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The Danger of Automatic Feeds in Social Media

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An example of this is setting up your Twitter updates to automatically feed into your Facebook company page. For example, my HootSuite social media interface allows me to publish the same message simultaneously on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and soon, Google+. For example, a B2C firm might use ….

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Content Marketing Starts With Your Brand

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Even the receptionist with her Facebook updates is creating content. They tell you to be authentic, to show there’s a face behind the tweets, there’s people behind the whitepapers, and that there is a personality for your company. For example, how is your company in relation to the following “attributes”: Serious vs. Playful.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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Twitter feeds need updating, Facebook pages need commenting, blog posts need editing, and YouTube videos have to be tagged. Interns are ‘liking’ pages on facebook while the events coordinator is Tweeting about the trade show giveaway at their booth. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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inbound marketing training for free

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Veredict : If you are new to using LinkedIn and Facebook for your business, Elyse’s presentation is a great starting point. Setup what your goals are for each platform (create connections, increase brand awareness, etc.) and measure it religiously.

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Why Social Media Is Not For Everyone « The Effective Marketer

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Taking the plunge into social media may not be the right thing for you Social media is just another media Experts, personalities and false prophets are all clamoring that social media is king. It’s like saying everyone should do email marketing, everyone should do podcasts, print ads and TV spots. How will we measure success?

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How to Get Sales and Marketing on the Same Page

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For example, consider a sales-driven company ready to introduce a new line of products into a new market segment. Having a better sense of where a person is coming from, and having some idea of the method behind his apparent madness makes for constructive dialog. Articulating roles and priorities is not a one-time exercise, either.

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How Great Content Can Solve Problems

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Via email, via Twitter, Facebook, and word-of-mouth. If you are struggling with creating your own WordPress website, for example, and there comes a content piece that addresses your current issue (“How to get your WordPress site up and running in 5 easy steps” kind of content, for example) you will drop what you are doing and check it out.