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Real friends vs Facebook friends
“Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.” I consider myself fortunate to have real friends. No, I haven’t needed any bodies moved lately (though the day is young.) Even though I have a lot of online connections/acquaintances/colleagues I only have a few real friends online. What’s the real definition? Reciprocity. Real friends: [...]
April 28, 2011
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Tags: Facebook, Facebook friends, real friends · Posted in: Facebook
Words really do matter
Choose your words well. The speed of words on social media sites is truly astounding. Post your message on Facebook and it’s exposed to hundreds and maybe thousands of eyeballs. All of those eyeballs can weigh in on what you’ve written. Their friends, in turn, see the debate. And like the old kiddie game of [...]
January 14, 2011
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Tags: blood libel, Facebook, Gossip, Sarah Palin, Tuscon shootings, violent rhetoric · Posted in: Facebook, Writing
Facebook resources for those “what do I do now?” moments
I might as well change my home page of my browser to Facebook. Lately it’s been open all day and I find myself going back there at odd moments to check stuff – applications, business pages I’m administering, my own Facebook group. There’s a lot to learn every week and I do a lot of [...]
October 21, 2010
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Tags: facebook blogs, facebook resources, facebook tips · Posted in: Facebook
Maintain your marketing focus….Oooh, look! Shiny!
If you want to succeed in marketing online you need to focus on your objectives. That being said, I’m one of the biggest offenders of succumbing to BSO (Bright Shiny Objects) syndrome. I’m always chasing down rabbit holes, all in the name of research. I do learn a lot of good stuff, but it sometimes [...]
March 15, 2010
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Tags: bright shiny objects, CIPA, Colorado Independent Publishers Association, EduCyber, marketing focus, social media marketing · Posted in: Buy The Book Marketing, Facebook, Self publishing your book, social networking, Twitter
Social Media Marketing: It’s not about you
You can usually tell a newbie on Facebook or Twitter by how often every day they make a pitch about their book or their business. Something really heavy-handed like: “Looking for that special birthday gift? Buy my book!” That deafening silence you hear is everybody ignoring your pitch. There’s a few things wrong with selling [...]
February 9, 2010
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Tags: Facebook, How not to act on Facebook and Twitter, social media marketing, Twitter · Posted in: Facebook, Marketing, social networking
Why I lurk on social networking sites
It’s been estimated that over 93% of people lurk on social networking sites; not participating, just listening to the 7% who are actually taking part in the conversation. I confess to occasionally lurking myself. I’m really a social person. But sometimes when I’m on Facebook or Twitter I just don’t feel like chatting. So, I lurk. [...]
December 8, 2009
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Tags: Facebook, lurking, social network sites, Twitter · Posted in: Facebook, social networking, Twitter
The latest social media marketing trend: actually be social
Small is the new big. For once, I feel I am in the middle of the new “latest thing.” (I am not an early adaptor. I’m still excited about getting an iPod shuffle last Christmas.) I’ve wondered for a while whether it was such a great idea to be on so many social media sites that [...]
October 15, 2009
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Tags: internet marketing, social marketing, social media marketing · Posted in: Buy The Book Marketing, Facebook, internet, Marketing, social networking
