May 2012
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April 2012
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Nothing like a little soft jazz conference call...
Conference call waiting music du jour
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March 2012
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“I love cake so much.”
– Brianne Lunzmann
January 2012
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December 2011
3 posts
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“Listen, when you love somebody, you’re always in trouble. There’s...”
– Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman Potter
November 2011
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October 2011
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WatchGoing through the Tunnel of Cell-Phone Doom at CVG
Theme song of my life
Sysomos Assimilates Google+
Sysomos (social media monitoring & analysis platform) announced last week that its MAP tool is going to start pulling in content from Google+. Although the relevance for some brands will be minimal at first, Sysomos is the first enterprise monitoring platform to integrate Google+. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes Radian6 to jump on board … it’ll also be...
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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve...”
– Steve Jobs, 2005
September 2011
4 posts
Facebook Fail: Posting via Other Apps Can Cut... →
From mashable:
Does posting to Facebook via third-party apps such as Hootsuite or TweetDeck make any difference to how engaged your fans are? Does Facebook’s algorithm discriminate against these kinds of content management apps?
July 2011
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Media Tops in Corporate Social Media →
Content means #Winning. Here’s a fantastic, data-rich report (PDF) from Netprospex on the state of social media adoption in Corporate America. What’s notable is that the media continues to shine. One reason? Content matters.
via Lost Remote
March 2011
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February 2011
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REPORT: Facebook Profiles Are Now Part Of 80%... →
Recruiters aren’t the only ones looking at candidates’ Facebook profiles. Four out of every five college admissions offices use the social network to recruit students.
That statistic comes from Kaplan Test Prep’s 2010 survey of college admissions officers. And like the company’s Senior Communication Manager Russel Schaffer clarified in an email, “we found that 82% of admissions officers reported...
Apple App Store has 82.7% market share ($1.78B... →
From AppleInsider:
Apple’s rivals battle for iOS scraps as app market sales grow to $2.2 billion
At the top of the charts is Apple’s App Store, with a 82.7 percent share of the market on revenues of $1.78 billion, aided in part by sales of new iPad apps. The App Store has grown by 132 percent over the last year, but its share has slipped from last year’s 92.8 percent as other...
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January 2011
4 posts
“Quoting Wikipedia is like a man from Alabama trying to speak with a British...”
Google Voice to Allow Number Porting from...
For the low cost of $20, Google Voice plans to allow users to port over their existing landlines to their Google Voice accounts. The Time Magazine blog Techland calls it “a warning shot across the bow of old-school landline telephone service.” I totally agree. This is another big step as our media consumption and communication shifts to the cloud.
If you’re not familiar,...
November 2010
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July 2010
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WatchQueen Rania of Jordan (Rania Al Abdullah) just announced a new Twitter-based contest to drive tourism to the country of Jordan. The contest actually targets both tourists and Jordanians, which is really interesting, and those who submit are vying for two seats in a tourist swap.
May 2010
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Is Twitter a dead marketing tool?
I read a interesting post from Dan Schawbel today over at Social Media Today, and although I don’t 100% agree, he presents some compelling points. He says:
Every single day, the value of Twitter as a marketing platform will decrease because more and more people are following more and more people, so your message get’s lost. Let’s say you have one hundred thousand Twitter followers. If each...
April 2010
3 posts
Manage Starbucks Cards Through Facebook
This afternoon, Starbucks launched a new feature on its Facebook page that allows consumers to effectively access and manage their Starbucks cards straight through the interface. According to mashable, users can register (or unregister cards), check their balance, reload cards and edit profile information. The app also includes relevant rewards program information so frequent customers can check...
