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 How to Build the Perfect LinkedIn Profile... 10 Steps to Brilliant Social Customer Service [INFOGRAPHIC] How to Get Insight From Social Data: Always Listen Broadly. When companies engage in web and social media monitoring, one of the first things they do is listen for mentions of their brand.

How to Get Insight From Social Data: Always Listen Broadly

That is essential to do, but … it’s only the tip of the iceberg. I had a great conversation recently with Frank Cotignola, Consumer Insights Manager for Mondelez International, about the uses of social data. Frank had a lot of really good advice for brands, but his best advice was this: Always Listen Broadly. Why? Frank Cotignola The fact is, most brands are not synonymous with their category, and most consumers do not mention brand names when they’re posting comments online. The Social Customer Engagement Index 2012: Whitepaper and Webinar.

This Pinterest Scammer Is Making More Than $1,000 a Day - Alexis Madrigal - Technology. Is Silicon Valley's latest hot product the easiest to social network to game?

This Pinterest Scammer Is Making More Than $1,000 a Day - Alexis Madrigal - Technology

A successful spammer seems to think so. A 24-year-old Pinterest spammer interviewed by The Daily Dot revealed some fascinating details about the business of making money in the moral gray area of social network spamming. The most pertinent, perhaps, is that the unnamed man is already making $1,000 a day and expects to be making $2,500 a day next week. The spammer claimed to have spent time spamming both Twitter and Facebook. How does the latest hot network compare to those incumbents? The particular scheme he's deployed uses bots to post pictures of products to Pinterest that are available on Amazon. Oh, and of course, this user is unrepentant and realistic: "I have no guilt," he told the Daily Dot.

Making Facebook's Timeline for Brands work for you. Facebook’s Timeline for Brands announcement tomorrow will offer new possibilities and opportunities for businesses.

Making Facebook's Timeline for Brands work for you

Tomorrow is the day when many marketers and agencies will be anticipating the launch of Facebook’s Timeline for Brands. Timeline for personal profile officially launched last year and New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to have Timeline activated. Like all Facebook revamps, it has arrived with many people expressing different levels of anger over the enforced changes to their personal profiles.

Some users have advocated boycotting Facebook all together. VIRALBLOG.COM – VIRAL IDEAS & SOCIAL TRENDS - Blog. S Social Media Blog. In part one of this series we looked at key questions you need to answer to find the right Facebook strategy for your page.

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This week we will discuss the types of content you should create and share in order to capture the attention of your audience. By now you should have defined your customers pain points and what your page is about. This should inform the kind of content you share. Setting themes Creating themes for specific months or weeks can help you focus on your content. The Science Gallery in Dublin are currently running a “Fail Better” exhibition. They include quirky observations, links and images. The content appeals to my geeky side, I like the little snippets of quirky information and most of all it’s entertaining. It is also 100% on message reminding me on a daily basis about their exhibition. I highly recommend that you use a content calendar in order to plan your themes.

Types of content to share Images Good images still attract the best interaction rate on Facebook. Nostalgia. Simplifying Social Media. Taking Your Brand from the Bench to the Playing Field Social Media Fundamentals for Business I finished the book knowing much more than when I started and now feel empowered rather than overwhelmed.

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Saturday Social – Facebook Messenger, the Heartbleed Bug and a Social Media Song Heartbleed This week has seen the discovery of the Heartbleed bug, a major security flaw affecting many sites across the internet.

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The bug may been exposing the personal information and passwords of internet users to hackers for over two years. Apparently around half a million sites across the web have been rendered as “insecure” and users everywhere are being encouraged to change their passwords for any of the sites that may have been affected. Read more. Media Tapper. Blog entry content. Content, Email, Mobile, Social, Search Marketing. Social media leveraging word of mouth marketing & advertising firm building community & buzz. By Danielle Eckert It’s no secret that the animal kingdom is well and alive on the Internet.

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Browse any one of your social networks and there will be a plethora of cat memes and dog gifs. Many brands have capitalized on using animals in their ads. The Budweiser Clydesdales have been a staple for Anheuser-Busch since 1933; more recently, the brand introduced Labrador puppies, because: puppies. Or maybe you are more interested in cats? Below is a ranking of the 15 most popular animals that have graced the Internet in recent years. Digital and Social Media Marketing. Social Media Marketing Blog - Inbound Marketing Blog. Hubze Social Media Blog. Actionable Marketing Expert.

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