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Twitter Chat Solutions: Twubs
I was recently invited to see a “product demonstration” from Twubs.com for a Twitter chat solution that they had been working on and I must say, I enjoyed what I saw. I wrote about Twubs before, and...
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What’s the Future of Business: Generation C
Brian Solis and Friends at Yammer Recently, I had the privilege of hearing Brian Solis speak in person at Yammer in San Francisco. You’ve probably been hearing about Brian’s’ new book What’s the Future...
View ArticleSocial Media takes time to work!
I get a lot of requests for lessons in Social Media. I love teaching people how to do things the right way, and seeing that light bulb go off when I show the ins and outs. One thing that’s frustrating,...
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The Secret Power of Secret Facebook Groups
Facebook currently has three types of groups: Secret, Closed, and Open. First, a quick overview of each – followed by my case for why the secret ones are the most powerful. Open Facebook Groups Open...
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Pinterest: Five Newbie Mistakes You’re Making
Pinterest: Five Newbie Mistakes You’re Making Since Pinterest showed up on the social media scene, people have been flocking to it like ducks to water, or maybe like addicts to a new video game. People...
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LinkedIn: Profile Still Under Construction?
Is Your LinkedIn Profile Under Construction? With over 200 million users and a 10-year history, LinkedIn is like the sleeping giant of the social media world. People tend to forget about it and not...
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Pinterest: Five Ways to Prettier Boards
Five Ways to Prettier Boards If you’ve been on Pinterest for a little while, you might be interested in finding some ways to go beyond being a newbie. You’re pinning like crazy, but still only have a...
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How to Have a Social Media Fail at your Event
I recently attended a local charity event that boasted an attendance of 750 people. I was there one hour before finding the hashtag for the event, and upon live tweeting, found I was only one of THREE...
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Social Media: Overposter or Underposter?
How Often Should You Post on Social Media? If your business is just getting started on social media, you may wonder about how often to post. Once a day? Once an hour? Several times a month? Every other...
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Pinterest: 5 Annoying Things
What Would Help Improve Pinterest? Many of you love Pinterest as much as I do. You spend hours and hours there, so you may have discovered some things that really bother you about Pinterest. If you’re...
View ArticleSocial Media is Not a Quick Fix
I love reading. And learning. I love getting lost in a good story and I love learning about subjects that interest or entertain me. Reading, as well as learning, takes time. Depending on the story or...
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Follow Friday: 8 Best Practices
Friday Follow: Best Practices What is Friday Follow? Every Friday, people on Twitter recommend their friends to their other friends, using the #Friday Follow or #FF hashtag. If you have someone you...
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Social Media: First Steps for Startups
Maintain focus to maximize your time You are the CEO of a startup, about to launch. The website is looking great. You have an app and a product that looks like it will be an enormous success. Suddenly,...
View ArticleHow to Create a Hashtag
In my post “Don’t steal hashtags” I cover the proper way to avoid stealing someone’s hashtag. In this post, I’m going to expand on that, and explain why you really should do your homework before using...
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Social Media Meetups We’d Like to See
Social Media Meetups We’d Like to See Have you signed up to get email from Meetup.com? If so, then you get a few emails from them every day, showing you some meetups that you’d supposedly be interested...
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Extend a Tweet’s Life
One of the takeaways from “Can you fall in love with a brand?” is how to extend the life of a tweet. Tweets, essentially, are public text messages with a link. If it has a link, it can be embeded into...
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Can you fall in love with a brand? Why I always Tweet About my @ZipzShoes
ZipzShoes’ Americanas at The Golden Gate Bridge – Taken by @Carol_Stephen 6/28/13 Falling in love with a brand – we hear about this a lot these days. Branding is the new black. Guy Kawasaki is known...
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Twitter as a Listening Tool
One day, while chatting on Twitter, I got this tweet from @Tsledzik, above, and got to thinking about how to use Twitter as a listening tool. Yes, everyeone says Twitter can be used that way, but how...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Blog About Holidays
After this year’s fourth of July, I was doing my daily job of looking for great content to share on my various social media accounts and I kept seeing tons of articles titled “Happy Fourth of July” or...
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Pinterest: 6 Reasons I’m Not Following You
Why I’m Not Following You on Pinterest You’re following a million people a day on Pinterest in the hopes that a few of them will follow you back. However, some of your practices make me instantly not...
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