Week of February 11, 2012

• MOBILEGROOVE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

  An Offer They Can’t Refuse: Using Mobile To Drive Customer Acquisition The holiday numbers are in, the mobile user surveys are done, and the implications for brands, retailers and marketers are profound. Mobile has become an integral part of the shopping routine, with the vast majority of consumers admitting to using their mobile phones to search and purchase gifts. Shopping will never be the same. Under pressure. MORE >>

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• SOCIALFISH | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
  	Social Media, Journalism and “The News Will Find Me” The awesome Debra Askanase of Community Organizer 2.0 just posted a great slide deck of a presentation she gave recently on the impact of social media on journalism to the New England Press and Newspaper Association ‘s Winter Conference. Is this a likely future trend?” READ DEBRA’s FULL POST ABOUT THE PRESENTATION HERE. MORE >>

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• SOCIAL MEDIA CITIZENS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

  Interview with Community Manager: Robyn Tippins from ReadWriteWeb Robyn Tippins is a community manager at ReadWriteWeb with 15 years online marketing experience. Robyn has blogged for blog networks and corporations, podcasted for small and large businesses, advised social networking sites, and worked with Fortune 500 companies, including Yahoo!, Also she is an   Author of Community 101 book. R: It really depends. MORE >>

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• DELICIOUS SOCIALMEDIA | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

  5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics Top Stories Photo & Video Galleries Top Lists Trending Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video More Topics. People Recommended Mashable Staff More people. Jobs Join Mashable on Google+ Welcome to Mashable! World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Grammys YouTube Google+. Trending Stories. February 9, 2012 by Ann Smarty. “). MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012
  	Facebook Timeline Coming for Businesses Happy Valentine’s Day! have a secret. Nothing I write today is going to outdo Shonali Burke’s Valentine’s Day blog post. So please go over there, get it out of the way, and come back. It’s OK. I’ll wait. Now, wasn’t it worth it? I, for one, am pleased to finally see the movie star’s talents coming through. MORE >>

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• JANET FOUTS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
  	Don’t be a Pest with “This Social Media Stuff” I spoke recently to a group of PR and marketing professionals about how to use social media in their work. One One woman told me that she was trying to get the CXO’s to use social media as part of their brand awareness. She’d send them emails with links to blogs they could comment on, tweets for their information, etc. MORE >>

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• SOCIALFISH | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012
  	Why Can’t We Define Public Relations? [LONG POST ALERT!]. By way of illustration, let’s summarize that conversation for a minute. Gini Dietrich took issue with a post by Steve Cody on Inc. where she believes his definition of PR is too narrow. ”  In Gini’s view, “what [Cody] is describing is publicity – or media relations. But it’s doing us a huge disservice. MORE >>

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• THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
  	The Age of Social Wisdom Is anyone learning anything from all these online social interactions? Some say we are headed for an era of information overload. Others say this is the dawning of a new era of big data. There are indications that we are moving from information, knowledge to wisdom, the new social era appearing on the horizon. The Data Impact. MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
  	PRSA Response to PR Definition Criticism Today’s guest post is written by  David C. Rickey , chair of the PRSA PR Defined Task Force, in response to Redefining Public Relations by Gini Dietrich. With the release of the three final candidate definitions for public voting, and with the winning definition to be adopted by PRSA, more strong opinions now are being expressed. Public. MORE >>

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• JASON YORMARK | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

  My Blog Monetization Experiment That’s an ad over there on the right. Have I succumbed to the temptation of ads on my blog?!?! Well, at least for a bit the way I see it. Consider it a test of sorts, an experiment of which the results I intend to share transparently. Let’s be honest, monetizing blogs is no new secret. The key is making it relevant and subtle. BloggingMORE >>

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• Creating a Corporate Blog People Want to Read DANNY BROWN | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

• Touchpoint Attribution – 3 Perils One Must Overcome in This Valiant Quest. FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

• League Of Awesomeness, Volume 1 JASON YORMARK | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• Social Media Cheat Sheet for Small Businesses SOSHABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

• What the social graph is and why it matters to brands FRESHNETWORKS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• 4 cool services to promote yourself CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

• M-Pulse: Mobile Voice Analysis & Trends; Will Apple Siri Set The Bar? MOBILEGROOVE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• The Potential of Pinterest SOSHABLE | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

• Some Handy Social Networking Statistics and Trends DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

• 3 Social Media Apps Every Marketer Should Use KOKA SEXTON | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• How Ford Fiesta Created Brand Engagement with Classic Tactics MINDJUMPERS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

• 5 Tips to Build a Loyal Audience with Your Blog CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

• Your business needs to be on Google+ FREELANCE SOCIAL MEDIA | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

• 4 Critical Mistakes that Cost me 1000?s of Subscribers, Fans and Followers KIKOLANI | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• The Rise of the Content Hub and What it Means For Your Blog PUSHING SOCIAL | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

• Enter The 6Dgree Persona Dashboard – @6dgree for Brand Monitoring and Politics WEB METRICS GURU | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

• Valentine’s Day and Social Media: 5 Must-Reads FIREBELLY | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• The Trouble with PR Links SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

• Give Up Control of Your Brand JEFF KORHAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• The New Online Video Landscape (and How to Take Advantage of it) ENGAGE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

• Six Quick And Easy Branding Tips SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

• Is Smart Video Part Of Future Marketing Strategy? SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• When is the social curation bubble going to burst? — Tech News and Analysis DELICIOUS SOCIALMEDIA | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

• Four social applications worth keeping an eye on JEFF ESPOSITO | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012

• A Look at the Future of Publishing, from 2003 STEPHEN P SMITH | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

• The Inevitable Pinterest Post GEOFF LIVINGSTON | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

• Day 14: People of color impacting the social web – Faye Anderson – #29DaysofDiversity SOCIAL WAYNE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

• Put your email auto response to work DREW'S MARKETING MINUTE | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

• 7 Powerful Ways to End Your Next Blog Post PROBLOGGER | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

• Collaboration by Design JACOB MORGAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• Social Media Jobs Salary Guide NOWSOURCING | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• How to Systematically Build a Mountain of Links PROBLOGGER | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

• What is ‘The Way of the Web’ THE WAY OF THE WEB | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012

• Show 373 - Hiring for Attitude ENGAGING BRAND | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012

• Cash In by Paying for Guest Posts PROBLOGGER | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

• How to Set Up an Email Account that Uses Your Domain Name PROBLOGGER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Week of February 4, 2012

• JASON YORMARK | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

  Pinterest For Dudes Okay, okay, guilty as charged for jumping on the blogging about Pinterest bandwagon this week, but I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t chime in right? But at least I’m taking a unique angle by trying to be a little more helpful for the gents out there as it pertains to the most recent social darling, Pinterest. Technology. MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
  	The Difference Between PR and Advertising A couple of weeks ago, Steve Cody wrote “ You Don’t Know Jack About Public Relations ” in his Inc. column. know Steve. He and I both are cyclists and favor shipping our bikes to Counselors Academy every year so we can ride with a small group of friends. like him. But he’s wrong about the difference between advertising and PR. MORE >>

