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Starbucks is certainly no stranger to community involvement and corporate responsibility. Their involvement and awareness with many public issues has gotten them a nod from firms that measure social media exposure and involvement. There are many campaigns that Starbucks has initiated that have contributed to their social media popularity. Some of ...
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Sarah Worsham
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Sazbean
7 Social Media Resolutions to Improve Customer Engagement
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Being on social media is nothing new. A lot of businesses are on social media. Many are even spending a lot of time and effort on social media. But are they using social media to actually engage their customers? Treating social media as another advertising channel is a big mistake. Here are some social media [...]
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Cindy King
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Social Media Examiner
30 Social Media Predictions From 30 Social Media Pros
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How will social media impact marketers and businesses in 2011? We sought expert opinions from a wide range of pros you’re likely familiar with. Since we started Social Media Examiner in October 2009, we’ve published more than 280 articles. These original posts were written by dozens of social media professionals. We decided to tap ...
Monika Jansen
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Small Business Conversations
How to Integrate Your Blog With Your Marketing and Social Media Strategy
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I just finished writing a 3 part series on social media, and though this post isn’t really part of that series, it can be viewed as a continuation of the whole basic social media “how to” discussion. So, your blog. You write and publish a blog to demonstrate authority on a certain topic (or topics) and [...]
Neal Schaffer
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Windmill Networking Blog
Top 25 Most Useful Social Media Marketing Blog Posts of 2010
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As we head into 2011, it’s best to take a look back at the top 25 social media marketing blog posts of 2010 and see what we can glean to help us in the new year. Social media is fascinating in that the way we utilize these sites, and the functionality of these sites, is always changing. Therefore, as social media marketers, we always ...
Jesse Stanchak
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SmartBlog on Social Media
Should webinars be a part of your social media strategy? — a Q-and-A with Ann Handley
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This Q-and-A is with MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer Ann Handley, author of Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business. Check back on Wednesday for part two of this interview, which focuses on how to plan and execute a successful webinar. Compared ...
Www.marketingprofs.com
How Small Businesses Leaders Use Social Media
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Small business decision-makers who use social media say they do so because of the convenience and speed with which they can access business-relevant information, according to a study by Business.com. In addition, those leaders who rely on social media for business purposes use on average 5.9 different social media resources.
Unbound Edition
Coca-Cola Wraps Largest Social-Media Project Ever
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On Jan. 1, 2010, armed with laptops, video cameras, smartphones and plenty of other gadgetry, the three 20-somethings set off to visit 206 countries and territories where Coca-Cola is sold in order to document for the masses their search for happiness. They arrived back in Atlanta at the World of Coca-Cola Dec. 29, 2010, just before the dawn of ...
Barry Hurd
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123 Social Media
5 Social Media Fitness Ideas for 2011
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Want to be successful with social media in 2011? Of course you do. Like any ‘get fit’ resolution for 2011, improving the health of your social media strategy is a long process with a lot of check points along the way. You can’t just start running 25 mile marathons. You first have to: Work on [...]
James Ball
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NotEasyToForget.com
2011 Marketing And Social Media Trends To Watch – From A Wiser Man Than I
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Last year I opted not to write any type of year end or New Year “trends” post. I did publish a pretty nice “15 of the Best and Brightest Social Media Videos and Presentations” post that I still look back on and enjoy. I’ll be refreshing the list this year, so do watch for that to [...] Related posts: The 3 Pieces Of The Social Media ...
Www.socialmarketinghub.com
Build Your Business with AUTHENTIC PERSONAL BRANDING & SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
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In today’s online, virtual, and individual age and in the rapidly evolving world of Internet authentic personal branding and social media have begun playing a leading role. To stay ahead of the game, you need to have a strong personal brand and need to know how to use innovative social media to maximum effect. This master class will ...
Giles
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Media Badger
The Impact of Social Media on the English Language
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The evidence would tend to say “yes.” After all, it may be well argued that only the English language can adapt as swiftly and easily, unlike other languages. Increasingly we are turning nouns and adjectives into verbs – such as “to Google.” English uses few inflections. In French, for example, the noun “action&#
Umberto Milletti
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Social Media B2B
Social Selling Throughout The B2B Sales Cycle
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The impact of social media on brand monitoring, customer service and marketing is a hot topic these days, but there has been less discussion about one of the biggest areas of social media impact: B2B sales. The opportunity to capitalize on social media in sales is clear: if Customer 2.0 leverages social media to inform [...] Related posts: The ...
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Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Publicity Hound
Help! No one can see my Facebook Fan Page
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Talk about frustrating! For the past few months, I’ve had no activity at my Facebook Fan Page, despite the fact that I’ve been posting videos, notes, tips and photos. If you click on that link or paste into your browser window, you’ll end up in your own account. Yet the page comes up in ...
