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Simple, Catchy and Shareable Cyber Monday

Twitter Top Image: "Check out Cyber Monday at kylebyalenetoo !! XO http://instagr.am/p/SgArs8P9Vu/" - Kyle Richards ‏(@kylerichards18) 3:04PM CST November 26. 2012 - On Twitter, "Cyber Monday" is trending. Is that surprising? We don't think so. It's trending because it fits what social media requires - something simple, catchy and shareable - to get people talking online. Lesson learned, now take action with your brand. Use these principles, with the help of the social writers at Expio, to build your brand. Get...

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'New Facebook Guidelines' Chain Letter About Copyright Laws Still A Hoax

Confusion Behind New Facebook Guidelines

Chain Letter Claims Facebook Copyright Terms Can Be Changed happily shared via Daily News & MrViralNews 'New Facebook Guidelines' Chain Letter About Copyright Laws Still A Hoax A new Facebook hoax has duped some users into thinking they have legal ownership of photos, videos, messages and other content posted to their pages. They don't. The post, which has recently popped up in some users timelines, says: “In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal...

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New “Pages Feed” To Assist Decreased Facebook Fan Reach

You may have already noticed a new orange flag under your "Pages" section of the Facebook News Feed page. Facebook is calling it the "Pages Feed". It comes as a potential attempt to answer the frustrations expressed by page ADMINS recently. Shrinking fan reach due to algorithm changes last October have reportedly decreased Weekly Total Reach on millions of business Timelines. Now, users can view page-only posts in a feed devoted to viewing the business, interest or organization pages you like. It comes...

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Southwest Airlines and Instagram Marketing

How Southwest Connects With Passengers Should your business be using Instagram as a brand? Southwest Airlines thinks so. The popular airline has done their homework. Travelers are using smartphone apps like instagram more than ever. In order to align marketing efforts, Southwest went where people already were comfortable sharing - to the shareable world of smartphone photography, and to the largest and most-popular smartphone photo app in the world (Instagram). This reminds us of a key social media marketing principle: alignment. One of the most...

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Presidential Candidates on Social Media

Infographic: Who Is The More Social Presidential Candidate?

 How much does Social Media play a part in the 2012 elections? Obama certainly has the edge in social popularity. Will it make a difference on November 7? America will decide. Check out the comparision numbers from each candidate's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube platforms.Source: Public Twitter, Facebook and YouTube platforms from each respective candidate as of 11:00 a.m. CST, October 24, 2012 Twitter Romney: Tweets 1,296 Following 274 Followers 1,569,734 Obama: Tweets 7,283 Following 671, 342 Followers 21,291,253 Facebook Romney: 10,625,106 likes  3,499,015 talking about this Obama: 31,333,564 likes  2,884,682 talking about this YouTube Romney: Subscribers 25,993 Video...

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Social Media

Edudemic: 10 Real-World Ways Schools Are Using Social Media

(happily shared) from edudemic.com Two big milestones were hit recently. First, the population of Earth hit 7 billion, more than double what it was fifty years ago. Second, the population on Facebook hit a billion users, meaning that roughly one in every six humans has a Facebook account, something that wasn’t remotely possible fifty years ago. Social media is changing the way we communicate. By extension, it’s also changing the way we get our information and how we learn. Rather than banning social...

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Your Blog

Time to grow your blog (via HubSpot)

Let’s get a little nostalgic for a second. Remember when you first started blogging? You probably thought of your blog as another marketing asset for your business. ‘Blog marketing’ meant “using a blog to market your business.” Your business was the center of your galaxy, and your various marketing assets – email, social media, landing pages, etc. – were all planets in your business’ marketing galaxy. Now you’re above and beyond beginner blogger status. You’re older and wiser. Instead of thinking...

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