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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. What is surprising is the lack of utilizing each resource to its capacity.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Add Context to Your Blog Sure, you’ll give first-time visitors an idea of what the blog is about via the title or tagline, but how else can you help them go deeper? Also, don’t be afraid to link to other posts or resources from within your posts. Incidentally, these internal links are also a SEO positive) 4.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. TA : People who are influential in a category have worked hard to build and cultivate their personal brands. You just need to know where to find it. It was a lot of fun.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation. But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation. There’s been a bit of news about it recently. I am going to share this with my boss!

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing Jonny Stark Wow, quite a few comments on here already!

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JUNE 22, 2010

You have to train a select few of your salespeople to build business by demonstrating category expertise in social outposts. I like the idea of secret or stealth programs, but won't these be hamstrung a bit by the fact they have to operate under the radar and won't be getting the resources or time to make them work?

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MAY 26, 2010

Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Build your marketing, your SM around your greatest strengths – what you make or do better than anyone else.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

CONNECT Home > EDUCAUSE Review > Archive > EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 43, Number 3, May/June 2008 > A Seismic Shift in Epistemology. © 2008 Chris Dede. 3 (May/June 2008): 80–81. Wikipedia) help large numbers of people build online communities for creativity, collaboration, and sharing.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Just 2 Letters The difference between “selling” and “helping” is only two letters, but the gap is in reality, much larger. They aren’t trying to sell you more insurance – at least not at that point – they are being helpful. They aren’t trying to sell you services – at least not at that point – they are being helpful.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Take your customer database and build this type of influence scoring spreadsheet (This is not Forrester stuff, I put this together – don’t blame them) : Note that I gave the behavior-based markers double-weighting. We have also found asking appropriate questions and product usage details help identify these folks.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You may need to engage in some brand anthropology, and have an agency help you find your one thing. To help you figure all this out, you might want to download my free social media strategy worksheet. Auslogics Task Manager to Help You Control Your PC =-. Auslogics Task Manager to Help You Control Your PC =-.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Relationship Building/Networking. Login | Register | FAQ |. Mon, Jun 16, 2008 13:22 EDT. s organizations and management systems are not designed for either the new way of work that information and communications technologies have enabled or the new employees these technologies have helped to create. What help do you need?

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JUNE 27, 2008

Human Resources & Employment. Human Resources. Partner Resources. Electronic Human Resources. |. HOW GROUPWARE CAN HELP HR TODAY The groupware industry and human resources share a common fundamental goal - to promote and improve interaction among individuals. Starting a Business. > > See All.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But I get a lot of questions about why I like particular tools better than others and how I decide to use which, so here’s a summary of my thought process that I hope will help you make a similar decision for your client or your organization. Fourth – what are the operational/resource concerns? Hope that helps!

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Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2015

First, yes, the helpful facts and statistics in this post still apply in 2015. Put together a blog post or other resource that lays out the answers”), events, and “out of the box” ideas. Why the Company Blog is More Important Than You Think by Business2Community. Six Blogging Strategy Guides.

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JULY 14, 2010

The problem is that social is far more about building loyalty and engaging current and future customers than it is about driving immediate sales results. How can I help you? While it can drive immediate sales in some cases, thats not the primarily value it offers.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? (co-authored Extra resources are important. Thanks to my crack assistant Jess Ostroff for helping with the research. link] Amy Spreeman This is a terrific resource. This is very helpful for my future reference.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

You can complicate this definition by including other factors like energy and resources, but I prefer the simplicity of time because in most cases factors like energy and resources are reducible to time anyway. Do you help people survive? Is it financial advice that could help a person become wealthy? Site Build It!

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace answered in July, 2008 – almost a full year later. link] Yael Davidowitz-Neu Great post – the line “used to be Janet now Latoya at best&# is particularly fantastic I think an additional challenge for MySpace was that its primary purpose wasn’t really building a community or connecting people.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

world-wide shows that just 25% of respondents said their friends and peers are credible sources of information about companies – a decline of 20% since a similar analysis in 2008. That’s not an indictment of social media and its relationship-building, it’s an indictment of veracity. A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.)

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

If you wanted to create a system that replicated as best as possible the physical act of two people speaking to one another in the same place at the same time, would you build Twitter, or a WordPress comment system, or Facebook, or Linkedin? Social media can certainly help achieve that emotional attachment. Absolutely not. Insightful.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

SlideShare I upload most of my presentations to SlideShare , and find it to be a valuable resource for growing an audience. My presenation “ 7 Ways to Build Stunning Business and Personal Brands in Social Media &# was originally given in person to 35 people. Since I uploaded it to Slideshare, it’s been viewed 12,360 times.

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JUNE 15, 2010

My friend Kyle Lacy does a lot of consulting in this area, helping organizations with Rapleaf analyses. It also helped me find emails more easily in outlook. It's basically an online address book that automatically scans the web, accesses various social graph apis and builds a social profile of all of your contacts.

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MARCH 9, 2010

If you only have the resources to focus on one or two social networks, it really should be Twitter and Facebook, unless you have really solid evidence that your product and brand will be significantly more lucrative somewhere else. You go there to build relationships. How can I help you? Awesome post.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

SlideShare I upload most of my presentations to SlideShare , and find it to be a valuable resource for growing an audience. My presenation “ 7 Ways to Build Stunning Business and Personal Brands in Social Media &# was originally given in person to 35 people. via @jaybaer [link] Jack Smith Thanks for sharing the resources Jay.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

But, if you are a business with a physical location (or you have clients that fit that bill) you need to pay attention to how Foursquare and geo-location can help you – and it can. He’s awesome, if you ever need any help in those areas). Depends on your resources and how big these geo-apps get. if that helps.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Building relationships. It is a great way to see and learn different things in a short amount of time while building your own library of resources. link] DLWilsonsWorld I love social media, because it’s but one more way to meet interesting new people to share, & build friendships. link] jaybaer Thank you.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Whether it’s brand reputation management, PR and influencer outreach, customer service and social CRM, interacting with fans on a brand community, or just creating content that builds thought leadership – it all takes time. I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends The second option is to grow bigger shoulders.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

To this end, the United States has ambitiously devised systems of testing to help assure that all students have these literacies. • Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks. Home What’s new?

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

More Resources. Data Center - Feb 2008. Data Center - Aug 2008 Enterprise Architecture - Sept 2008 Security. Storage - Feb 2008. Storage - June 2008. Virtualization Directions - Oct 2008. April 2, 2008 (Computerworld). Microsoft scales out SQL Server 2008, wants to democratize BI.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The extra credit you receive for helping people in public should not be overlooked. It helps in writing future blog posts off these posts and referencing them. Usually once a week I will see something on twitter that gets into an article I write or leads me to a new resource or piece of research I can include in my next proposal.

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