February 2012
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January 2012
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4 Great Reads for Digital Marketers in 2012
4 great reads to start the new year off right:
5 Best Practices for Digital Marketers in 2012
12 Industry Leaders Share Advice For Marketers Starting Out In 2012
8 Predictions for SEO in 2012
And one link to add to your content tactics:
6 Turnkey Tools for Content Distribution
Happy New Years Everyone!
December 2011
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“Taking this a couple of steps further, the article points out that, to many...”
– The end of social - O’Reilly Radar (via juliangutman)
Def agree!
That’s why i’m long curation platforms such as Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.
(via msg)
“If someone stood in front of your office and lit $100 bills from your petty cash...”
– Seth’s Blog: Getting serious about the attention economy (via infoneer-pulse)
November 2011
10 posts
Could Checking Facebook in Class Help Students... →
infoneer-pulse:
It may sound counterintuitive to use technology—the very thing that’s so distracting—to help students focus, but Rosen says his tech break concept “works amazingly.” For every half-hour of focused work, he recommends allowing a 15-minute tech break. Once a students sees that nothing is happening on Facebook or send a friend that critical text message—they’re able to refocus, he...
Why Second Life failed: How the “milkshake test”... →
So when you evaluate the next big thing, ask the Christensen question: What job is it designed to do? Most successful innovations perform a clear duty. When we craved on-the-go access to our music collections, we hired the iPod. When we needed quick and effective searches, we hired Google. And looking ahead, it’s easy to see the job that Square will perform: giving people an easy, inexpensive...
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Why 'Digital Natives' Aren't Necessarily Digital... →
infoneer-pulse:
I remember discussing Twitter with a colleague at an academic conference back in 2009. “We have to start using it,” he told me. I asked why. His answer: “The kids are using it.”
That argument underscores all that I find wrong with the application of technology in higher education. In recent years, professors have heard much about the virtues and promise of new technologies,...
Has China found the future of publishing? →
infoneer-pulse:
Self-publishing: it’s exploding in popularity, we all know that, with self-published authors selling millions via Amazon’s Kindle, pushing traditionally published authors out of the top spots on new ebook charts, etc etc. But did you know that self-publishing websites are attracting more than 40% of all China’s internet users every month? I didn’t, and I am reeling, a little,...
September 2011
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US survey: 1 in 5 telecommuters work an hour or... →
infoneer-pulse:
Almost one in five Americans who work from home only clock in for an hour or less a day, according to a survey, while a third stay in their pyjamas.
Forty per cent of telecommuters say they work between four and seven hours, 17 per cent are doing the bare minimum and just 35 per cent are working eight or more hours, the CareerBuilder survey of 5,299 people revealed.
As bad as...
August 2011
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Don’t Fear the Internet →
2105:
Are you a print designer, photographer, fine-artist, or general creative person? Do you have a shitty website that you slapped together yourself in Dreamweaver in that ONE web design class that you took in college? Do you not have a site at all because you’ve been waiting two years for your cousin to put it together for you? Well, we’re here to help. We know that you have little to no...
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'Cyberloafing' At Work Boosts Productivity,... →
infoneer-pulse:
Bosses may have it all wrong when they assume that funny cat videos and FAIL slideshows are a drain on the workplace. Some new research finds that a moderate amount of mindless web surfing actually makes workers more productive at their jobs.
And the more mindless the surfing, the better.
“Employees who browse the web more end up being more engaged at work, so why fight that...
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July 2011
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Robber who broke into hair salon is beaten by its... →
futurejournalismproject:
And that, dear readers, is our lesson today for working your headline the SEO way.
Via the Daily Mail.
“I always tell people if you try to connect the dots of your career, if you mess...”
– —Sheryl Sandberg in The New Yorker (via chiuandrea)
June 2011
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“I hope kids are still finding some way, despite Google and Wikipedia, of not...”
– In Praise of Not Knowing - NYTimes.com (via infoneer-pulse)
“Privacy was a big issue a decade ago. Today, people are more worried about...”
– It’s Reputation, Not Privacy, That Really Matters to People - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic (via interestingsnippets)
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““[S]omething interesting has happened in the last few years. While people...”
– Frank X. Shaw, VP Corporate Communications Xbox
I’ve long believed in Xbox Live as another powerful social network along the lines of Facebook, but even more strong due to the shared experience by engaging with and playing a videogame with your friends (as opposed to posting to a friends...
May 2011
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Social Media is like
moblogsylvain:
“Netflix traffic, be it movies or TV shows streamed over the wires, now accounts...”
– Netflix Owns The Evening Web | Fast Company (via davemorin)
The Future of Media: It’s Not Piracy, It’s... →
infoneer-pulse:
The publisher says it tried everything it could to stamp out these unauthorized copies, but it was unable to stop the flood — and it’s a good thing it couldn’t, since the book rocketed to the No. 1 slot. (It has since fallen to No. 2.) Although it remains to be seen how many books get sold when the official version is available, there’s no question that the publisher and the...
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“Currently, social media is about execution. I’m all for exploring sexy, fun new...”
– Views: Beyond Tweets and Blogs - Inside Higher Ed (via infoneer-pulse)
April 2011
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In Our Information Age, Secrecy Is Sexy. How Can... →
infoneer-pulse:
We’re constantly showing all of our cards—we’ve even come to accept the all-seeing eye of Google. For a country that’s practically founded on the right to privacy, we’ve become startlingly comfortable with letting it all hang out. If information is currency, secrets are gold.
Secrets become more luxurious every day, particularly as they become harder to keep. WikiLeaks proved...
“Heard it from a friend who / heard it from a friend who / heard it from another...”
– SEO Speedwagon (via sds)
March 2011
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“This is the key to the iPad that nobody has figured out. The iPad does...”
– The iPad is 99% more open than any other computer. Such an astute observation on the reality of how most people experience technology, and from someone less than half my age. This kid will be the C-level youngling exec we will find ourselves in awe of by the time I hit 40. (via gbb)
14 years old,...
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“Basically the content doesn’t matter at all. Only the fact that other people are...”
– Gawker’s Adrian Chen explaining how Rebecca Black’s rise to fame further legitimizes virality as a vehicle for stardom. (techcrunch)
Author Alexia Tsostis makes a great point comparing Black’s path to fame to Justin Bieber’s, the white swan to Bieber’s black:
...
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26 Year Old Makes a Fortune Self-publishing on... →
Here’s an inspiring story making the rounds across the net: #1 best-selling indie writer, 26 year old Amanda Hocking has made a fortune self publishing her books on Kindle.
As an indie author she has no publishing deal, meaning she gets to keep 70% of her book sales, which are estimated around 100,000 copies a month at $1-$3 per book. With prices this low, she undercuts the bigger titles...
February 2011
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The Internet Wishlist →
For all you aspiring tech moguls out there, The Internet Wishlist is a site that posts great (and not so great) ideas waiting to become money-making realities. For example:
Good Idea:
“I wish someone would use the foursquare API to build a cab-sharing app to help you split a ride home at the end of the night.”
Bad Idea:
“I wish the Internet could replicate smell and taste,...
Smart Social Media Marketing Class Materials →
soupsoup:
I taught a class tonight for people just starting to get into Social Media.
Watch the presentation in a separate window here.
I told the class I would post a copy of the presentation here along with links to the sites referenced.
Platforms
Twitter Facebook Tumblr VYou
Tools Tweetdeck Postling Bit.ly Lazyscope Create A Tweet Button Create A Facebook Fan Page Create A Facebook...