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Cool & Useful Sites for the Holidays

Paul Gillin

While I was familiar with several of these sites, I hadn’t heard of gems like Yap.tv, Wantful and Trippy. Google+ Hangouts. Through sites like this, shopping online is no longer an isolated event. Make someone’s day brighter with this site that allows you to send a lucky person a gift of your choosing.

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Slides and Video Cover What You Need to Know About Search

Paul Gillin

For those who are mystified by Google magic, this deck will get you up to speed. If you’re already a guru, skip it and head to more advanced sites like Search Engine Land , SEOmoz , TopRank or Biznology. I’m not an SEO expert by any stretch, but I’ve learned a lot by osmosis.

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Skepticism on Gallup’s Gloomy Social Media Assessment

Paul Gillin

The summary specifically mentions the influence of “social media institutions such as Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, and Twitter,” and also refers to “social media campaigns.” Most people probably think of Facebook or Twitter, but not of blogs, customer review sites, video and other tools that also come under the social media umbrella.

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Earth Knowledge is a Great Example of Content Curation

Paul Gillin

The site was conceived as a way to promote a concept called “Reliable Prosperity,&# or decisions that contribute both economic and ecological value. One of the really innovation features of Earth Knowledge is a Google Maps mashup that delivers selected content contributed by partners in a striking visual style.

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ComScore Data Illustrates But Also Obfuscates

Paul Gillin

This graphic, which appeared in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday , says a whole lot about Facebook’s success and Google+ ‘s struggles, but it’s an incomplete picture of the true value of social networks. shows that Google+ users are signing up—but then not doing much there,” the Journal writes.

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Recent Writings: Negativity, Social Gaffes and Farewell to Case Studies

Paul Gillin

The CMO Site likes to stir things up, so my posts there tend to be on the controversial side. The article notes that Epson reported that revenue per visitor nearly doubled after it started including customer reviews on its site. Read more and comment on The CMO Site. Read more and comment on The CMO Site.

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Two B2B Social Marketing Initiatives Worth Checking

Paul Gillin

The whole community is linked to an underlying catalog site. One of the innovative things about the Ben Heck Show is that each of his video hacks is accompanied by a parts list that you can order right on site. You can Google around and find much of this advice elsewhere but the company has conveniently aggregated it in one spot.