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Priya Ramesh
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The Buzz Bin
2011 is Here. Now Let’s Get Serious About Facebook Marketing
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By Priya Ramesh (@newpr) Happy New Year! I am sure you are tired of the “Top ten trends in 2011” blog posts that most of us forget anyways in less than ten days so let me take you through a different route with this one I am writing from Bangalore, the Silicon Valley capital of [...]
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Bill Slawski
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SEO
A Google Like Button: Adsense for Social Network Sharers?
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A Google patent application published last week describes how Google might enable visitors to websites to share information that they’ve found with others on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other sites. In some ways, it seems like a response to the Facebook Like Button. The patent filing is fairly long [...]
AdFreak
Can Facebook help re-socialize drug users?
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You may be addicted to Facebook, but Monica Gebruikt would happily trade places with you. The 37-year-old Dutch woman is addicted to heroin and cocaine. Now, with help from Dutch charity site Ikgebruik.nl (and branding agency Lemz), Monica is taking part in a social-media experiment. She has set up a Facebook profile , and is asking you to ...
Greg Sterling
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Search Engine Land
With So Much Money Is A Facebook Search Engine Inevitable?
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The news broke yesterday that Facebook was getting a whopping $500 million from Goldman Sachs and existing investor Digital Sky Technologies at a valuation of $50 billion. None of this has been confirmed by the company but it’s being very widely reported. Apparently the Goldman investment... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full ...
Pronet Advertising
Facebook and Twitter Draw Concerns From Regulators
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When a privately owned company experiences phenomenal success, attention floats its way from every direction, including governmental authorities. Recently, several social networking sites gained some of that attention and were asked to produce financial information that those authorities could analyze and determine whether the financial activity ...
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Daisy Whitney
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SEO
Get ready for a slew of new tablet introductions. The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off this week and manufacturers like Vizio, Toshiba, as well as Motorola, LG, Dell and Microsoft expect to introduce new tablet computers (many using the Android OS) this week in Las Vegas. But will anyone want a tablet that’s not [...]
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Tameka Kee
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the Econsultancy blog
Will publishers crack the iPad code in 2011?
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Remember the fanfare when Wired launched its first iPad app – and the frenzy that ensued once Conde Nast announced it had been downloaded over 100,000 times? Publishers need to swallow the fact that Wired's success was an anomaly, and it likely won't be repeated unless the current app development and pricing strategies change dramatically. ...
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Unbound Edition
The Future of Visual Storytelling: From The Last Supper to the iPad Tablet
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Of late, I've been thinking a lot about visual storytelling and the various ways that the Internet and digital devices like the iPad require us to process information and content. Over the past decade, there has been an astounding rise in the value of visual literacy -- the ability to process information and content that is delivered via images ...
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Tech News
Tablet PC or Netbook – Which One You Will Choose?
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A stylish and impactful Android Tablet PC or Netbook is gaining in popularity.The personal computer, which uses a micro-processor as its CPU (central processing unit), has evolved from bulky desktop systems to more compact systems that include portable laptops. Two types of portable personal computers that have emerged are the tablet PC and ...
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Just a glance at the Christmas pictures, is sure to set anyone in the mood of celebration. There are various symbols of the celebrations, which are displayed all over, around this time. You can see the Christmas lights, decked up shopping malls, music playing all round and people going out for their holiday shopping. So, there is no reason, why ...
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Tech News
Christmas Decorating Ideas to Brighten Up the Holidays
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Christmas celebration is incomplete, unless you see the all the trees, markets, homes and streets in your locality, decorated with festive lights and colors. All of us have out own unique and special way of celebrating this season, but you will find that most people include decorating as an important part of this event. Many [...]
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Kirsten Wright
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Wright Creativity
Twitter lists - I couldn’t imagine dealing with twitter without them. Twitter lists are simply a list that you add your followers to, based on your own criteria. You can have small lists, large lists (up to 500 people) and you have 100% control over who you put into any list you create. To create [...] Related posts: “We” ...
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The Publicity Hound
5 ways to use Twitter lists for PR, marketing, spying
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Anne Deeter Gallaher has written a helpful blog post on How to add Twitter to your PR to mix in 9 easy steps. I commented and suggested using Twitter lists these five ways. All were discussed in more detail during the webinar I hosted on How to Use Twitter Lists & Directories to Generate Publicity & [...]
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Scott Gould
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Scott Gould and Friends
Why I Don’t Complain On Twitter, And Why You Could
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It’s hard to resist having a good moan on Twitter, especially when something or someone isn’t doing their job and we hope that our moaning, combined with our perceived influence, will get us special attention. The trouble is that your complaining, whilst seemingly resolving your current short term frustration, might be causing you ...