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• SIMON MAINWARING | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
  	Why the future of your brand will be crowdsourced Iceland's citizen assembly discussing the country's constitutional reform. Image credit: Everyaware. In a truly dramatic demonstration of the power of citizen activism, Iceland drew up its new constitution using crowdsourcing in late 2011. council then began working to draft a document, but not in secrecy behind closed doors. MORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

  7 Simple Ways to Tweak Your Blog Email Opt-in and Get More Reader Sign-ups It’s frustrating that one of the most important blog success elements is so often ignored. m talking about the email opt-in for getting blog updates or an offer.  I think deep down most people feel “icky” about asking for a person’s email address. They put it off until the last minute, then throw something up there as an afterthought. Show and Tell. MORE >>

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• DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

  Where Are the Jobs and What Can You Make In Social Media? As I’ve said many times, I love a good infograph, thus, let’s introduce the  Onward Search Social Media Jobs Salary Guide. Some interesting things to note here. One, there are a lot of good paying  jobs out there in the social media space. Two, I’m surprised that some of the positions and locations are not paying more. MORE >>

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• JOEY STRAWN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

  Onboarding: Gamification Theories in the Blink of an Eye Tweet In his book Blink (Amazon link), Malcolm Gladwell makes this claim: We live in a world that assumes that the quality of a decision is directly related to the time and effort that went into making it…We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible an depending as much time [.]. MORE >>

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• GET SOCIAL PR | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

  Trust in Social Media Surges as Skepticism Rises Did you know there’s a way to strengthen the trust people have for your institution with a highly focused, strategic online communication program? Unfortunately, trust is plunging across all industries, it seems. The 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer didn’t have much good news for institutions and their leaders. Edelman Trust BarometerMORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
  	How George Lucas Would Write a Blog Post You need an edge.  You can’t simply blog and hope for the best.  Competition is too intense and attention is too scarce. The most enduring competitive advantage is a deep understanding of what makes your reader’s tick.  Specifically, how they build rapport with experts and mentors in their lives.  Here’s an interesting strategy for doing just that. MORE >>

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• MOBILEGROOVE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

  EXCLUSIVE: Mobile Crowdsourcing Photo Service Supplies Media & Brands With Compelling Content Every week over at m-pulse we discus the companies and concepts rocking the industry and my pick was Scoopshot, a mobile crowdsourcing app (and ecosystem) that allows media companies to post location-aware photo ‘assignments’ to the community of app users. Scoopshot: at-a-glance. An app for Windows Phone is next in the pipeline. MORE >>

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• KYLE LACY | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
  	3-Step Guide to Content Marketing Conversions As 2012 kicks into high gear, I can’t help but notice the focus on content marketing has intensified. If your company is just getting started with content marketing there are three things you must know: 1. Quality and consistency are key. Content marketing is a strategy not a tactic. That’s just not going to happen. You lose sales this way. MORE >>

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• Guest post: A comprehensive and reliable guide to making money with iPhone apps CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• First official Google deck for nonprofits on how to use G+ SOCIALFISH | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

• The Content Marketing Explosion [infographic] MINDJUMPERS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• Why Protecting Your Twitter Profile is a Bad Idea WAXING UNLYRICAL | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• Social Selling: How to Ethically Reach your Followers and Drive Sales SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• Why caring is now the key to your brand’s success SIMON MAINWARING | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

• Enough with the social media donuts already SOCIALIZED | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• The New Revenue Engine and the Role of Marketing Analytics FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

• Five Skills You Need You Won’t Learn In PR Class SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• Being Real: Social Media Marketing’s Not-so-Secret Weapon WAXING UNLYRICAL | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• Fight Or Flight: Which Path Do You Typically Take? JASON YORMARK | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• 4 Questions To Help Marketers Leverage Big Data. FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2 WEBBIQUITY SMM | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• 4 Twitter tools you should use CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

• How Bloggers Can Create and Use White Papers KIKOLANI | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• It Isn’t Always the Brands to Blame for Social Media Screw Ups DANNY BROWN | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• #Dear Ken: HELP! How can I drink from the #socialmedia fire hose without drowning? MOBILEGROOVE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• Statistics of How Consumers Choose Businesses SOSHABLE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012

• Practice and The Need to Fail JEFF KORHAN | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• Heineken Helps You Serenade Your Valentine on Facebook FIREBELLY | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• Data on the Digital Divide SOCIALFISH | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

• Get real-time information in one convenient place with RTBot CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012

• Is Jeremy Epstein The Yoda Of Community Marketing? FIREBELLY | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012

• The Death Of The Unconference TWIST IMAGE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• How Will Timeline Work on Facebook Pages? MINDJUMPERS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• Do Organizations Need a Chief Collaboration Officer? JACOB MORGAN | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

• Why I Love Connecting Online CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012

• Facebook Facts and Your Business JEFF KORHAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

• Keep Your Audience on Its Tweet: 4 Keys to Building a Strong Social Following ENGAGE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• Can we live in a Social Media Free world? IMAGINE YOUR REALITY | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• How Can Social Media Get You Fired? (Infographic) BRENT CSUTORAS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

• Establishing The Value Of Online Communities FEVER BEE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012

• CalTweet: Share your events online CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

• How Safe Is Your Blog? SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• Friday Morning Zen STEPHEN P SMITH | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• Changing The World With Social Media SOSHABLE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• Can A Small Business Survive Online With A DIY Mindset? SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012

• How To Get Started As A Business Leader TWIST IMAGE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

• 9 great Social Bookmarking plugins for your WordPress blog CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

• Forget about FroYo, Chobani makes yogurt social JEFF ESPOSITO | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Week of January 28, 2012

• SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012
  	10 Content Ideas that Generate Comments and Shares As I was trolling the web for a topic for today’s blog post, it occurred to me I haven’t covered many tips or tools lately. herby commit to change that. Therefore, today I have created a list of 10 types of content you can use for your blog. It’s not just a list, though. And now let’s see if I’m right about seventh tip. MORE >>

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• THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012
  	Social Tactics Vs. Strategies The right strategy makes any social tactic work better. The right strategy puts less pressure on executing your social tactics perfectly. If you are tired of not having results from all things social, or that your organization is struggling to measure social ROI, it doesn’t mean you’re a loser. Leadership deals with strategy. MORE >>

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• JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012
  	Personal vs Business Social Media Accounts Small businesses naturally tend to focus on daily actions that generate results, such as engaging prospects with their sales process, and then efficiently converting that interest into profits. Advertising is a form of media that fits well with the small business mindset. It creates awareness, a sense of urgency, and a desire to take action now. MORE >>

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• ALEX BLOM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012

  Thinking through the Megaupload Takedown I’m the first to agree that any website obviously engaged in piracy (vs. having independent users leverage the platform in unintended ways) should be shut down, and if this is the case with Megaupload, it should be shut down. However, the way Megaupload was shut down raises scary implications. ———-. to our industry. item 24). MORE >>

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• MOBILEGROOVE | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

  THE Future of Mobile; Authorities Weigh In On Mobile Megatrends While reading the collections of mobile 2012 predictions is a great way to gain perspective, I miss deep analysis of these trends that allows us to plan and prepare for the developments likely to impact models and strategies far beyond 2012. ahead. contributed the section on the future of mobile search , which I will explore later down in this post. MORE >>

