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How Darren Rowse Liberated My Facebook Account
I was reluctant to embrace Facebook and fought it for several years. I had Twitter and that was enough of a time suck for me. The problem with Twitter was that my family and personal friends weren’t really a part of it. So I joined Facebook to be keep in touch.
That was all she wrote.
Thanks [...]
You Need To Be A Social Media Evangelist
I had never heard of Dan Grover until I found THIS POST on Techmeme this morning. To make his point Dan uses the example of a recent Read Write Web post that ended up being ranked high by Google under the search term “Facebook Login“. Guess what happened; tons of people clicked that search result [...]
Why Pepsi Is Good For Bloggers
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- Posted on January 5th, 2010 by
Jim Turner
This is certainly not a “Pepsi is better than Coke” or now begins the cola wars , I am referring to the world of monetizing. Recently ABC reported, Pepsi announced that it would discontinue spending money on advertising on Super Bowl Sunday. I have for years thought that the price of advertising on that day [...]
Facebook and Everyone Else
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- Posted on December 18th, 2009 by
Jim Turner
I have been trying to figure out how to keep up with the social networks I have for BlogWorld & New Media Expo and my own personal networks. I have always touted that I can drink from the social media firehose as well as anyone but I have been noticing recently that I am having [...]
Twitter vs. Facebook
During interviews with potential clients, I’m inevitably asked, “what is the difference between Facebook and Twitter.” I always tell them this: It’s all about how and with whom you choose to communicate. Facebook is the extended family picnic. Twitter is a rock concert.
I thought about this a little last night before I went to bed, [...]
Social Media Explosion Not Translating into Jobs, Yet.
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- Posted on July 16th, 2009 by
Tyler Knott Gregson
We all know the hype behind social media, heck, we all LOVE the hype behind it. We all know how much easier it is to get in touch, stay in touch and find New people to want to be in touch with, when you’re using social networking, and any or all of the tools of [...]
CEO’s Are Actually “Social Media Slackers?”
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- Posted on June 30th, 2009 by
Tyler Knott Gregson
Looks like the biggest big-wigs of the biggest companies in the world might just have some explaining to do. The world is shifting every day to a much more “socially networked” world, and everyone from your grandparents to your grandchildren are jumping on board and taking part. That is, everyone except for CEO’s if reports [...]
MySpace Cutting Jobs & Downsizing International Work
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- Posted on June 25th, 2009 by
Tyler Knott Gregson
Uh oh for MySpace. Looks like the former King of Social Networking just got knocked back to Prince. As Facebook has officially passed MySpace by when it comes to popularity and traffic, MySpace looks like it’s being forced to act accordingly and has reportedly made moves to reposition themselves.
According to recent reports, MySpace has actually [...]
Social Media: There’s No Such Thing as A News Black Out
As I was preparing dinner last night I had one ear tuned to the television in the family room and one ear tuned to the child playing in the back yard. My attention fully focused on the news as I heard the words “Twitter” and “Facebook.” If you’re like me, mention of the social networks [...]
Army Lifts Social Media Ban
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- Posted on June 12th, 2009 by
Tyler Knott Gregson
Chalk this one up as a victory for the brave men and women around the country that are helping to keep our country completely safe and sound. Up until this point, due to security concerns and privacy worries by ol’ Uncle Sam, the U.S. Army had blocked the vast majority of all social media and [...]
