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Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter in Plain English

Paul Gillin

I prepared summaries for my upcoming Search & Social Double Whammy seminar on May 2 in Burlington, MA describing the “big three” social networks: Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Understanding Twitter. Twitter is still a mystery to many people. The core feature of Twitter is the activity stream.

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Recommended Reading – 7/9/15

Paul Gillin

Million Tweets Say About the Best Time to Tweet – Buffer Social. People have been arguing about the best time to send tweets practically since the dawn of Twitter. The most popular time to tweet and the best times to tweet for engagement differ across time zones, so it’s still important to experiment.

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ComScore Data Illustrates But Also Obfuscates

Paul Gillin

The low numbers for LinkedIn and Twitter look surprising, particularly when compared to Facebook, Pinterest and Tumblr , but keep in mind that Twitter and LinkedIn are professional networks that are optimized for efficiency. The low number for Twitter is so misleading that it should be asterisked. Give credit to Facebook.

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How to Get Salespeople Aboard the Social Media Train

Paul Gillin

Set measurable goals like the number of Twitter followers, number of LinkedIn connections of number of contributions to the corporate blog, then put rewards in place. Ask for a blog entry on what they like best about sales, why they came to work for your company or 10 reasons to love the local football team. Reluctant to share?

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Social Marketing Hangover

Paul Gillin

I was recently quoted on Internetnews.com making the following prediction: “Look for marketing’s love affair with social media to give way in 2011 to the sobering reality that a Facebook fan page and Twitter account don’t solve problems of poor products or positioning. Avaya’s Paul Dunay (left) said it best in a recent webcast. “We

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15 Tips for Getting the Most From LinkedIn Groups

Paul Gillin

The best way to provoke discussion on LinkedIn is to ask questions. Don’t Copy From Twitter. The language we use on Twitter doesn’t fit well in the more generous confines of a LinkedIn or Facebook post. The Sales Best Practices group on LinkedIn has a different membership than the Construction Professionals group.

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How Twitter Amplifies a Customer Attack

Paul Gillin

Were he speaking it today, he might refer instead to Twitter. Twitter is the enigma of social networks. The hash tag (#), which was created by the Twitter community to help bring order to the service’s inherent chaos, has become one of the Internet’s most powerful organizing and amplification tools. Order From Chaos.

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