Social Media

Best Posts of the Week

Blogs

Thought I’d share a couple of interesting and useful posts I’ve read this week!

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Social Media Statistics Galore

Resources

Statistics are persuasive, which is why you’re going to need them to help persuade the holder of the purse strings to invest in a social media strategy. My Mashable post today titled “how to find statistics on social media” offers a selection of key stats and resources to round out that PowerPoint deck you’ve been [...]

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10 Upcoming Social Media Events

Conferences

Social media is not just about participating in online conversations, but building closer relationships with the people in your network offline as well.

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SXSW Interactive Launches Panel Picker

Conferences

If you’re planning to attend the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin next March, it’s time to vote for the sessions you’re most interested in seeing. Organizers recently launched the Panel Picker, which empowers participants to review all of the proposal submissions and cast a vote for the sessions that sound most appealing. According to the [...]

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40+ Topics for Corporate Bloggers

Social Media

While I was on a bit of a social media vacation last week, Mashable published my post on 40+ Topics for Corporate Bloggers. I started it off by saying that there will be times that you have to contribute a post for your company’s blog and you just don’t have one idea that inspires you [...]

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Going Offline: 5 Books on Corporate Social Media

Resources

I’m trying to take a social media vacation, and it’s not working out so well. I’ve found it much more difficult to unplug than I imagined. It’s hard to let go of something that you’re passionate about, which is why I’ve been doing a lot of reading on social media during this downtime. My Mashable [...]

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How to Turn Your Next Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Social Media

imageMy post today on Mashable is about how to turn your next business trip into a social media experience by leveraging some of your existing networks as well as by adding a couple of others.

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BONUS VIDEOS: Corporate Social Media in Action

Social Media

Yesterday while I was leading some social media workshops out West, Mashable published my latest post on 35+ Examples of Corporate Social Media.

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Everything You Know About Viral Video Is Wrong

Social Media

At least that’s the word from a guy who should know. Arun Chaudhary, Barack Obama’s director of video field production, has helped the campaign to post more than 1000 videos on YouTube as well as capture footage for TV ads, news clips and everything else.

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How to Track 500 Business Blogs in 10 Minutes a Day

Blogs

My newest Mashable post is up today, where I provide a brief tutorial on how to track 500 business blogs in 10 minutes a day. I’m traveling right now so I don’t have a lot to add, but please read the post and contribute your own thoughts to it as well! Technorati Tags: 

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How To Leverage Social Media For Business

Social Media

My post on Mashable today discusses how businesses can begin using social media for community building and conversations. Obviously it’s impossible to construct a plan based on a single post, but I hope there are some good ideas mixed up in there to get the juices flowing.

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