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JULY 21, 2010

Remember all the hubbub last fall when the FTC released its Guidelines for Blogging and Social Media ? Marketers have a responsibility to ensure that bloggers are providing disclosure and that statements are not misleading or unsubstantiated. In 2007, a breach of contract suit was brought against 1-800-Flowers.com Inc.

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APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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MAY 26, 2010

Otherwise, let's jump back into the TARDIS and re-live 2007 til we get it right. Hopefully most of us on this site are past the “how Twitter / Facebook / Flickr / YouTube… works,&# and have progressed to “how to make Twitter / Facebook / Flickr / YouTube…work for you&# section. Talkin' 'bout a revolution.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Facebook rolled out their iPhone app in August, 2007. Facebook has been mobile-focused since it was even marginally practical to be so, and the most recent estimates I’ve seen show that upwards of 65 million Americans access Facebook from a mobile device monthly. Further, mobile users actually spend more time on Facebook, not less.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

RowFeeder is built for just such as circumstance, with tight Excel integration (version 2007 and newer) that provides both raw data for geeks to pull like taffy, plus canned reports that are better than most. For social media professionals inclined to get their mathematical hands dirty, it’s a winning combination.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Don’t laugh – this was in 2007. If you needed a new data field, a different validation rule or even just a field label updated, you had to prostrate yourself before them to get it done within the week, if you were lucky. I once had a developer quote me $10,000 to create a signup form.

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JULY 8, 2010

October 2007. None of the other media can do that, so it is still relevant and complete privacy is a hard thing to do as Facebook has found out. It is great when a blogger can take great, relevant content and present it in a light-hearted and fun manner like you did here. Seth Godin predicted that RSS would kill email.

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