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• SOCIAL MEDIA CITIZENS | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

  Interview with Community Manager: Lizzie Gold from The Social Practice Lizzie Gold currently works for The Social Practice as their Community Manager for a range of clients. She started her career as an Online Producer for GCap Media. Later, she went on to be the in-house CM for Global Radio before moving to Yelp UK , as their Community Manager for London. You can follow Lizzie on her blog , Twitter and Linkedin. MORE >>

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• FIREBELLY | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012
  	Instagram for Businesses: 5 Must-Reads Below are 5 must-reads on using Instagram for business that we wouldn’t want you to miss. 23 Brands Using Instagram And What They’re Doing Right. By Jason Keath So the question is, can brands get real business value out of a photo sharing app that is not focused on link sharing or buying products or distributing specials to fans? MORE >>

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• CONVERSIONATION | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012

  Building Your Internal Social Media Expert Team An important aspect of setting up a social media strategy is building a team to make the program work, regardless of the scope and goals. Social media is not a free lunch, and you need your internal team of social media experts to make it happen. Tips and considerations. Let’s agree on terminology first. [.]. MORE >>

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• GET SOCIAL PR | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

  Launch Anything in Three Simple Steps To grow a business, you need to create things people want to buy. Whether it is a widget or some service that makes our lives easier, they are created because there’s a demand for them or a need. Incidentally, if your business is small and thrives from selling what others make, this post is still [.]. Social PRMORE >>

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• AKAMAI MARKETING | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

  Welcome to Hawaii PubCon Foodies A little departure from the usual today! was recently interviewed for the upcoming PubCon conference in Honolulu mid-February ( see the session grid & register here ) and at which I am on a panel discussing Hawaii Social Media. decided to do a blog post on it to welcome PubCon attendees and give them something else to look forward to! Waikiki.or MORE >>

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• 7 PR Lessons Komen for the Cure Didn’t Know It Was Giving You WAXING UNLYRICAL | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

• How To Build An Online Community: The Ultimate List Of Resources (2012) FEVER BEE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012

• If LinkedIn.com Fails in the Social Network Forest, Will It Make a Sound? DANNY BROWN | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Komen In PR Mess Because of Planned Parenthood Decision SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012

• How To Use Buffer To Simplify Your Twitter Marketing ABSOLUTE PA | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

• Email Marketing: Will Those Shape-Shifting Aliens Take Over? FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012

• How to Launch Anything in Three Easy Steps GET SOCIAL PR | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• 20 Social Media Blogs You Should Read in 2012 PAMORAMA | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012

• Win $100 Gift Card from Streamzoo! #Streamzoolove STEPHANIE WONDERLIN | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

• 5 Quick Tips for Improving Your Blog’s Navigation PUSHING SOCIAL | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012

• Social Design for Social Success MINDJUMPERS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012

• Stuck In a Rut? Pivot Your Business. SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012

• Sh*t Social Media People Say FIREBELLY | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012

• How I Became a Top 10 Social Media Blogger PUSHING SOCIAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• How Social Media Can Work Wonders For Banks MINDJUMPERS | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• February Facebook Page Music Package Giveaway JASON YORMARK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012

• Who will win Super Bowl XLVI? The ads, the Pats or the Giants? FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

• M-Pulse: GigaOm’s Kevin C. Tofel Talks Smartphones, Smart Homes & 2012 Mobile Predictions MOBILEGROOVE | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Trust in 2012: 4 Implications for Social Media DAVE FLEET | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012

• Because We Never Failed DANNY BROWN | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012

• Instagram and the growing power of photography in social media FRESHNETWORKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Pinterest demographic data SOCIALFISH | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• How to create a great landing page for your Facebook Fan Page CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• 5 Essential Qualities of Growing Your Blog Quickly in a Crowded Niche KIKOLANI | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012

• How Brands Listen (Or Don’t) In the Digital Age SOSHABLE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

• A Standard of Reputation to Light up the Web WHAT SPINKS THINKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Google Plus Expands Reach to Include 13 and Above Teen Market IDACONCPTS | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Record your own album CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012

• Ambiance for Writers JEFF KORHAN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012

• Do you need to be in control? IMAGINE YOUR REALITY | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012

• A Pinteresting Story TWIST IMAGE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012

• Weekly Letter – Get the Most out of Networking Events STEPHEN P SMITH | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Why Temple Run Is A Great Game (And Why It Matters To Your Business) JOEY STRAWN | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Privacy on social media – do we even care? SOSHABLE | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Blogging Is Dead. Here We Go Again TWIST IMAGE | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Foursquare in Context SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING | SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012

• Google+ for Tourism, CVBs, and Cities FREELANCE SOCIAL MEDIA | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

• Introducing Social CRM (and SocialCRMInfo.com) JOEY STRAWN | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012

• Social Business by Design JEFF KORHAN | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012

• New to social media? Read this book JEFF ESPOSITO | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

January, 2012

• PUSHING SOCIAL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

  7 Simple Ways to Get Your Readers to Spend More Time On Your Blog Readers are precious and their attention is scarce.  Your challenge is to get your  readers to spend time with your content, get comfortable with your vision, and take steps to build a relationship with you.  You can’t do this if they glance at a post for 30 seconds and click away to another website. Stickiness” is a challenge for many bloggers.  MORE >>

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• FIREBELLY | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
  	Using Pinterest for Business: 5 Must-Reads Below are 5 must-reads on using Pinterest for business that we wouldn’t want you to miss. How and Why to Use Pinterest for Business. By John Jantsch These days we get a new “it” thing every few months. Right now a newish service called Pinterest qualifies as next year’s Google+ or Twitter. Tips: Boost Your Business With Pinterest. MORE >>

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• ADAM SHERK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

  News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement? News organizations (along with businesses of all kinds) have been able to create official Google+ pages for a couple months now so I thought I’d check in and see how their pages are doing. m going to forgo looking at which media outlets have attracted the largest following since that data becomes quickly outdated. Per Post Shares. Per Post Comments. MORE >>

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• DANNY BROWN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012
  	12 Bloggers You Really Should Read in 2012 The great thing about blogging is that you get to meet so many smart people. While a post might start the conversation, the comments take it in a whole new direction altogether, and makes a post better for it. I’ve discovered some really great bloggers through comments left on this blog, and I’d like to share 12 of them with you today. MORE >>

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• JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012
  	Personal vs Business Social Media Accounts Small businesses naturally tend to focus on daily actions that generate results, such as engaging prospects with their sales process, and then efficiently converting that interest into profits. Advertising is a form of media that fits well with the small business mindset. It creates awareness, a sense of urgency, and a desire to take action now. MORE >>

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• GET SOCIAL PR | SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012

  What Is PR, Again Are we having this discussion again,  all over again? You know, the one where we redefine PR.  Is this a sign our  profession continues to have an identity crisis? You decide. The Public Relations Society of America has been working through a process to redefine public relations. In the organization’s latest post, Candidates for a [.]. MORE >>

