A guest blog post by Robert M. Caruso , Founder/CEO – Bundle Post – Single Dad,Friend,Geek. Robert tweets about PDX, Social Media, Marketing, Mobile, Tech. He loved gadgets, tech and social Media. Is there anything perfect in this world? Not so much. We know nothing is perfect within social media either, however […]
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I’m sure there are good reasons NOT to allow people in an organization to use social media in the work place. So far, I haven’t heard any. [good ones, I mean]. These are the most common comments I get from employers, when discussing Social Media in the […]
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A few days ago, Linkedin announced two significant milestones. One global, reaching 100 million members, and the other one, local, is 2 million members in Australia. I’ve heard people dismissing these numbers, in the social media space, especially when comparing to Facebook (over 600 Million members globally, […]
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Guest Blog post from Kent Lewis, President of Anvil Media, Inc. I’ve worked at nine agencies in my career. In that time, I’ve provided marketing support for literally hundreds of clients of all sizes and shapes. Based on the relatively large sample size, I’ve noticed a distinct pattern: companies […]
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Generally speaking, I found many people will resist new things or change because: 1. They don’t understand them, or 2. They are ill-informed (“my girlfriend’s brother heard it is…”), or 3. They’ve thoroughly researched the subject, and realized it isn’t beneficial for their particular situation. Since I […]
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Since the first business anal(yst) came up with the TLA* ROI, marketers have tried to come up with matrix to prove their advertising work. There are statistics of Direct Mail, TVC and billboard eyeballs and views, and specific phone numbers, to measure the effectiveness of the call-to-action […]
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November 2008, Andrew Mason started Groupon in Chicago, the first group buying (later known as Social Coupons) convincing his former employer at the time, this is a great business idea. Mr Mason made such a great presentation, enough to raise $1M in seed money, to get going. […]
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by Eve Mayer Orsburn | @LinkedInQueen Although the media and culture are toting social media almost to a point of ad nausea; as a CEO, I am constantly meeting with fellow executives who are still drifting around in a sort of mindless fog when it comes to […]
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In the past few months, I’ve seen many innovation and new features coming out of Linkedin, and I’m not sure what to make of it. Some features I can understand the use of , such as Resume Builder, Signal, the browser toolbars on Chrome, IE & Firefox, […]
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Quite often I hear people say to me “yeah, my website is good – LOOK AT IT!” . Yep, it may look great, but does it do the job it is designed to do? BTW – what do you need a website for? Does it have a […]
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