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Alina Popescu
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Words of a Broken Mirror
Twitter Tips: Don’t say you follow back!
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One of the methods of attracting more followers on Twitter is to make a bold and easily noticeable statement that you follow back. It’s that little extra added to the profile description that might seem like a good idea, but really isn’t. Why? Because of how it makes you look! First, it says you’re in [...]
Advertising Age
Influencer: Tim Siedell, Adman/Twitter Star
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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- When David Letterman asked Twitter co-founder Biz Stone who was his favorite person to follow, Mr. Stone named @badbanana, adding, "I find him to be terribly funny." So does the New York Times, The Huffington Post, NPR and 410,000 people on Twitter, who practically forced him to issue a book of his tweets called &
The Publicity Hound
6 powerful ways for Twitterers to use Twellow
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Looking for people in a certain niche on Twitter, but confused about how to find them? Twellow to the rescue. It’s like the Twitter Yellow Pages, with hundreds of categories and some really obscure niches. I spent several hours there recently looking for people who one of my corporate consulting clients can follow. Twellow grabs [...]
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This might be a useful exercise. Doesn't matter whether it was a hit or not, it just matters that you shipped it. Shipping something that scares you (and a lot of what follows did) is the entire point.
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DuckDuckGo, a small search engine that’s largely flown under the public radar, has started the new year by taking a public shot at Google on the issue of search privacy. The company has launched DontTrack.us, an illustrated guide showing how Google tracks its users … and how DuckDuckGo... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full ...
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Prateek Waghre
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WATBlog.com
Google Transit Arrives in Pune!
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Google has just announced that Google Transit will be coming to Pune. For those unaware, Transit is a Google Project that seeks to encourage travelling by Public Transport in various cities around the world. It is now present in almost 500 cities around the world including Bangalore and Delhi. It has tied up with the [...] REGISTER FOR WATSUMMIT -
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Pronet Advertising
Site Hacking Alerts Added to Google Searches
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To make your Google search results more productive for your needs, a new feature has recently been added by the search engine industry leader that promises to make users more confident while searching and visiting sites. Google recently introduced a new feature that will alert users to potential hacking activity from their online searches. Google&#
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Chris Silver Smith
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Search Engine Land
Investigating Google Places Hypocrisy For Address-less Businesses
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Google’s treatment for local businesses without public storefronts has never been good, and their suggestions for them have vacillated over time. For service professionals using P.O. box addresses, the situation is confusing, as (it appears) Google penalizes some, but not others. To... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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A video curator has a knack for finding the gems in mountain of online video. Video curators watch hundreds of videos, gather the best video in playlists on YouTube or another website, and distributes the channel to a network of fans.
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Jeremy Scott
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SEO
Study: Online Users Willing To Pay For Digital Video Content
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There’s a new study out from Pew Internet & American Life Project, and the overall theme seems to be that digital content purchases are on the rise. In fact, they’ve pulled even with traditional e-commerce purchases. 66% of Internet users purchase traditional goods and services through e-commerce, and a whopping 65% purchase ...
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David Murdico
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SEO
Online Video And Social Media Marketing Advice For Executives
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Over the holidays I took my two nieces ice skating for the first time. I observed the distinct ways they approached the problem of staying up, moving forward and not falling on their butts. The six year old took a cautious yet determined approach, going steadily from the walker gizmo to holding my hand, to [...]
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Claire Robinson brings her culinary knowledge and enthusiasm for reality television to prime time! Don't miss her twist on Sex and the City cakes, contestant catastrophes and more this season. Get to know Claire
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Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, Madrid, Spain Executive Creative Directors: Pablo Stricker, Pablo Colonnese, Mónica Moro Creative Director: Leandro Raposo Copywriter: Mikel Echeverria Art Director: Javier Rodriguez Film Director: Juan José Ocio Learn how to do great ads like this on Creative Pro .
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Adverbox
Hot Wheels
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Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Mexico Chief Creative Officer: José Montalvo Executive Creative Director: Miguel Angel Ruiz Head Art Director: Iván Carrasco Art Directors: Iván Carrasco, Mario Salgado, Jaime González Creative Director: Abraham Quintana Copywriter: Abraham Quintana Advertiser’s Supervisor: Roberto Guzmán Planner: … ...
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Ivan
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Ads of the World™
Toyota Prius Hybrid: Sheep farts
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Advertising Agency: TBWA/Yehoshua, Tel Aviv, Israel Creative Director: Amit Stoler Art Director: Kobi Benwalid Copywriter: Nir Ambar, Alon Hadad Published: December 2010 Learn how to do great ads like this on Creative Pro .
