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New Facebook Pages – First Impressions

If you are a business with a Facebook Page for your business, Facebook's news of changes to Facebook Pages might sound important to you, whether or not you know what it all means. I have...
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Has Twitter Lost its Luster?

I'm getting tired of Twitter.  There are some days when I don't log on at all.  When I do log in, I am wonder to myself; "Is anybody really listening?" There are some people who...
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Use Social Media to Build Buzz for Your Business

Social media has changed the face of marketing forever. What was once a one-way message pushed from the company to the consumer has become a two-way conversation, requiring both parties to participate. Now your customers...
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Why Dell Beats the Hell Out of Threadless

I apologize for the outlandish headline, but I don't really think it's any more outlandish than crowning Threadless as the sales guru of Twitter.  I'm sure you've read some recent press in the media bragging...
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Facebook Vanity Usernames…for Facebook Beginners

Heather Nolte notified the StartupNation community last week about Facebook's new offering of vanity URLs (Facebook.com/YourNameHere) for individuals and businesses. Check out her post: Facebook Vanity Username...Get Yours June 13th 12:01am!. Although any individual and...
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No Time For Social Media? Hire a Mom.

The rise of social media is undoubtedly one of the biggest changes to happen to marketing since the birth of the internet.  According to a Universal McCann 2008 study, 272 million people are using social...
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Bookshelf: The Victorian Internet

I have written on social applications before, but just read this book and it made me re think how we approach technology.  From Amazon: Imagine an almost instantaneous communication system that would allow people and governments...
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Twitterers actually aren’t twits

Twitter. It's ridiculous, right? The distractions of visiting a website to provide updates to your "followers" about where you are and what you're doing. Sounds like such a waste of time! But alas, I beg...
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I’m a Square Who’s Behind the Curve

I'm not a techno-phobe; I don't fear technology. I hate it. Or it hates me. Either, or. Yesterday I read about Web 3.0, which was a little disturbing to me, since, until recently, I thought that...
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My Social Networks Don’t Work At All

Don't get me wrong. I love to network. I love to go do the face-to-face with clients and customers. I love beatin' the streets, hittin' the pavement, knockin' on doors, etc. But, when it comes...
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Critiquing Facebook’s new “Beacon” service

If you haven't read about it already, Facebook is breaking new ground with their "Beacon" feature that associates purchases with purchases and creates member endorsements alongside ads.   Here's a press release that describes the...
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Reunions

I got a notice last week for my 30th high school reunion. (Please keep the age jokes to yourself...) I'm not sure if I'm going to go. I live 5 hours worth of air travel away,...