May 16, 2012

UK Politicians Blaming Social Media For Riots In The Streets

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Whenever you have a large group of people assembling in one place you are just one incident away from all out chaos. Mix social media with the mob mentality and you just might see something similar if not larger than the 70′s peace movement and the hippies. It is a different story when the groups [...]

President Obama Answering Questions On Twitter

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Politics is a touchy subject that generates a strong opinion from all people. When you mix politics with social media outlets you get an arena of responses stemming from mixed emotions. Never before has a President and his discussion of social issues been so transparent for all eyes to see. Public speaking situations always seem [...]

Time Management Tips for Social Media Marketing

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You’re sold on social media marketing, but you don’t have time. Or do you? Your ability to effectively manage your time can make the difference in whether your social media marketing campaign will succeed or fall flat on its face. If you find yourself struggling in this area, consider these tips for getting back on [...]

Remember Google Adwords? Meet Twitter TweetUp

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Would you be willing to pay to get your tweets listed at the top of search results, based on keywords? That’s the idea behind TweetUp, a venture started by Bill Gross. It’s a search service that readers can use to find relevant tweets based on keywords. Business owners and others pay for the privilege of [...]

Twitter From Your Blackberry Smartphone: One More Way to Gain Clients

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If you own a Blackberry, you should use it to market your business as much as possible when you’re way from your computer. Research in Motion (RIM) has a Twitter application to help with that. ITPortal.com reports: “Users will be also able to send messages in real-time in order to receive instant replies. The Twitter [...]

How to Turn Twitter Followers into Email Subscribers

Email marketing is more effective than Tweeting in many ways. Rather than choose one over the other, you should be working on both in this way: Turn followers into email subscribers.  You’ll have more space to entertain, educate or enlist, and you can directly sell in an email. You can’t add a shopping cart, or [...]

3 Micro-Blogging Tips for New Entrepreneurs

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Micro-blogging is different from regular blogging because the posts are shorter. Posting tweets on Twitter is the best known form of micro-blogging, and the maximum length of a tweet is 140 characters. You might be wondering how to leverage micro-blogging, given that you have such a small amount of space to say anything. Micro-blogging Tip [...]

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