucked straight from Microsoft Excel), pie charts and bar graphs are acceptable choices for conveying data in an infographic. In the words of entrepreneur and acclaimed author Gary Vaynerchuk, “Marketers ruin everything.” . This couldn’t be more true for infographics, which became a highly popular and effective content marketing tool three or four years ago.

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The Top Facebook Updates You Need to Know: July 2020

Hootsuite

If you’re one of the lucky few plucked from obscurity to be an FB guinea pig, you’ll be able to send group emails and track performance, all within the Facebook platform. “The only constant is change,” Greek philosopher Heraclitus has famously said.

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The Top Facebook Updates You Need to Know: August 2020

Hootsuite

If you’re one of the lucky few plucked from obscurity to be an FB guinea pig, you’ll be able to send group emails and track performance, all within the Facebook platform. “The only constant is change,” Greek philosopher Heraclitus has famously said.

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