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JULY 27, 2010

RSS subscriptions are up. You might expect that this blog that has been written almost entirely by me for two years would experience a bit of a lull during this period, as different authors with less blogging experience took over. You would be entirely wrong. Visits are up. Page views are up. Retweets are up.

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MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. Consequently, I have two recommendations. Great post!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Won’t we soon see forms that ask us to choose one or all of these contact methods: Email newsletter Blog (via RSS or email) Twitter Facebook Remember, social media is an ingredient, not an entree. It always puts a big smile on my face to see posts like these that talk about how email and social media work together.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I'd suggest that you move the search box somewhere below the navigation– maybe above the RSS feed option on the right? [link] Molly Carter Gaines I'm a little torn between #1 and #3– but my final vote is for #1. I also prefer the overall design to #2/3. A little help for the rest of us.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Swix aggregates as many as 100+ of your social media metrics, and presents them in a unified, visually digestible fashion that will be the darling of any Excel hater. Want to compare the historical growth of your RSS subscribers to your YouTube channel subscribers? Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time?

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JUNE 22, 2010

link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Community Managers RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Community Managers RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? Good luck converting the masses !

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MARCH 3, 2010

Consumers are using social media (especially Twitter) as a 1-800 line, and agencies should be helping their clients answer the social telephone by setting up listening posts and protocols, and trying marketing to customer service in real-time.

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JULY 8, 2010

Seth Godin predicted that RSS would kill email. Well, it’s certainly weathered the wooden stakes of pundits and the introduction of IM, RSS, Skype, MySpace, Facebook & Twitter quite well. link] [link] Bob Johnson 5 predictions of the end of email, 2004 to 2010 (RSS to FB): Why it isn't happening soon at [link] [link] Allison B.

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JULY 28, 2010

[link] [link] Hot In Marketing 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into Marketing Greatness | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting – C. link] [link] duane forrester Alltop RSS – 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into Marketing Greatness [link] [link] Matt McDougall 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness into Mktg Success.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You can also set up various searches from Google, Twitter, etc and run the RSS feeds from each search through Yahoo Pipes and have the resulting feed delivered to your inbox or RSS reader to monitor ongoing. So, naturally, we developed our social media monitoring engine (FohBuzz) just for the restaurant industry vertical.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

> Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps – [link] [link] Christoff Swanepoel Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps – [link] [link] Kerala Tour Packages i really enjoyed the post.many thanks Aman Talwar Excellent strategies, thanks for the post. I have subscribed to your rss feed as well. Thanks again.

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MARCH 22, 2010

[link] [link] Jay Baer You're invited to the Socialpalooza [link] (best social media education opportunity around) [link] Patrick O’Keefe RT @jaybaer: You're invited to the Socialpalooza [link] (best social media education opportunity around) [link] Social Network (RSS) Patrick O'Keefe: RT @jaybaer: You're invited to the Socialpalooza (..)

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Note that nearly 40% of all subscribers to this blog are via email, not RSS. Katie Morse Community Manager @misskatiemo [link] [link] Katie Morse Jason – great post!

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MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter success requires an understanding of the unique rhythms and cadences of the community, and a give first, get later mentality that is a bit counterintuitive at first. The Better You Are at Twitter, The Worse You Are at Twitter Being a new user on Twitter is as lonely as Michael Boublé at a Green Day concert. What’s Happening?

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APRIL 8, 2010

When I'm clearing emails or reading (RSS, web, ReadItLater, etc.), Making wifi available on the NYC commuter bus gives me the option of laptop (convertible Fujitsu tablet) or iPad; iPad gets the nod when I'm not trying to do heavy lifting of spreadsheets, word docs, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Concepts under consideration include a variety of different search results (not just by time, but possibly by relevancy or impact), analytics, RSS feeds, widgets and more. What neither of them seems to have is an RSS feed for results, which would be the Holy Grail of Facebook open-graph API monitoring. It's weird on RSS.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Note that nearly 40% of all subscribers to this blog are via email, not RSS. Katie Morse Community Manager @misskatiemo [link] [link] Katie Morse Jason – great post!

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JUNE 28, 2010

This is functionally similar to the Creative Brief that ad agencies have been using for decades to help copywriters and artists understand the psychology of the customer, and what needs to be included in the advertisement.

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