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Social Media

Increasing Your Digital Influence: Report on the “60-In-60″ Webcast

by Stew Shaw

in Internet marketing, Social Media

Exactly 24 hours ago I tuned in to a live webcast of the “world’s shortest marketing conference ever” – Thoughtlead’s The Influencer Project, in which 60 speakers were given 60 seconds each to distill their expertise on how to increase your digital influence in the next 60 days.
Described by one of the attendees (Twitter @CoachJennie) [...]

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World Cup Vuvuzela Multiple Choice Question

by Stew Shaw

in Internet marketing, Social Media, Thinking

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OK class, which response is True?
Q. The signature sound of the Vuvuzela tells Internet Marketers that:
(A) No matter the distraction the Show must go on
(B) Usually any form of publicity is good publicity
(C) You can win big, thanks to the Gestalt Effect (The whole is worth more than the sum of its parts)
(D) Once something’s [...]

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A Time To Engage In Social Media And A Time To NOT Engage

by Stew Shaw

in Social Media

A time to engage in social media and a time not to engage

In a telling video, today the energetic and passionate “Mr Crush It” Gary Vaynerchuk publicly announced he was refocusing his life, both online and offline. Avid Gary Vee followers have been expecting for a while that this would happen after watching him soldier on in his determination to personally attempt to keep answering every incoming [...]

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Avoid Facebook At Our Peril

by Stew Shaw

in Social Media

I’m planning on making a lot more use of Facebook to promote my business in 2010. One of the Holy Grails (there more than 1, aren’t there?) for organizations using the Internet as an adjunct to their business is having thousands of fans signing to their business page. Well, consider that Facebook’s own business page [...]

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