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Implement a ‘Social Media Marketing’ plan with these 4 easy steps
Examiner — Because the concept of “social media” is still fairly new in the business realm, many companies have yet to implement guidelines or a structured plan of action of how to use social media tools for their advantage. What is happening instead, are companies rushing into creating Facebook pages and Twitter accounts without
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12 Ways to Use LinkedIn Today
The Huffington Post — In the wake of numerous individuals and organizations realizing they either don’t have a LinkedIn profile or need to update their existing one, here are 12 ways to use LinkedIn today. 1. If you have a LinkedIn profile, please keep it updated. If you want to know why,
STUDY: Two-Thirds of Marketers Now Use Social Media
Mashable — Earlier this year, we reported that 63 percent of companies planned to increase their spending on social media in 2009. Thus, it’s not too surprising that a recent study from the Association of National Advertisers reveal that 66 percent of marketers have now used social media in some
Video: From Inside FriendFeed – The Secret Behind the Real Time Web!
ReadWriteWeb — There’s no end of talk about the benefits of the real time web these days, but what’s going on behind the scenes? What do the nuts and bolts look like? Is it standards based code on scalable servers? Is it hyper-active little elves? FriendFeed product manager Dan Hsiao
Communing With God Via Social Media, Tweets: Sacrilegious or Wise?
The Washington Post — Below is an excerpt from “On Faith,” an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect of religion. This week’s question: Thanks to new digital
Testing ‘n Tracking: How to Measure Social Media ROI for Your Business!
Mashable — Social media measurement is one of those topics about which everyone has an opinion, but nobody agrees on the solution. The question about how to measure the return on investment (ROI) for social media participation comes up in every workshop I deliver, as definitive, statistic-based
Can Social Media Enhance Your Search Rankings?
Promotion World – The popularity of social media and social networking websites is soaring on the world wide web. As business enterprises wake up to the immense potential of social media, they are increasingly adopting its mechanisms to promote their web presence. In fact, individuals and companies,
Social usage takes the lead with ‘Social Media’ over business utilization
Examiner — Although Social Networking Sites have created frenzies in today’s media and society, the majority of people are still not involved in the social media movement, and some gurus might think these individuals are going to be left in the dust. Data aggregated and analyzed through statistical
Social Media — Is it a Fad?
The Huffington Post — Erik Qualman has been doing his homework on the social media phenomenon that has been spreading faster than (insert your own tasteless swine flu metaphor here). His new book called Socialnomics comes out later this month. I think you’ll be hearing a lot about it in the
Social Media: You have to be there
Portland Business Journal — Think how successful business people got connections and built relationships in the 1940’s, 1950’s, the 1960’s, the 1970’s, etc. I’m talking WAY before we had Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc. etc. I’m talking way before computers.
