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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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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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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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Want to know how many people you can network with on the Internet? I did. Here’s what I found out: Source: sastisfactionsecrets.com 126 million – The number of blogs on the Internet (as tracked by BlogPulse). 27.3 million – Number of tweets on Twitter per day (November, 2009) 57% – Percentage of Twitter’s user base … Read more
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In order for social media tools to work for your business, you’ve gotta be putting in the time. Think of it as a networking party. If you stand in a corner, and wait for someone to come to you, not much will happen. If you get out there and engage others in conversations and hand … Read more
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Nielsen Online shows big increases in global audiences for social networks. Time spent on Facebook and Twitter is up 82% from last year. Facebook is still the top social site. Stats from December 209 show 206.9 million unique visitors. Time per person spent on social networking sites has been steadily on the rise since 2007. … Read more
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Are you building your brand reputation? If not, it would be wise to start… Dominos Pizza recently learned that the majority of their market had the opinion that their product is lousy. They learned specific details as to why their customers felt their product was inferior against their competitors. Dominos then used social media to … Read more
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Looking at user patterns, HubSpot found that Thursday and Friday are the most active days on Twitter, each accounting for 16% of total tweets in the analysis, while 10-11 pm appears to be the most active hour on Twitter, accounting for 4.8% of the tweets in an average day. This info came from TechCrunch.
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Economists expect recovery to stick in 2010, forecasting a slow, steady rise. Nearly four of five economists surveyed by USA TODAY say the stock market rally since March is heralding a sustainable recovery. View encouraging predictions see chart. If the predictions are correct, our beautiful nation won’t slip back into recession nor will the Dow … Read more
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Business and technical writers should remember to keep up with industry publications and news, use charts and bullets, and write simplistic articles and guides for a range of audiences. Write like a reporter! read more
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