Category: View Points

7 Tips for Selling Executives on Social Media

April 11, 2011

Are you a marketer who’s trying to juggle social media with the rest of your team’s activities? Do you think social media should be at the top of your priorities, but you’re having a hard time proving it?

Don’t worry. You aren’t alone.

I fought this battle also, and in the end I realized that I needed to drop terms like followers, retweets and status updates from my discussions in executive meetings. It was a tough conclusion, but I realized those metrics didn’t tell executives what they wanted to know.

This article will share 7 tips

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8 Keys to Blogging Success

January 20, 2011

Are you considering starting a blog? Maybe your blog isn't working for you? Blogging is one of the hottest ways to build business online.

It's changed considerably from the early days of "dear diary" and "angry conspiracy theorist" blogs. Even Time Magazine has started honoring their "Best Blogs" of the year.

Here are eight questions to ask--keys if you will to blogging success.
#1: Are You Passionate?
In The New Rules of Marketing & PR, David Meerman Scott urges would-be bloggers to "be passionate about and want the world to know

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Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2011 Winners!

January 18, 2011

Social media is a big subject. If you're looking for some reliable places to go for the best tips and social media tactics, look no further!

Our second-annual contest generated more than 300 nominations. Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement (among other things).

The following are the winners of Social Media Examiner's Top 10 Social Media Blogs for 2011.

If you're looking to master all that social media has

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What Your Business Needs to Know About Social Graphs

January 7, 2011

Are you familiar with the term social graph? Can you easily describe what one is, and better yet, why they're significant to the marketing of your business on the social web?

Understanding the concept of social graphs will not only enhance your proficiency with social media marketing today, it will also help you foresee emerging trends. This will significantly help you be fully prepared when new web technologies are launched.

The term social graph was first used a few years ago by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, specifically in reference to

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