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Ivan
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Ads of the World™
Pepsi: Manifesto
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Advertising Agency: Mark BBDO, Prague, Czech Republic Creative Directors: Andrej Stuk, Leon Sverdlin Copywriters: Jan Holecek, Iva Macku Art Directors: Ales Kolaja, Lubos Vacke Production Company: Target Pictures, Prague Film Director: 2DOG Agency Producer: Mimofilm, Honza Soupa Music: Radek Rondewald Digital: Martin Kermes, 2fresh Learn how to ...
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Adverbox
Rubik’s Cube 25th anniversary
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Credits: Product: Rubik’s Cube Agency: DDB New Zealand Executive Creative Director: Toby Talbot Head of Art: Mike Davison Creative: Bridget Short, Regan Grafton Photographer: Juliet Taylor Senior Agency Producer: Gordon Moir Country: New Zealand Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) #similar{margin:0;padding:0;} … Continue reading → ...
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AOL is fighting the so-called "war for talent" in Silicon Valley on a new front -- highway billboards. AOL employee, and TechCrunch founder, Michael Arrington posted this picture of an AOL billboard on highway 101 in Silicon Valley. He thinks it's "odd," and says most people would rather go to Zynga, Twitter, or Facebook.
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Otilia Otlacan
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AdOperationsOnline.com
AOL Agrees to Acquire Social Identity Site about.me
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PALO ALTO, Calif. – AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) announced that it has agreed to acquire about.me, Inc., a product that empowers people to create a single personal profile page that presents their online identities together in one place, simplifying the social experience across the web. This includes profiles on Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, email, ...
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Blain Rethmeier
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Potomac Flacks
CNN's Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser reports that the RNC's Doug Heye is moving on -- and we at Potomac Flacks wish him the best. Steinhauser writes ... Call it one of the most demanding jobs in Washington: Communications Director at the Republican National Committee under the often-outspoken chairman Michael Steele. Well, after ...
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Do you want epic cash money for little to no effort and just a $37 investment? A lot of people are seduced by those sorts of ridiculous promises on sales pages like from self-professed gurus. Me and Shawn Collins are sick and tired of the “gurus” out there and their false promises. So we [...]
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Shawn Collins
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Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins
Epic Cash Money
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Do you want epic cash money for little to no effort and just a $37 investment? A lot of people are seduced by those sorts of ridiculous promises on sales pages like from self-professed gurus. These vultures have long frustrated Jim Kukral and me, so we decided to start Unguru.me as a place for [...]
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You saw her do it. You saw him do it. You don’t know why you were never given a chance. Go do it. You almost tried it once, but then, on second thought, they were probably right. It wouldn’t have worked. Go do it.
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Now that you’ve (presumably) battled your way back from a hard-earned New Year’s hangover, we can talk about the Apple Cider Vinegar Diet, liver flushes, and magnetic elliptical trainers. What? You’ve never heard of these things? I hadn’t either until my colleague, Erin O’Donnell, put some New Year’s ...
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B2C Marketing Insider
Reinvention…Welcome to the New Year!
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Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were most enjoyable and you took time to be with family and friends. The birth of a new year is also a time to consider reinvention, both professionally and personally. Some people decide to make New Year resolutions of exercising, eating better foods, being nicer, spending more time [...]
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Kate Morris
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SEO
5 SEO Tactics to Explore in 2011
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Posted by Kate Morris It's the New Year and I can guarantee there will be a ton of new people at my gym this week ready to work on their resolutions (and generally getting in the way </grumbling>). In SEO, some resolutions might include working on personal sites (I might have a few abandoned sites...) or writing more blog posts. ...
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New York-based trend and research company PSFK has launched PurpleList, a Quora-like question and answer service for marketers staffed by 750 invited industry experts from around the world including Foursquare Founder Dennis Crowley, Engadget Founder Peter Rojas and Treehugger FOunder Graham Hill.
Randall Knutson
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Internet Insights
I tend to spend a lot of time tracking down and fixing bugs on our websites. After doing this for a while, I developed some tricks to help figuring out what is going on more quickly. I'm going to walk you through a recent bug report and fix that I had to do and how I fixed it. Unfortunately most bug fixing involves reading code though so if you ...
 
David Meerman Scott
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Web Ink Now
With the New Year comes an opportunity to transform your business. This is especially true if you run a small business or are a sole proprietor. You don't have to accept the label others have put on you. You don't have to limit your company by a label like "B2B" or "auto industry." Forget terms like lawyer, consultant, writer, singer, graphic ...
McDonalds Hungary wanted to promote their new euro-deal promotion, 2 cheeseburgers for only 1€. The philosophy behind this euro-deal is that everyone can save money at McDonalds. They used the iconic wrapping of the cheeseburger to wrap several items in the windows of stores, accompanied with a tag with the euro-deal promotion. Save money by [...
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