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Is North Korea Ready For Social Media?

December 20, 2011

A Change Of Leadership; A Change Of Direction   Following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il the world is watching the situation closely. Both for political and social reasons, and from a commercial point of view. Specifically, social media marketers are wondering if the nation will now open its digital borders to [...]

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Don’t Wait For A Reason To Set A Social Media Policy

December 16, 2011

Once The Horses Are Gone From The Barn, What’s The Point In Closing The Door? University of Iowa faculty have been discussing at length the need for a social media policy. Much of this discussion has taken place via social media, where all the world can see them battling back and forth, although to be [...]

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Local Businesses Lag Behind Social Media Trend

December 15, 2011

Social Networks Can Be Built Around Anything A recent Pew Research Center poll seems to show that people are not using social media to find local business information. I am not here to dispute their findings, but I would like to talk about what I feel is the root cause of this problem. There is [...]

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Social Media Is The Future Of Marketing

December 14, 2011

It’s Also The “Right Now” Of Marketing Prognosticators abound. They espouse their knowledge of future events, meaning to awe us with their foresight and ability to tell us what’s going to happen long before it happens. My opinion: If they’re so good at knowing the future why haven’t they won the lottery and retired already? [...]

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Facebook Rises To Top Of Android App List

December 13, 2011

Facebook Continues To Grow With a reported 800 million monthly users (and growing) Facebook is showing no signs of slowing down, much less stopping. In fact, as more users begin using their smartphone or mobile device to access their social media networks, Facebook is once again rising to the top. A recent Nielsen survey shows [...]

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Social Media Not Heaven For Law Firms

December 12, 2011

Lawyers Still Wary Of Social Media Looking for the next great frontier for social media marketers? Open your phone book and seek out your local lawyers. Chances are they are not using social media to promote their business, however, they are also among the most skeptical when it comes to using social media so don’t [...]

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Is Marketing Killing Social Media?

December 9, 2011

Social Media Is Not Marketing In the world of social media, marketing is a permanent resident. There is no denying that social media marketers have made a home on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and any site with a big enough audience to make it worth their time and effort. They are posting messages, [...]

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Jason Falls Says Social Media Education Needed

December 8, 2011

Classroom The Place For Social Media Jason Falls is considered a leader in the area of social media marketing and communication in general, so when he says the topic should be included in lesson plans, people listen. Falls was recently interviewed as part of the Verizon Thinkfinity Education Speaker Series and explained that his stance [...]

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IT Departments (Finally) Learning To Play Nice With Others

December 7, 2011

How Has IT Helped You Lately? A recent report indicates that legal departments and IT departments are finally beginning to bridge the gap when it comes to working together. This follows on the heels of a recent report indicating that IT departments were starting to loosen up a little when it came to integrating social [...]

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Soccer Rules Social Media But Other Sports Are Closing In

December 7, 2011

Attention Sports Fans: “Like” Us When it comes to crowd input nobody gets it the way sports franchises do. In fact, although most people assume they are professional athletes (which is true) they are also professional relationship marketers. How else do you explain the fan devotion being experienced by the Indianapolis Colts in spite of [...]

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