Ever since the days of MySpace, it became pretty clear that social media platforms have a bright future ahead. This became further clear when networking platform Facebook was launched and…
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What is social media marketing?
For years, I struggled to explain to my mom what I do for a living. Now, I struggle to explain what I do for a living to my friends. The onus…
Read MoreA social media hoarder intervention
Are you a social media hoarder? Is it time for a bit of a social media spring cleaning? What defines you? Your current creativity, expertise, and work? Or, all the…
Read MoreTake back your online reputation with a little help from your friends
Many hands make light online reputation work. Changing your reputation online is no small task. It’s also a house of cards. You can either do it yourself, about yourself, for…
Read MoreHow to court Google with chivalry and courtly love
Online reputation is a marathon and not a sprint. One thing I have learned over time is that you cannot treat your online reputation like a barn-raising — you can’t…
Read MoreAdventures in frictionless sharing
I have been exploring frictionless sharing for years in the form of auto-tweets, retweets, automatic cross-posting, and attention data. What is it, you ask? Well, according to Wikipedia, frictionless sharing describes…
Read MoreYou’re only renting in social media
What you’re learning by “renting” your pages on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress.com, LinkedIn, and Google+, is portable, which is to say that everything you’re doing, experiencing, and learning…
Read MoreWhy you too should be social media slutty
If you call yourself a social media marketer and you’re not completely promiscuous about it, you’re not serving yourself, your boss, or your clients. If you’re not constantly downloading new…
Read MoreDon’t ignore message boards in your social media marketing strategy
The problem with most social media marketing agencies is that we’re fickle. We tend to keep rushing into the future, adopting anything and everything hot and new and throwing the…
Read MoreSocial media success demands talent above technology
In response to Inside a Social Media News Release, Jonathan Rick asked me, “Isn’t this essentially the same thing that Pitch Engine offers?” Jason Kintzler then added, “Yes Jonathan, exactly!…
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