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• MINDJUMPERS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012
  	The State of Social Media In The UK Tweet Beginning of 2012 has brought in a lot of predictions and opportunities. Another chance to look at the social media universe, analyse the trends and make the strategies. But before starting this, it is always good to look back at how 2011 has been for our different sites and then go on to predict how it would be in future. LinkedIn. MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012
  	Four Ideas for Your Business Facebook Page Let’s talk Facebook today, shall we? Sorry, Howie. know you’re not a fan so you can go read another blog today. I’m going to make a pretty big assumption most of you have at least checked out the new timeline. You’re going to become pretty creative in how you use Facebook now. I’m going to give you some tips. Photos. MORE >>

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• CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

  10 ways to be grateful on Twitter Tips Twitter gratefulness professionalism social media tips twitter tipsMORE >>

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• ALEX BLOM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012

  Thinking through the Megaupload Takedown I’m the first to agree that any website obviously engaged in piracy (vs. having independent users leverage the platform in unintended ways) should be shut down, and if this is the case with Megaupload, it should be shut down. However, the way Megaupload was shut down raises scary implications. ———-. to our industry. item 24). MORE >>

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• THE Future of Mobile; Authorities Weigh In On Mobile Megatrends MOBILEGROOVE | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• 7 Little Blog Mistakes That Drive Your Readers Nuts PUSHING SOCIAL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• Anatomy Of A Blog Redesign: Meet The Standard WordPress Theme JASON YORMARK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Best Twitter Tips, Tools and Tactics of 2011 WEBBIQUITY SMM | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• Chances Are You’ve Met Less Than 5% of the People in Your Social Network DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• Using Gamification To Motivate A Team, Pt. 1 – Word Play JOEY STRAWN | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• Social Media Stats [Infographic] MINDJUMPERS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• How to Publish Daily When You Have A 9-5 Job PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

• Social Reach: Size Does Matter JASON YORMARK | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

• Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 TECHIPEDIA: TAMAR WEINBERG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• Interview with Community Manager: Lizzie Gold from The Social Practice SOCIAL MEDIA CITIZENS | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Using Gamification To Motivate A Team, Pt. 2 – Excitable Bodies JOEY STRAWN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Global Social Media Adoption In 2011 [White Paper] MINDJUMPERS | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

• It’s About Your Ideas Not Your Ego THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• How to Build a Blog Editorial Calendar Even If You Don’t Know Where to Start PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• Are Google+ Business Pages Replacing Facebook Pages? JANET FOUTS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• Three Ways to Use Pinterest for Business SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• Building Your Internal Social Media Expert Team CONVERSIONATION | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012

• Instagram for Businesses: 5 Must-Reads FIREBELLY | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Innovation Comes From Creating New Memories THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• How to Save Your Brand from a Damaging Viral Message GET SOCIAL PR | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

• Some Social Tools You Should Know About DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• Media Relations Without the News Release SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• 3 Things Your Readers Need to Hear Before They’ll Read Your Blog PUSHING SOCIAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

• Interview with Community Manager: Philip Wride at Zmags SOCIAL MEDIA CITIZENS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• [Title of the Post] JOEY STRAWN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• Latest Social Media Tool Tips You Need To Know SOCIALFISH | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• Get Media Coverage Using the Slipstream for Your Company GET SOCIAL PR | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• FedEx Customer Video Turned Good PR SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• The Sharing Avalanche [Infographic] MINDJUMPERS | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012

• How to Be An Expert Even If You Don’t Feel Like One PUSHING SOCIAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

• Cisco Does B2B Facebook Right PAUL GILLIN | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• How do you prepare for unpredictability? SOCIALFISH | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

• Launch Anything in Three Simple Steps GET SOCIAL PR | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

• Reading Fiction Helps Your Career SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Three Ways Manufacturer Can Use Social Media to Fill the Funnel THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• 9 Social Media Articles You Can Use Today PUSHING SOCIAL | FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

• B2B Decision Makers are Increasingly Researching in Social Media INBLURBS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• SOPA, PIPA, and the Wikipedia blackout: what it means for associations. SOCIALFISH | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• Cartoon of the day JEFF ESPOSITO | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

Week of January 21, 2012

• PUSHING SOCIAL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

  7 Simple Ways to Get Your Readers to Spend More Time On Your Blog Readers are precious and their attention is scarce.  Your challenge is to get your  readers to spend time with your content, get comfortable with your vision, and take steps to build a relationship with you.  You can’t do this if they glance at a post for 30 seconds and click away to another website. Stickiness” is a challenge for many bloggers.  MORE >>

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• DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

  Chances Are You’ve Met Less Than 5% of the People in Your Social Network The difference between a friend, an acquaintance and the friends and acquaintances we have met online is blurring…Social media would seem to dictate or would assume that I’m supposed to develop or have developed these deep online, networked, connections, i.e. That I have met them. Jay Baer calls it false intimacy. Absolutely not. MORE >>

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• MINDJUMPERS | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

  Global Social Media Adoption In 2011 [White Paper] Tweet In January 2012, a report called ‘Global Social Media Adoption In 2011’ was published by Forrester. This report uses Forrester’s Social Technographics groupings to show how people around the world use social media. Further, companies can make use of this information for making their strategies, when operating in different parts of world. MORE >>

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• GET SOCIAL PR | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

  How to Save Your Brand from a Damaging Viral Message Joe Paterno’s is alive and well, but a viral message — a lie, in fact — spread like wildfire from a seemingly innocuous report from a student-run blog. Poynter Institute’s Jeff Sonderman reports on the blunder here, “How false reports of Joe Paterno’s death were spread and debunked.” Media RelationsMORE >>

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• SOCIAL MEDIA CITIZENS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

  Interview with Community Manager: Philip Wride at Zmags Philip is Community Manager at Zmags. Previously, he was community manager of  FIFA UK at Electronic Arts and Digital Producer at The Walt Disney Company. You can Follow Phil on Twitter  and his blog. G: How did you build your experience as community manager/strategist? G: What are your top resources for community management? P: Size doesn’t matter. MORE >>

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• JOEY STRAWN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

  [Title of the Post] TweetThis is one of my favorite posts and it’s about a year or more old so I know there are a lot of you who may not have seen it. Today, I’m reposting it in all it’s glory (which a few new fun things added in) for your enjoyment. “Targeted quote about the subject of [.]. MORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

  How to Be An Expert Even If You Don’t Feel Like One You are an expert. Without a doubt, I believe that you know more about your chosen topic than 90% of us who only dabble in it. The problem is that you don’t believe it. can understand why because everyone requires proof that you are an expert. The best proof in many people’s mind is results. call this “results-based expertise”. You Can Do This. MORE >>

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• GET SOCIAL PR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

  Friday 5: The Best Social PR Tips for Remarkable Twitter Strategies Twitter is a great community building tool for public relations professionals because it keeps people connected and allows both organizations and stakeholders to communicate with each other about their relationship to a brand or cause. Twitter Business SuccessMORE >>

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• SOCIALFISH | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012
  	How do you prepare for unpredictability? Anna Caraveli, our newest columnist , has a thought-provoking post over at the Demand Perspective called Engaging New Generations: Is it a Numbers and Data Game? An excerpt (my bold): Do we develop future members with formulas about how they behave with the only determinant being age? This couldn’t be further from who I am. I That’s silly. MORE >>

