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7 Reasons Every Business Needs to be on Twitter

21 February 2010

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Despite the fact that Twitter has more than 32 million users, has received massive publicity from both celebrities and government, and produced remarkable results for companies like Dell and Zappos, many business executives still don’t “get” Twitter. Granted, there is an awful lot of noise (“Just got back from the gym…eating pizza again for lunch…watch [...]

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Seth Godin-Free ebook-What Matters Now

14 December 2009

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As we wind down 2009, it’s time to think about what matters for 2010. My friend Seth Godin has pulled together a remarkable group of more than 70 people who each contributed a one-page essay with a one-word title to create a free ebook called What Matters Now. What Matters Now will inspire you to make [...]

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5 Things To Remember About Social Media

2 December 2009

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If you had any doubts about the impact social networking tools and social media have on the world as we know it, watch this Advertising Age video of Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz talk about the changes they’ve made in their approach to reaching skiers and snow enthusiasts. While this is a [...]

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Social Media ROI Youtube Video

2 December 2009

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Top 12 Questions To Ask A Business When Considering Social Media

2 December 2009

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Social media marketing is going to be HUGE in 2010 and we are finally seeing some decent budgets being formulated. We started out the first 2 quarters of 2009 helping the small business community mostly, but have realized that mid-size firms have demonstrated to us the budgets are now there and they are seeing the [...]

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Applying for a Job – Would you submit your resume if the posting had typos?

15 November 2009

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I sent a tweet this morning http://bit.ly/1hnIpA after stumbling on a job posting that had typos and bad grammar.  Now I am not pointing fingers at the poster, I have never claimed to be a master of the English language or its grammar.  I can even point out examples of emails I have sent that [...]

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LinkedIn with a Twist

11 November 2009

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I have had the opportunity recently to speak with several groups, and introduce them to Social Media, Social Networking, and Cloud Computing.  Specifically around the idea of leveraging these resources to aid in employment search.  These groups are either, unemployed, underemployed, or see the bright eye in the sky and want to know what it [...]

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LinkedIn Workshop Presentation for Beginners

27 October 2009

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Sunday night, I presented a LinkedIn workshop to a group of adults who fell into 1 of 3 categories.  Those categorizes were unemployed, under employed, or those who were looking to further leverage their personal branding networks using LinkedIn.  Below is the PowerPoint presentation that I used.  I removed some of the slides to protect [...]

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Huge List Of Links Submitted By Users Of Tripwire Magazine

20 October 2009

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Image via Wikipedia 5 Useful Tips To Choose The Right Photography CMS Content management system (CMS) is a web application for easy creation, editing and storing of HTML content. Although photographer special needs narrow the circle of possible CMS solutions. Rusty Brushes 5 Rusty Brushes Abstract Background Vector Colorful abstract background with concentric circles, rainbow colors, twinkling stars, dots, arrows and [...]

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5 Ways the Medical Industry Can Use Social Media for Current and Future Patients

16 October 2009

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Image via Wikipedia I’m all for sharing and promoting great content online.  I’m also in favor of creating transparency, and allowing communities to help shape our customer service.  If all businesses did was stand behind a flashy website, and didn’t address real issues, our experience would always be a gamble.  Our relationships are built through the [...]

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