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    1. Social Pros 16 – Jay and Eric Strike Back

      Explore Social Media Strategy (May 18 2012)

      Social Pros 16 – Jay and Eric Strike Back

      This is Episode 16 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features special insights from hosts Jay Baer and Eric Boggs, Eric’s Social Media Stat of the week (this week: social media users will tell an average of 53 people about their bad customer service experiences), and some tough questions for both hosts.

       

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      Comment Mentions:   Yahoo   Google   Jay Baer

    2. How to Build Your Creative Confidence

      Explore conversationagent.com (May 17 2012)

      How to Build Your Creative Confidence

      A couple of years ago I talked to a recruiter who was seeking connections to talented candidates on behalf of her client, IDEO. My first reaction was, wow, I would love to work there. IDEO is the place where some of the creative professionals I have been following for quite some time have found a home. Working with positive, "can do" people does reinforce our sense of possibility.

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      Comment Mentions:   YouTube   TED   IDEO

    3. How Often Should I Check Analytics?

      Explore Brick Marketing Blog (May 17 2012)

      How Often Should I Check Analytics?

      Every business today should have a website, but just setting up a website really isn’t good enough. If you’re going to invest in website design and hosting, it’s important to monitor the success of the website in order to look for ways to improve it. That’s why it’s necessary to set up a Google Analytics account.

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      Comment Mentions:   SEO   Google Analytics   Brick Marketing

    4. Many Platforms, One Voice: How to Maintain a Consistent Social Media Persona

      Explore Content Marketing Institute (May 17 2012)

      Many Platforms, One Voice: How to Maintain a Consistent Social Media Persona

      Whether you're marketing yourself or your company, your audience gets to know your personal brand, or personality. Whatever our objectives are for marketing ourselves, our personal brand can help us familiarize our target audience with the facets of our character that make us an appealing investment.Here are some key ways you can maintain a consistent social media persona, no matter what the forum.

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      Comment Mentions:   Apple   Nike   Facebook

    5. 3 Simple Ways to Turn Your Website Archive into Profitable Books and eBooks

      Explore copyblogger (May 17 2012)

      3 Simple Ways to Turn Your Website Archive into Profitable Books and eBooks

      Attention Bloggers: I’ve seen the future, and you’re missing it. Oh sure, we bloggers think we’re the most up-to-date, leading-edge, tech-savvy people on the planet. But one of the biggest changes in the long history of content creation is taking place right under your feet, and I’m afraid it may be passing you by.

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      Comment Mentions:   New York   Amazon.com   Seth Godin

    6. Infographic: Generating ideas of content types to engage

      Explore Digital marketing strategy advice (May 17 2012)

      Infographic: Generating ideas of content types to engage

      We’ve had this graphic on a Post-It note in our office for months; it’s a natural follow-on from our inbound marketing funnel infographic. We created it to help your own brainstorming on content ideas to engage customers and encourage sharing. Our matrix is structured to help think through the dimensions of different content content based on how your audience might think and what you’re trying to achieve as a business.

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      Comment Mentions:   SEO   Eloqua   Inbound Marketing

    7. Google’s Knowledge Graph: Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter

      Explore Mashable (May 17 2012)

      Google’s Knowledge Graph: Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter

      The Google Search of the future is here. Now. Today. The long-talked-about semantic web — Google prefers “Knowledge Graph” — is rolling out across all Google Search tools, and our most fundamental online task may never be the same again. Starting today, a vast portion of Google Search results will work with you to intuit what you really meant by that search entry.

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      Comment Mentions:   Google   SEO   Microsoft

    8. Music and film magazines top Twitter engagement chart

      Explore wallblog.co.uk (May 17 2012)

      Music and film magazines top Twitter engagement chart

      The growth of social media is by now well known and well documented. But publishers and broadcasters are also increasingly interested in building a social media presence. Twitter seems to provide new opportunities to create deeper levels of engagement and loyalty. We took a look at a number of different titles across four categories to see what they were doing on Twitter and how their audiences were reacting.

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      Comment Mentions:   London   Twitter   Marie Claire

    9. Five Tactics to Avoid Survey Fatigue

      Explore Customer Strategy (May 16 2012)

      Five Tactics to Avoid Survey Fatigue

      Organizations want to know what their customers think about them and what they can do to improve their customers' experience. This is even more important in a competitive environment and in the age of social media where customers are very quick to share their opinions. It's becoming easier for organizations to reach out to them and ask what they think.

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      Comment Mentions:   Dominos Pizza   Mindshare Technologies   Erich Dietz