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• THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

  Three Ways Manufacturer Can Use Social Media to Fill the Funnel The manufacturing industry has been somewhat slow to accept social media as a marketing tool. This is largely because it can be difficult to see how social media plays into the larger business-to-business (B2B) marketing strategy. That, however, appears to be changing. Create a Blog to Tell Your Story. Start a YouTube Channel to Enrich Content. MORE >>

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• 9 Social Media Articles You Can Use Today PUSHING SOCIAL | FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

• B2B Decision Makers are Increasingly Researching in Social Media INBLURBS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• YouTube launches new contest for filmmakers CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012

• The Pinterest Debate Between Two Friends SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• How to Set Up Blog Comments as Goals in Google Analytics Using WordPress Hacks KIKOLANI | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• Why effective branding is about doing, not telling SIMON MAINWARING | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• Guest post: How to capture Internet marketing success in 2012 CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• Five Reasons QR Codes Suck SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• Employee social media guidelines are useful, but internal culture is more important FRESHNETWORKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• How To Do Everything Wrong In A Presentation TWIST IMAGE | FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

• Five Facebook Tips for Small Businesses PAUL GILLIN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• 3 Goals That Every A-List Blogger Swears By PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• 39 More (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 WEBBIQUITY SMM | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• What Kind of Online Community Do You Have Behind Your Firewall? SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGERY | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

• 6 iPhone Accessories for Almost-Professional Photos/Videos WAXING UNLYRICAL | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• How to End or Relaunch Your Blog Without Upsetting Your Readers PUSHING SOCIAL | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• Building A Simple Social Media Dashboard with iGoogle PROACTIVE REPORT | SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012

• The Exposure Project: Positive networking and promotion CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012

• Why so much “BoP” marketing fails in the developing world THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• Thoughts On Making The Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers JASON YORMARK | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• What Will Social, Local and Mobile Integration Really Look Like? And What Are We Calling It? FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• Collaborative Marketing and the Natural Progression to Real Customer Satisfaction DANNY BROWN | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• Social Media Engagement Drives More Followers KOKA SEXTON | SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012

• Five Brands Engaging Like Pros on Pinterest SOCIALNOMICS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

• Privacy and Autonomy for Introverts at Work SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• The Only Thing That’s Dead Is Your Crappy “Everything Is Dead” Meme DANNY BROWN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

• Typos 101: Ten Common Word Usage Mistakes CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

• Innovate or Die – The Race to The Top JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

• Tomorrow is Community Manager Appreciation Day ONLINE COMMUNITY STRATEGIST | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

• Google Search Plus Your World: The Debate SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

• Why Transparency Matters AKAMAI MARKETING | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• Google+ for Small Business: An Interview with Chris Brogan JEFF KORHAN | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• Social Media & New Tools Continue To Change Education FIREBELLY | FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

• Karl Marx Made the Same Mistake STEPHEN P SMITH | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

• YouTube Killed the TV Star: Why Online Video Marketing is Essential for Marketers in 2012 SOCIALNOMICS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• RFID & Mobile Retail: Moving From Efficiency To Engagement MOBILEGROOVE | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

• Facebook Page Management Tip #3: Ask Probing Questions FIREBELLY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• What is social media? CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

• Turn Your Notifications Off IMAGINE YOUR REALITY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012

• Measuring your social media output JEFF ESPOSITO | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

Week of January 14, 2012

• GET SOCIAL PR | SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012

  What Is PR, Again Are we having this discussion again,  all over again? You know, the one where we redefine PR.  Is this a sign our  profession continues to have an identity crisis? You decide. The Public Relations Society of America has been working through a process to redefine public relations. In the organization’s latest post, Candidates for a [.]. MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012
  	Four Ideas for Your Business Facebook Page Let’s talk Facebook today, shall we? Sorry, Howie. know you’re not a fan so you can go read another blog today. I’m going to make a pretty big assumption most of you have at least checked out the new timeline. You’re going to become pretty creative in how you use Facebook now. I’m going to give you some tips. Photos. MORE >>

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• JASON YORMARK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

  Anatomy Of A Blog Redesign: Meet The Standard WordPress Theme I have to admit, I’m a WordPress theme junkie. I’m fascinated with the art of blog design, and I often find myself spending too much time browsing some of the industry leading WordPress theme sites. My personal favorite site these days is certainly Themeforest as they have a tremendous variety of themes available. WordpressMORE >>

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• MINDJUMPERS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
  	Social Media Stats [Infographic] Tweet 2011 was a great year for social media where we saw true integration of “social” to our lives. To demonstrate the growth of social channels in the last one year, here is an interesting infographic designed by Internet marketing firm Dream Systems Media based on the data provided by AdAge. Each week on Facebook, more than 3.5 MORE >>

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• JOEY STRAWN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

  Using Gamification To Motivate A Team, Pt. 2 – Excitable Bodies TweetI started work on this post last week after we discussed the terminology rampant in our offices. was almost done when I came across this article in the Harvard Business Review (it’s not the whole article on the website, to read it all you’ll have to buy the magazine like I did). realized the [.]. MORE >>

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• JANET FOUTS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
  	Are Google+ Business Pages Replacing Facebook Pages? I speak a lot about Google+ as a tool for business. In fact I’ve just written a book called “ Google+ for Business Tweet ” and I’m presenting a second  Focus.com Roundtable  in February. And there you’d be mistaken. Here’s the thing. No way. User interface editing abilities. Notifications. Integrated profiles. MORE >>

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• THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012
  	Innovation Comes From Creating New Memories Our brains get programmed from experience. When we repeat the same experience over and over we convince our memory to expect the same experience. When we walk into a room, a mall and even when we go online we expect a certain experience because our brains tell us what to expect based on the past experience. One is pure research and development. MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012
  	Reading Fiction Helps Your Career I’m an English major. Not as in the language, but as in literature and creative writing. preface with that because what I’m about to say may come across as biased. Fiction. As it turns out, though, I’m not biased (well, maybe a little bit). And it’s one of the questions we ask during interviews. MORE >>

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• SOCIALFISH | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012
  	Latest Social Media Tool Tips You Need To Know There has been so much going on lately in the social media blogosphere that it seems the most efficient way to let you know the most important stuff is in a quick round-up post. So here’s the latest on: Google+ and Google search. Google+ Brings Out The Big Guns (SocialMouths). I’m watching this one – lots of debate about it. MORE >>

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• MINDJUMPERS | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012
  	The Sharing Avalanche [Infographic] Tweet Social sharing is the backbone of social media. Every time a piece of content is sent out on a social channel, the aim is to have it shared and increase the brand’s visibility. Some even say if it doesn’t share, it isn’t there! 2000 people check in to Foursquare every 60 seconds. Social media accounts for 24% of all time spent online. MORE >>

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• Presentation Skills for Marketers JEFF KORHAN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Pros and Cons of Changing the Name of Your Blog SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• SOPA, PIPA, and the Wikipedia blackout: what it means for associations. SOCIALFISH | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• How to Get More Blog Subscribers and Sales With Expert Products PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Five Tips to Use Twitter Efficiently CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012

