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From the monthly archives:

June 2012

Four Steps For Taking An Entrepreneur’s Vacation

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June 26, 2012

An entrepreneur runs on inspiration, on a proactive spirit, on doing enjoyable tasks. Those are all things that can happen on a vacation, if you plan it right. And it got me thinking – how does an entrepreneur make the most of a vacation?

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Social Media Marketing and Real World Results

June 25, 2012

Original Post: Social Media Marketing and Real World Results By Jim Connolly | June 11, 2012 Social media marketing allows us to network on a local, national or global scale. It allows us to build targeted networks of great contacts, based on our specific area of commercial interest. The cost is extremely low and there’s [...]

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6 Reasons a Blog Should be the Center of Any Social Content Strategy

June 21, 2012

Original Post: 6 Reasons a Blog Should be the Center of Any Social Content Strategy
By Tom Pick | June 4, 2012
Despite the many business benefits of blogging, it remains an underutilized tactic. Recent research shows that only 37% of the Inc. 500 fastest-growing companies and just 35% of the Fortune 100 enterprises maintain blogs.

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Tools are not a strategy!

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June 19, 2012

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Tools are NOT a Strategy — 3 examples of Twitter strategies that work: A Japanese startup company is turning tweets into comic strips, with an app called “Feel On!” but it really caught my attention because it’s just one of many recent Twitter apps that are either truly innovative, or maybe just truly superfluous.

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Fred’s Arm… Innovative or Weird? You Decide!

June 18, 2012

Fred, who works at the ad agency Leo Burnett Madrid, always wanted a tattoo but never knew what he wanted to permanently display on his body. He finally decided to get a QR code in order to show any content he wanted. His ad agency decided it was a great opportunity to capitalize on this new “media space,” and they opened up this space to bidding. The company with the highest bid gets to be the first business to advertise on Fred’s arm. The website says the bidding was to close on April 29th, but there’s still no word yet about the highest bidder… and it looks like the bidding is still up and running!

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When It Comes to Social Media, You Are Your Own PR Agent

June 15, 2012

Original Post: Do You Have an Image Problem?
By Jeff Hadden | May 29, 2012

“Here’s the problem with social media: It’s turned everyone into his (or her) own personal PR agent.”

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Turn Your Tweets into Comics

June 7, 2012

Original Post: Turn Tweets into Comics By Emma Hutchings | May 30, 2012 The company’s “Social Emotion Engine” (SEE) automatically analyzes tweets and classifies them by emotion, showing you matching colors and illustrations you can choose to add to the text. After authorizing it with your Twitter account, you can start posting tweets with comics [...]

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Words With Friends, and Becoming a “Sticky” Business

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June 4, 2012

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In all honesty, I’m not really one for Facebook or Smartphone games. I don’t “get” Farmville, and I’ve seen (but never tried) my kids play Angry Birds, and that’s generally the extent of my first-hand, game-app knowledge. Except when it comes to one game: Words With Friends.

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