Author Archives: Marinel Mones

Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!

April 28, 2009 – 9:00 am

Government 2.0 is a popular subject this year. Lauren Vargas of Communicators Anonymous shares her experience at Government 2.0 Camp. Lauren says, “I think it is important to stress that government does not need social media for greater transparency…what we need is re-evaluation of policy hindering transparency (who, what when, where, why – How do [...]

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Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!

April 21, 2009 – 9:15 am

Digital Labz discusses the importance of successful marketing using a “quality link building campaign. The blog shares a list of 70 social media sites “that allow do follow links; which should have the potential to contribute to the search rank of the page being linked.” Check the list out and offer your suggestions.
Bob Gilbreath provides [...]

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Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!

April 14, 2009 – 10:02 am

Toby Bloomberg of Social Media Marketing GPS is writing the first business book using Twitter as the platform and distribution channel. The book is about social media marketing and each chapter includes interviews with people who are active in the topic. Join the conversation and provide insights for Toby’s book using #smgps.
Mayra Ruiz shares a [...]

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Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!

April 7, 2009 – 9:32 am

Amanda Denson of PepperDigital shares a new study from the University of Melbourne that correlates social network updates with workplace productivity. According to the study, workers that use ‘Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing’ are “9% more productive than those who don’t.” The head of the study, Dr. Brent Coker, believes not only does social networking increase [...]

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Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!

March 31, 2009 – 9:30 am

Who wants to be a social media expert? Kipp Bodnar of Digital Capitalism believes nobody should want to be a social media expert. He argues that “all media is quickly becoming social, meaning the idea of a social media expert is far to general.” Instead, Kipp encourages people to “fill a niche within the broader [...]

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Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!

March 24, 2009 – 9:30 am

Do you need a separation from your work and personal social media personalities? Louis Gray advises to use multiple browsers, to create a second login for TweetDeck and Disqus, as well as “always work methodically when acting on behalf of the company.” To read more about these tips or to share your own, visit Louisgray.com.
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Buzz Meter: Social Mention

March 19, 2009 – 2:00 pm

Tracking conversations is a big part of using social media. Lots of online tools help with monitoring, but very few have the capability to search across all social media tools. Enter Social Mention.
Social Mention is a “real time search engine.” This tool searches through user-generated content across different types of social media such as blogs, [...]

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A Facebook Basics Primer

March 19, 2009 – 10:00 am

by Marinel Mones
Organizations joining social networks should understand the commitment of being part of a specific online community. Becoming a member of a social network isn’t as important as listening and engaging in the conversations.
One of the most widely used social networks is Facebook. This network provides an assortment of ways organizations can influence their [...]

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Buzz Meter: Everywun

March 12, 2009 – 9:30 pm

Badges are often used to promote events or show affiliations to group or campaigns. Everywun is a new movement that enables people to support great causes with the use of social media. It supports five different types of causes: animals, environment, education, health and poverty.
Everywun uses credits as their form of currency. Upon registration, [...]

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Buzz Meter: PeopleBrowsr

March 5, 2009 – 3:30 pm

“When new Tweets, photos, videos and posts come in from the feedosphere, they’re like fragments of a person’s online presence. PeopleBrowsr assembles the parts into a whole, connecting the dots and building a complete picture.” – PeopleBrowsr
PeopleBrowsr is another Twitter client that allows you to view your Tweets in a “simple visual dashboard.” PeopleBrowsr is [...]

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