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6 Content-Driven Social Media Tips for Business

Establish presence. With hundreds of millions of active participants (Facebook alone has several hundred million registered users), you want continuous visibility among the people who are important to your business, be they customers, partners, or other stakeholders. Build rapport and relationships with specific audiences. Cultivate relationships with your important stakeholder groups through two-way communication. Establish … Read more

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New Mac Pro Computer and New Macbook Pro laptop!

I must say, it’s very exciting having such gr8 new toys. There’s always a slight adjustment time to set everything up right but so far so good…

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What a Long Strange Trip its Been

Yesterday my computer died an untimely death. It was my worst fear realized. I couldn’t access anything—no email, no internet, no files, nada, nuttin, zilch. My monitor was black. I found out it had fallen into a coma. The power was working so it looked like it could turn on but it’s mind (motherboard) was … Read more

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Defense Dept. Now Allows Social Media

“The Defense Department on Friday unveiled its new policy allowing military members and civilians to access social media Web sites from the agency’s unclassified network. Price B. Floyd, principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for public affairs, said last week that the new policy is an attempt to change the culture at the department, particularly … Read more

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Linkedin Groups

If anybody out there hasn’t tried joining groups on Linkedin you’re missing an easy way to network with people that have similar interests. I can’t believe how many cool people I’ve “met” online thru these groups. Ok, that’s my tip for now…

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Tweets Grew 1,400% Last Year

According to Twitter on Feb 24, 2010 tweople were tweeting 5,000 times a day in 2007. By 2008, 300,000, and by 2009, 2.5 million per day! Tweets grew 1,400% last year to 35 million per day. Today, we are seeing 50 million tweets per day—that’s an average of 600 tweets per second. As for age … Read more

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Number of Users on Websites

As of today here are some of the numbers: Facebook 350 million users (stats vary, some say 400 million) MySpace 130 million users (I find it interesting that MySpace is not being taken seriously lately but it still has this many users!!) Twitter 75 million users Classmates 50 million users LinkedIn 35 million users Flickr … Read more

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Top Ways Buyers Find Your Services

Industry Website Article or Story (53%) Internet Search (55%) Exhibit at Conference or Event (55%) Article/News Stories about you/your business (56%) Website (58%) Referrals from Other Service Providers (75%) Referrals from Colleagues (79%) source: HubSpot @winwinmantra

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High Score on Twitter Ranking!

Hi. I just checked myself out on Twitter Grader to see how my tweeting is going. I’m giddy with news. I rank HIGH! My grade is 95.5 out of 100 and my ranking is 277,803 out of 6,169,444!! Can i get a woo hoo?

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ASJA Sunday, April 25th — SAVE THE DATE!

Hello fellow writers. I hope all of you will consider attending the annual American Society of Journalists and Authors conference. You do not have to be a member to attend the Saturday or Sunday sessions. I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking about web design Sunday 4/25 at 9am. Here’s the synopsis: No … Read more

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