September 8th, 2010
I have friends in New Zealand. They were hit by a massive earthquake. One of my newer friends, Shaun O’Neill, asked me to mention the crisis and to solicit help. Here’s how you can get involved: To donate to the Red Cross Canterbury Earthquake Appeal: – Phone 0900 33 200 to make an automatic $20 [...]
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September 8th, 2010
One thing we talk about a lot inside the Third Tribe site is the value of guest posting (writing posts for other people’s blogs) for your site traffic and growth. I don’t offer it for my site, but I do at Man on the Go, my travel blog. I will most definitely be seeking guest [...]
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September 8th, 2010
Somewhere along the line, our language shifted meaning slightly. “Looking for work” used to mean, “I’m capable and I’m looking for a place to apply what I know how to do.” Now, it means “I’m unemployed and hoping to find an employer to nestle me into their machine.” These are two very different things. You [...]
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September 7th, 2010
My point, and I will make one, is that it doesn’t matter if you’ve got great social media presence if you don’t fix the basics. I’m so frustrated right now, for something very simple. I received my first Comcast bill for my business Internet service. Oh, I noticed that it’s sending the bill to the [...]
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September 7th, 2010
I just completed a small series of blog posts that were somewhat related in substance and topic set. I did it as a way to get a lot of posts out while I was away in Newfoundland visiting relatives. You see, just because I go away, I never want you to have to wait, and [...]
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September 6th, 2010
The best compliment I ever receive about my blog is that my posts are short, simple, and actionable. Any time I get that response, I feel that I’ve hit the mark. When I get a lot of comments about uncertainty or when people seek clarity, or when I find myself defending parts of the post [...]
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September 5th, 2010
Almost every time I use the word “secret” when writing a blog post, I really mean “common sense that most people don’t do.” Shhhh.
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September 5th, 2010
After watching the social media marketing field for as long as I have, it is frustrating to see that many car dealerships are having the exact same problems they had with the internet 10-15 years ago today with social media. Social media has become one of the fastest ways to spread word of mouth advertising, [...]
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Tags: Brings, Downward, Failure, media, social, Spiral, Yield
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September 5th, 2010
There’s a lot to be said about packaging. Have you seen Field Notes? (I wrote about them before, I admit.) They’re notebooks (and stuff). And yet, they’re so cool! Have you seen Artisanal Pencil Sharpening? He’s not kidding. Well, he might have started out kidding, but it’s a full on business. In both cases, it’s [...]
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September 4th, 2010
Beyond the content, there are a lot of things I like about Jason Falls’s Social Media Explorer. First, I like his very thin header bar. It gives me lots more “top of the fold” for his site. I like his choice of navigation at the top. (That’s number one.) The Top Right I like the [...]
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Tags: about, explorer, Five, like, media, social, things
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