• How Google is Like A Third Grader JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012

• Facebook study confirms there’s no echo chamber online SOCIALFISH | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012

• Don’t Be Afraid to Fail SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Timing Your Social Media Marketing PAMORAMA | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012

• Corporate Humanism is the #1 Trend Business Trend that Matters in 2012 SOCIALFISH | SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012

• How Often Should I Post On Facebook for My Business? THE SOCIAL MEDIA INCUBATOR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• Top 3 Slideshare Decks on Marketing & Analytics. FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Using Google+ Hangouts to Get More Exposure for Your Google+ Business Page KIKOLANI | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• The Lost Art Of Hard Work JASON YORMARK | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• ‘Search, plus Your World’: Why your social search strategy will fail without Google+ FRESHNETWORKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• 5 tips for Search Engine Optimization CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012

• Creating Addictive Marketing Content JEFF KORHAN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• Why You Should Care About Twitter vs. Google+ GEOFF LIVINGSTON | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Three Values to Hold High in 2012 SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• In A State Of Permanent Chaos THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• IBM Expands Social Business Services PAUL GILLIN | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• Do You Know When You Receive The Best Social Interaction? SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• How To Convert Newcomers Into Regular Members FEVER BEE | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• Martin Luther King said … CONVERSTATIONS | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• Social Media Week returns to Toronto CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• Jerry Yang’s departure signals a New Day for Yahoo!, the passing of an era for Tech CHARLENE LI | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• 40+ Items Tech Will Kill this Digital Decade SOCIALNOMICS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• Numbers on Social Media that matter IMAGINE YOUR REALITY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• Discipline The Key To Building A Successful Online Small Business SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• What is the Importance of the Google +1 Button Versus PageRank? SOSHABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• ICMM Podcast with Ali Luke STEPHEN P SMITH | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Human centered design: Surprising insights from rural Kenya THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012

• Facebook Contest Engages Small Business JEFF KORHAN | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012

• Keynote Speaker at the Asia Pacific ICT Summit in Singapore – Success with Digital Engagement WEB METRICS GURU | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• 4 iPhone Apps for Twitter IDACONCPTS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

• Protesting SOPA: The Reality of an Internet Blackout THE SOCIAL MEDIA INCUBATOR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• How to Spot a Social Gamer SOSHABLE | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012

• Is Google+ About To Make Facebook Frown? TWIST IMAGE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012

• Where are Collaboration Budgets Being Allocated? JACOB MORGAN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

• Cartoon of the day JEFF ESPOSITO | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012

Week of January 7, 2012

• FIREBELLY | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
  	Using Pinterest for Business: 5 Must-Reads Below are 5 must-reads on using Pinterest for business that we wouldn’t want you to miss. How and Why to Use Pinterest for Business. By John Jantsch These days we get a new “it” thing every few months. Right now a newish service called Pinterest qualifies as next year’s Google+ or Twitter. Tips: Boost Your Business With Pinterest. MORE >>

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• ADAM SHERK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

  News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement? News organizations (along with businesses of all kinds) have been able to create official Google+ pages for a couple months now so I thought I’d check in and see how their pages are doing. m going to forgo looking at which media outlets have attracted the largest following since that data becomes quickly outdated. Per Post Shares. Per Post Comments. MORE >>

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• MINDJUMPERS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012
  	The State of Social Media In The UK Tweet Beginning of 2012 has brought in a lot of predictions and opportunities. Another chance to look at the social media universe, analyse the trends and make the strategies. But before starting this, it is always good to look back at how 2011 has been for our different sites and then go on to predict how it would be in future. LinkedIn. MORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

  7 Little Blog Mistakes That Drive Your Readers Nuts I’m worried about your blog. Wait, let me back up. ve been reviewing my reader’s blogs and overall their content is spectacular and they are run by extremely passionate people. But the same little mistakes keep popping up. believe that every visitor to your blog makes a decision about your worth within a few seconds. My pain is your gain. MORE >>

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• WEBBIQUITY SMM | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

  Best Twitter Tips, Tools and Tactics of 2011 In just a few short years, Twitter has transformed from an odd little sort of public IM service where people posted what they just ate for lunch or what their cat was doing at the moment into one of the big four social networks and a significant channel for news, PR & marketing, politics and more. Nearly 3/4 of active Twitter users are bloggers. MORE >>

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• JASON YORMARK | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

  Social Reach: Size Does Matter A popular topic amongst social media folks is the ongoing discussion around how many likes/followers a person or organization has and how much that matters. All of this is is very true. Having a large social reach is certainly useless if none of those other things are happening. Almost 3 years ago a bomb dropped on me when Microsoft laid me off. MORE >>

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• JOEY STRAWN | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

  Using Gamification To Motivate A Team, Pt. 1 – Word Play Tweet This post is in response to my great conversation mate, Brett Florio‘s, comment on my last big Gamification Post, Gamification: In Defense of a Buzzword. If you weren’t privy to the comments on that post, go read them. Brett and I had a LONG conversation about the merits and uses of Gamification and poked [.]. MORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

  How to Publish Daily When You Have A 9-5 Job It’s a typical, grey, Michigan winter day. People are heading home trotting quickly to their cars bundled against the cold air. One cube warrior walks a touch slower than the rest. He’s lost in thought. You can see the steam rising from his moving lips. It looks like he’s recording something into one of those iPhone headsets. We’ll see. Here’s mine. MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

  Three Ways to Use Pinterest for Business I’m not going to lie. I’m obsessed with Pinterest. blame my sister. She’s an enabler. Since its launch, I’ve been a big proponent of it. It’s, in a sense, an online scrapbook. You find images and videos you like and “pin” them to your online boards. But the best part? Pinterest feeds that in a big way. MORE >>

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• DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

  Some Social Tools You Should Know About Thanks to the folks at imediaconnection , I give you 15 social tools you should know about. Friend or Follow tells users whom they’re not following on Twitter. Conversocial.com helps users manage customer service at scale on Facebook and Twitter. NutshellMail users social network updates so they don’t have to login and check. SEO/SEMMORE >>

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• Get Media Coverage Using the Slipstream for Your Company GET SOCIAL PR | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• Cisco Does B2B Facebook Right PAUL GILLIN | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• Media Relations Without the News Release SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• 12 Tips to Organize and Run a Tweetathon WAXING UNLYRICAL | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Friday 5: Best of Social PR Tips GET SOCIAL PR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

• “Don’t Think Like A Marketer. Think Like A Person”: The Susan Etlinger Interview FIREBELLY | SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012

• FedEx Customer Video Turned Good PR SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Managing Negative Comments in Social Media WAXING UNLYRICAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

• 9 tips for an efficient social media strategy CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• One Reason Why Your Blog Isn’t Making Money PUSHING SOCIAL | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Boners BBQ, Papa John’s Need Crisis Coaching SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

• Treat Bad Customer Reviews as Good Friends CONVERSIONATION | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Are Competitors Your New Business Partners? JEFF KORHAN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

• A Letter to My Younger Self WAXING UNLYRICAL | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

