Tag: facebook
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My Talk on Proven Ways to Use Social Media to Market Your Toy Business
**The following was first delivered as a seminar topic at ToyFest West trade show in Vegas.** Note that the examples below pertain to companies in the Toy Industry but rest assured, these tips will work with ANY business.** In today’s digital landscape, when people aren’t stalking exes, reading about the Kardashians or watching cat videos,…
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Lost Facebook Likes
It’s not you, it’s me. No, actually, it’s Facebook. You may have noticed a small drop in your Facebook Likes Count. You see, over the weekend, Facebook started removing two types of accounts from your fan count: memorialized accounts and voluntarily deactivated accounts. So basically the great Facebook purge is doing you a favor by…
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Don’t You Wish You Could Quit Facebook?
For social media managers like me, Facebook is a necessary evil. Most days, I just want to quit Facebook. As far as social networking goes and marketing, I personally think it is a dead end. A part of me still loves it though, because it keeps me connected to friends and family near and far. Who would’ve thought that I’d…
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Facebook Chain Status Updates – the new Chain Letter
I remember receiving chain letters in the mail. There were those threatening ones that you had to send out to x number of people lest some awful fate befell you. And then there were those that rewarded you with something a sticker, stationery or something that you would only receive once you had sent out…
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Thoughts on Small Business and Social Media
Small Business Saturday is on November 30th and so it’s been on my mind lately. I love supporting my own neighborhood coffee shop, bookstore, restaurant, nail salon etc. And often, when I think about how I can help a small independent store survive and thrive in this economy, naturally, my thoughts turn to social media,…
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Connect, Teach and Share at OC Social Media Summit Today
The 1st Orange County Social Media Summit is taking place today, Friday, May 18th, 2012 at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. Nearly 600 people are expected to attend the day-long event focused on Social Media. Topics covered feature everything from blogging, to making videos to posting tweets and Facebook updates. I caught up with one…
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Will you be my friend?
When you see it like this, you realize that our Facebook life can be quite absurd. Thank you www.twoboysopera.com and Paige for first posting this on YOUR FB wall for me to find…and now share!
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Social Media is NOT a FAD
Here’s an oldie but goodie. Right here, right now. It’s time for YOU to ENGAGE. From the good people of www.socialnomics.net [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8]
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HOW TO: Organize Your Contacts for Networking Success
Ah yes, summer is knocking at our doors and I’m not even halfway done with Spring Cleaning in real life! Thankfully, my online world is a little more organized – thanks to articles like this one. Excerpt: “Managing your online network is critical, whether you’re looking for a job, trying to advance in your career,…
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Advertisers flocking to Facebook quadruple from last year | VentureBeat
So much for Quitting Facebook. Geez, I remember when the only reason to be on Facebook was to make friends, communicate with faraway friends/family and reconnect with old school chums. Of course, when I had first heard of social networking -it was Friendster (back in 2002) – and I thought it was some kind of…