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Get inspired – 20 best social media campaignes

Sat, 12 May 2012 10:45:20 -0400

See on Scoop.it - The New Wave of Business Sense!

Blog post at SeoCustomer :

Sometimes its great to get inspired.

So take a look of these 20 best ever succesfull social media campaignes.

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Living Self-Employed Online: The Manual They Forgot to Give You

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:31:23 -0400

See on Scoop.it - Small Business Marketing and Selling

February 1st, 2009, was a very memorable day for me. It was the day I arrived back at my family home in Newcastle, England, to start working for myself full-time.

I had just left a job which for the previous two years saw me working with companies like Nissan, Hewlett Packard and Land Rover as their social media manager. My position in the rat race was actually an awesome one, but it was nothing compared to being my own boss.

As some people here don’t care about making their living from the internet, I understand that this post will not be for everybody. However, if you’ve just made the leap to working for yourself, currently run your own business, or you’re looking to make your money online in the future, this article may be just what you need.

13 Lessons from 18 Months of Self-Employment…

How Content Can Spur Change for Businesses

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:37:29 -0400

Via Scoop.it - Small Business Marketing and Selling

Mitch Joel from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo. - http://bit.ly/A5lcKb 

In this video Michael Stelzner - http://bit.ly/zKyNs4 - interviews Mitch Joel - http://bit.ly/wDaEVn -author of Six Pixels of Separation and president of Twist Image. Mitch shares insights into how content has changed the way we do business, as well as insights into the questions to ask to find the right marketing strategy for your business.

Takeaways:

What questions you need to ask to get results from your social media strategy The ultimate question to define your business model How to build your strategy around the “why” How businesses can use a blog to reach a wider audience Why your blog needs to be driven with a journalistic framework The connection between social media and sales How to make your content as findable and shareable as possible How video has changed and how it can help your business Original post here - http://bit.ly/wfHA4O 
Via socialmediaexaminer.com

Chocolate Spice Cake with Chocolate Cinnamon Frosting

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:38:34 -0400

Chocolate Spice Cake with Chocolate Cinnamon Frosting

Back to the Future: How to Reinvent Your Brand Story - Forbes

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:36:54 -0400

Is your company’s story as exciting as Aveda’s, Clif Bar’s or Levi’s? These 5 questions will help you craft an equally compelling story for your own business.

What a nice article by story colleague Michael Margolis on branding.

What I like about the article is how imaginative and creative it is, along with the examples shared. As I was going through the questions Michael asks I started to think differently about how to brand a company. This is good!

I hope you get insights and several good ideas by reading the article.

Via forbes.com

50 (mostly) free social media tools you can’t live without in 2012

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:22:09 -0400

Via Scoop.it - The New Wave of Business Sense!

A couple years ago, Jay Baer wrote a great blog post called ‘The 39 social media tools I’ll use today’ which was an all-in-one toolkit for social media marketers (and still is).

Via thenextweb.com

Is Pinterest the Next Social Commerce Game Changer?

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:51:39 -0500

Is Pinterest the Next Social Commerce Game Changer?

Pinterest for Brands: 5 Hot Tips

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:19:53 -0500

Pinterest for Brands: 5 Hot Tips

60 Tiny Love Stories to Make You Smile

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:07:26 -0500

Here’s a selection of 60 tiny love stories recently submitted to our sister site, Makes Me Think, that not only made us think, but warmed our hearts and made us smile too. We hope they do the same for you. Just in time for Valentine’s Day — some stories to warm your heart and make you smile :)
Via marcandangel.com

grilled balsamic chicken with mozzarella and pesto

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:12 -0500

grilled balsamic chicken with mozzarella and pesto

6 Must Have Facebook Apps for Business

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:22:22 -0500

Via Scoop.it - All Things Mobile: Apps, M-Learning, Mobile Marketing

Today, Facebook as over 800+ million users and it’s really hard to miss the opportunity to find and connect friends, colleagues or promote your business through this social giant interface.Read more…
Via mindnews.org

Study: Mobile Apps Can Help Build Your Brand

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:21:59 -0500

Via Scoop.it - All Things Mobile: Apps, M-Learning, Mobile Marketing

If you’ve been considering building a branded app as part of your mobile marketing strategy, a new study provides some ammunition in favor of the move.
Via marketingland.com

World Blues 2011: More proof that it is the guns that kill people

Sun, 15 May 2011 08:35:12 -0400

World Blues 2011: More proof that it is the guns that kill people:

econblues2011:

world blues 2011 - An man allegedly shot four people to death in Idaho early on Friday, including his two young sons, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said, describing the incident as a murder-suicide.

Investigators say an infant and a 3-year-old boy, their mother and her sister,…

ekscreates: Love!

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:58:06 -0400

ekscreates:

Love!

What Faith Sees..........

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:57:07 -0400

Faith sees the invisble

It believes the incredible

It knows the unknowable

It receives the impossible

Always have faith!

A big day!

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:33:49 -0400

Go Kentucky Wildcats!!

We are Buyer Brokers and place Luxury buyers with Luxury...

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:56:58 -0400

We are Buyer Brokers and place Luxury buyers with Luxury Communities!

The clear path to success!!

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:20:01 -0400

The clear path to success!!

Disaster in Japan

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:36:32 -0400

Our family experienced a disaster in 2004 living in Florida. We got a direct hit twice by two hurricanes, Jean and Frances within 3 weeks. Seeing the pictures of Japan, we can only relate slightly, but we can relate. It is our hope that not one ever experiences a true disaster in their life!! God best the souls in Japan!

This is my introduction!

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:53:21 -0500

This is my introduction!