• Predictions Social Business in 2012, Part III: Transforming Your Organization CHARLENE LI | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• Are we trying to automate the “human” out of social media? SOCIALFISH | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• How Social Media Campaigns Affect Brand Advocates FIREBELLY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Why You Can't Measure Influence NET-SAVVY EXECUTIVE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

• List of 8 Social Media Anti Advertising Ads LAUREL PAPWORTH | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• The Deception Of Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Godin and Gary Vaynerchuk TWIST IMAGE | SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2012

• Google Search Plus – A New Game Changer JEFF KORHAN | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

• Laser Focus to Improve Customer Experience SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Introducing The Map - A Proven Process For Developing Successful Online Communities FEVER BEE | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Escape Routes: The Ultimate Social Reality Adventure JASON YORMARK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• FBQOTW: Angels, the Super Bowl, and LaToya Jackson SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• Introducing Social CRM Insider DANNY BROWN | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

• Do you like your clients? IMAGINE YOUR REALITY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• The Path to Posting the Perfect Pic (and possibly going viral) SOSHABLE | SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2012

• 4.5 Ways To Be More Interesting ONE SOCIAL MEDIA | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide [Free Download] SAMIR BALWANI | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

• Double standards and the media CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Good Writing Remains a Core PR Skill PROACTIVE REPORT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Show 368 - The Social Organisation ENGAGING BRAND | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

• How To Save Time On Your Twitter Marketing ABSOLUTE PA | THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

• Independent Artists: 3 Tips for Efficient Promotion CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2012

• PressPausePlay from the House of Radon DIGIGEN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

• Calling All Guest Bloggers MY CREATIVE TEAM THINKING | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

• Video Soon to be 90% of Online Traffic PROACTIVE REPORT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

• Top 10 reasons why visitors do not stay on a website CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012

• PR’s Four-Letter Word JEFF ESPOSITO | SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012

Week of December 31, 2011

• DANNY BROWN | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012
  	12 Bloggers You Really Should Read in 2012 The great thing about blogging is that you get to meet so many smart people. While a post might start the conversation, the comments take it in a whole new direction altogether, and makes a post better for it. I’ve discovered some really great bloggers through comments left on this blog, and I’d like to share 12 of them with you today. MORE >>

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• CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

  10 ways to be grateful on Twitter Tips Twitter gratefulness professionalism social media tips twitter tipsMORE >>

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• DAVE FLEET | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011
  	Six important shifts for social media in 2012 It’s hard to believe we’re about to tick over to another calendar year. So, as usual, I got to thinking about the shifts I think companies need to make in their social media activities in the next year. Here are six shifts I hope to see in social media use by business in 2012. Better objective-setting. More effective measurement. MORE >>

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• TECHIPEDIA: TAMAR WEINBERG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
  	Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 It’s my birthday and I have some great news! In January of 2011, I said that I’d make our Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 subscriber only. And I did. This year, I am pleased to bring back our Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 thanks to an excellent sponsor, HubSpot. Want the trends, news, and findings too?  Do an audit to find out. MORE >>

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• THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
  	It’s About Your Ideas Not Your Ego Creating good content and a strong following is hard work. Many have learned this lesson and many more are still learning. Just ask any major media outlet. The race for content that attracts an audience is very competitive and changes rapidly. The most compelling content is that which creates ideas for others to create opportunities. An Inc. ikoni. MORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

  How to Build a Blog Editorial Calendar Even If You Don’t Know Where to Start Professional bloggers are mentors. You can be friends but don’t confuse being a buddy with being a mentor.  Your reader wants answers, they’ve come to you to get it. They already have friends on Facebook happy to provide emotional support. Let’s start with your editorial calendar.  Don’t start writing posts this year without an editorial calendar.  MORE >>

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• SPIN SUCKS | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
  	The Art of Storytelling Today’s guest post is written by Lindsay Bell. We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.”   - Samuel Goldwyn. Traditional advertising is dead. Content marketing is the new traditional advertising. Glad *that’s* out of the way. Content IS King – It’s Just Not New. Those are impressive stats. MORE >>

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• SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGERY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

  If You Want a Culture of Collaboration, You Need to Accept the LOLCats Too "Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals." " - Clay Shirky at TED Cannes in June 2010. This is one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people in the business, Clay Shirky. Accept and embrace this fact now and your communities have a much better chance at succeeding. MORE >>

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• CHARLENE LI | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

  Predictions for Social Business in 2012, Part II: Knowing Your Customer Rather than simply make prognostications, I wanted to give actionable advice based on these trends. This is the second of my three predictions and priorities for Social Business in 2012 (read the first prediction ). Prediction #2: Your customers want to be known. Your customers don’t merely want you to understand their needs or pain points. MORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

  3 Things Your Readers Need to Hear Before They’ll Read Your Blog What would it feel like to know that readers are using your insight and advice to change their professional and personal lives? It would be a rush right? That’s why we spend hours researching, brainstorming, and writing posts every week. That is why we blog. They are barely a blip on their visitor’s radars. Blogging with Morpheus. Guidance. Tools. MORE >>

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• Facebook Marketing: 8 Tried & True Tips For Businesses FIREBELLY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• Forget Goals – Plan for Being Happy in 2012 JEFF KORHAN | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

• Why You Should Bet on PR GET SOCIAL PR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions for brands SIMON MAINWARING | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• How to get more exposure for your creations CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012

• How Social Media Has Changed Public Relations For Brands MINDJUMPERS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• 2012 Social Media Predictions: People, Purpose and Process GET SOCIAL PR | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

• 39 Social Media Statistics to Start 2012 SOCIALNOMICS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• Media companies and losing talent THE WAY OF THE WEB | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

• Are You Transforming Your Business or Creating Creative Noise on Social Media? [Model] MINDJUMPERS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• Predictions and Priorities for Social Business in 2012 – Part I CHARLENE LI | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

• Social business is here. SOCIALFISH | FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012

• Browser Wars [Infographic] IDACONCPTS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• How not to land a social media job in 2012 ONLINE COMMUNITY STRATEGIST | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011

• Are You Marketing-Focused or Sales-Focused? SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• How does one analyze the success of their marketing? [INFOGRAPHIC] FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012

• Do You Know Who The Customer Is? THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012

• Human Organizations Start By Being Open SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• Storie iPhone App Changes the Way We Tell… Stories SOSHABLE | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

• New Year, New Digs JASON YORMARK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• Become An Entrepreneur – Start A Small Business SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• Summary of New Media Artist-in-Residence Program BARE FEET STUDIOS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

• Do your followers belong to you or your company? IMAGINE YOUR REALITY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• Placing Ads On Facebook And Twitter SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• Before You Make Any Resolutions, Watch This Video SOSHABLE | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011

• Social media management systems: A comparison GEMMA WENT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012

• The choice is yours CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• So you’ve tweeted something you shouldn’t have…what next? FRESHNETWORKS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• Social media management systems: A comparison GEMMA WENT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012

• Top 15 Facebook Countries SOCIALNOMICS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• Getting Your E-mail In-box Under Control STEPHEN P SMITH | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

• By: Hemal Majithia GAURAVONOMICS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• Launch A Community When You're Ready FEVER BEE | SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

• 2012 Social Media Predictions for Mainstream Small Business JEFF KORHAN | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• 6 Winning Social Media Strategies You Should Know ABSOLUTE PA | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

