Social Media

7 LinkedIn Rules You Still May Not Know Plus More

May 15, 2013

Did you see LinkedIn’s banner about a new User Agreement? If you read the agreement, you know you agreed that LinkedIn could use the banner. That and a few other details. In 2011, 7 LinkedIn Rules You May Not Know reviewed the agreement that was in place at the time. The post focused on rules [...]

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Is Too Much Automation Clobbering Your Stock?

April 29, 2013

If you doubt the power of social media, the recent phony tweet that sent stocks plunging could change your mind. Hackers pilfered the Associated Press’ (AP) Twitter handle long enough to send a fake tweet about explosions at the White House. Investors dumped stock to the tune of $134 billion But, most were not your [...]

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Paid Slideshare Version of To Pay or Not To Pay

April 24, 2013

Put your money where your mouth is. Isn’t that what the infamous they always tell you? The Social Media Question: To Pay or Not To Pay offered some money tips. When should you pay for social media tools? When should you stick with the FREE version? Slideshare is one of those tools I decided to upgrade [...]

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The Social Media Question: To Pay or Not to Pay

April 22, 2013

The internet has changed the way we think of business. Nearly every platform has a free version, including the biggies. Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Twitter I can’t speak for the top social platforms from China. We expect free content, and when we don’t find it, we look elsewhere. With all this free stuff, it begs the [...]

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Has Technology Made Us Stupid or Just Lazy?

April 10, 2013

Maybe the answer to that question is – both. We use calculators to add Spell-check replaced dictionaries Google closed the libraries of our minds The discussion is not new. In 2008, technology writer, Nicholas Carr, questioned if Google was making us stupid. Sherry Turkle, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published an article [...]

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5 Simple Mind-Mapping Tricks for Business Blog Posts

April 8, 2013

No doubt about it. Some of the most popular posts are about ideas for posts. There are several posts throughout this site with blog post ideas. I decided to simplify one post even more through images. Okay, so the truth is it allows time for my Slideshare playtime. 10 Business Blog Ideas Sitting in Front of [...]

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Give-Away Content Marketing Has Traditionalists Twitching

February 27, 2013

Give-away marketing is better known as content marketing. Basically, you share content that delivers valuable information with potential buyers – for free. The above link to Jennifer Mattern’s Writing for Bloggers lists some of the different formats for content marketing. Articles or written content Video content Audio content Or all of the above. But, here’s the [...]

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Spammy Guest Post Requests Have Mellow Blog Owners Screaming

February 20, 2013

There is a rampant plague making cynics of even the mellowest of blog owners. Spammy guest post requests. We’ve tried guest post policies Followed by humorous posts And full-on rants Yet, still our in-boxes explode, leaving blog owners screaming in despair. It’s enough to make Pollyanna cry. Policy Change In a move that is probably spitting [...]

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Pew Social Media Report Produces Some Head-Scratching

February 18, 2013

Social media reports come in all shapes and sizes. Demographic use Marketing trends Influence on politics If you’re like me, you find them mildly interesting, but seldom eye-opening. Pew Research Center markets itself as a non-partisan, nonprofit “fact tank.” They have published several reports on social media. A recent report, The Demographics of Social Media Users – [...]

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3 SlideShare Features You May Mistakenly Dismiss

February 13, 2013

Nothing like a newbie to bore you with stuff you may already know. Although I created an account on SlideShare about 10 months ago, I recently upgraded to a premium account. I finally put my money where my mouth is. Are you like me? You go all gangbusters, then you decide perhaps you should find [...]

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