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Get Real. Get Real-Time, That Is.

Ready or not, Google is turning real-time. In the past week, Google has started including real-time listings on the first page of its results. The initiative is appropriately called "Real-Time Search." So, instead of just...
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Small Business Profile: Lead411

To follow up on a previous post requesting feedback on topics and offering to highlight members of the community, I learned of the BTS Blog started by Tom Blue, co founder of Lead411— BTS stands...
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Is Twitter Part of Your PR Activities?

Twitter, https://twitter.com/, is a great way to build buzz about your products and services. But if you are using it for media relations activities, here are a few tips to keep in mind: 1. Keep it...
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Expanding Your Network Through Tweetups

If you are using Twitter, you are "following" a number of Twitter feeds as well as being "followed" by a number. The more you use the service, the more you probably start liking certain feeds...
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No Time For Social Media? Hire a Mom.

The rise of social media is undoubtedly one of the biggest changes to happen to marketing since the birth of the internet.  According to a Universal McCann 2008 study, 272 million people are using social...
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Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Be On Twitter

Without a doubt, one of the hottest things in social media networking these days is Twitter.  The social media and micro-blogging platform was listed as the fastest growing social media application by Neilson’s Media Service...
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Bookshelf: The Victorian Internet

I have written on social applications before, but just read this book and it made me re think how we approach technology.  From Amazon: Imagine an almost instantaneous communication system that would allow people and governments...
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Twitterers actually aren’t twits

Twitter. It's ridiculous, right? The distractions of visiting a website to provide updates to your "followers" about where you are and what you're doing. Sounds like such a waste of time! But alas, I beg...
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I’m a Square Who’s Behind the Curve

I'm not a techno-phobe; I don't fear technology. I hate it. Or it hates me. Either, or. Yesterday I read about Web 3.0, which was a little disturbing to me, since, until recently, I thought that...
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My Social Networks Don’t Work At All

Don't get me wrong. I love to network. I love to go do the face-to-face with clients and customers. I love beatin' the streets, hittin' the pavement, knockin' on doors, etc. But, when it comes...
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Reunions

I got a notice last week for my 30th high school reunion. (Please keep the age jokes to yourself...) I'm not sure if I'm going to go. I live 5 hours worth of air travel away,...