• 5 Ways To Drive Quality Traffic To Your Website From Google+ KIKOLANI | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• 12 Essential Tips for Revitalising Your Blog in 2012 PROBLOGGER | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011

• Powerful Beyond Measure STEPHEN P SMITH | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011

• Social Media Management Software Ranked and Rated CONVINCE & CONVERT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

• Cartoon of the day JEFF ESPOSITO | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

December, 2011

• ADAM SHERK | MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011

  Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools What are the best third-party tools for advanced Facebook analytics? It’s a question I’m asked fairly often so I thought I’d do a round-up of options that are worth checking out. It is fair to say that Facebook is getting better at providing this data itself; the latest version of Facebook Insights offers a wider range of data than ever before. MORE >>

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• JANET FOUTS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011
  	15 Amazing Women Bloggers You Should Get to Know One of the fantastic things about the growth of social media is how it has widened our window on the world. As I wrap up the year I want to take a moment to share with you 15 amazing women bloggers I’ve gotten to know, respect and learn from on a daily basis. You should probably get to know some of them too. Amber Naslund. Naomi Dunford. MORE >>

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• PUSHING SOCIAL | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011
  	9 Habits of Extraordinary Blogs We’re in the middle of the Super Blog Age. These blogs grind out extraordinary content every day.  They have a deep bench of witty writers ready to excite, provoke, and teach their readers.  They branding rivals their newsstand cousins.  The scary part is they seem to get better every day. am too. Here’s what they do: 1. Build Tribal Audiences. MORE >>

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• AKAMAI MARKETING | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011
  	9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012 2011 was a game changing year in social media. In some ways, social media is growing up, but in other ways we’re just getting started. But this is a dynamic field and we’re sure to see changes in 2012 too? What should businesses plan for in 2012 and what should they be looking for? Further segmentation of social platforms. MORE >>

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• FIREBELLY | MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2011
  	2012 Social Media Predictions: 5 Must-Reads Below are 5 must-reads related to 2012 social media predictions that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Social Media Predictions For 2012. By Avi Savar Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other outlets are constantly evolving and experimentation is necessary to find success. By Jeffrey L. Social Media Predictions for 2012. MORE >>

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• CONVERSIONATION | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011

  Brian Solis on Digital Darwinism and Customer-Centricity As you probably know, Brian Solis published a new book a while back, called ‘The End of Business as Usual’. Since it’s an ideal time to catch up with my reading before going underground for the end of the year, I asked Brian some questions that are related to the ideas he develops in it.  [.]. MORE >>

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• JEFF KORHAN | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011
  	3 Powerful LinkedIn Profile Tips Whether you are looking for a job or new customers, your personal LinkedIn profile is an invaluable resource. To get the most out of LinkedIn, its important to go beyond the basics. Even when LinkedIn congratulates you for having a profile that is 100% complete – there is still much more that you can do. 2 – Add Video to Your Profile. MORE >>

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• MOBILEGROOVE | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011

  Mobile Marketing 2012: Practical Predictions To Guide YOUR Planning Some of the smartest minds in mobile marketing and advertising recently gave their 2012 predictions for mobile during a webinar conducted by Mobile Marketer and sponsored by Hipcricket. However, there was a lack of consensus when it came to answering THE big question: how will mobile play out in 2012? HOW I SEE IT: The webinar was full of insights. MORE >>

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• THE SOCIAL MEDIA INCUBATOR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011

  Rules That Every Facebook User Should Know Do you know if your Facebook profile is in violation of any rules? What about your business or company page ? While some people might not see any problem with bending a rule or two, Facebook is really stepping up to enforce their guidelines in 2012– and many users could lose their pages or profiles. Guidelines provided by Facebook.com. MORE >>

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• DAVE FLEET | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011
  	Six important shifts for social media in 2012 It’s hard to believe we’re about to tick over to another calendar year. So, as usual, I got to thinking about the shifts I think companies need to make in their social media activities in the next year. Here are six shifts I hope to see in social media use by business in 2012. Better objective-setting. More effective measurement. MORE >>

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• “You Have To Love People”: The Shashi Bellamkonda Interview FIREBELLY | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011

• Social Media And Branding [Infographic] MINDJUMPERS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011

• The Traffic Social Seeding ‘Can’ Send BRENT CSUTORAS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011

• Premium Content: Value, Work, and Access STEPHEN P SMITH | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011

• Why Should I Share Their Content? They Don’t Follow Me CONVERSTATIONS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011

• The Social Tin Men Phenomena THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011

• Mobile Commerce Moves Up To Marketing Mega-Trend MOBILEGROOVE | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011

• How To Make The Best Use of LinkedIn Groups MINDJUMPERS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2011

• My Top 11 iPhone Apps of 2011 JOEY STRAWN | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011

• Email Marketing And Facebook – What A Concept! SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011

• 48 Ways to Measure Social Media Success WEBBIQUITY SMM | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011

• 18 Ways to Promote Your Blog Offline KYLE LACY | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011

• The Power Of Us: Why Mobile App Developers Must Band Together MOBILEGROOVE | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011

• Understanding Viral Content Marketing [Infographic] MINDJUMPERS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011

• Top 2011 Blog Promotion Tips PUSHING SOCIAL | MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2011

• Six Skills Every PR Pro Needs SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011

• Email Best Practices – Ladder of Consent FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011

• How To Set Up a Google+ Page IDACONCPTS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011

• Get Traffic And Retain Them On Google+ For Social Media SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK MARKETING | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011

• All You Need To Know About Your Facebook Reach [Study] MINDJUMPERS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011

• The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Small Business Website SAMIR BALWANI | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011

• Five Social Media Lessons From Anthony Bourdain SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011

• Top ten milestones for social media success SIMON MAINWARING | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011

• Special Delivery: Using Offline Shopping Behavior Data Better Targets Mobile Consumers MOBILEGROOVE | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011

• 5 Points Senior Level Marketers Need to Consider for 2012. FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011

• Three Things I Would Have Done Differently If I Started Blogging Today DANNY BROWN | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011

• The Social Media Complaint Department SMTHREE | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

• How Often Should I Send Email Newsletters? SPIN SUCKS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

• The Top 5 Challenges for Digital Brands in 2012 DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011

• 70+ Resources on How to Start a WordPress Blog KIKOLANI | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011

• What makes a social media expert any different from a unicorn? AKAMAI MARKETING | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011

• Email Best Practices – Creative Design Top 10 List FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011

• The Top 3 ‘Big Ones’ in Social Media 2011 MINDJUMPERS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011

• Five Ways to Deal with Negative Online Comments SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011

• New Infographic: Associations Going Mobile SOCIALFISH | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011

• 560 Resources for Blogging, Online Marketing, and Starting a Business KIKOLANI | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011

• Mobile Marketing Association Surveys Brands & Agencies Worldwide MOBILEGROOVE | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011

• How to Promote Your Blog with Irresistible RSS Feeds PUSHING SOCIAL | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011

• 2012 Prediction: The Year of Customer Activism SIMON MAINWARING | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011

• Mo Season is Over… Thank You JEFF ESPOSITO | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011