Jargon and Junk + MORE 02/02/2013
SM. SoMe. SMB. SoLo. SoLoMo. SEO. FB. LI. G+. PPC. PTAT. Organic. Viral. Feed. Bounce Rate. Conversions. And these are just a few of the acronyms, abbreviations and other jargon that many in the technically savvy social media, content development and website design worlds bandy about on a daily basi.... More »
How to Send Out of Office Replies in Twitter + MORE 03/11/2013
Are you travelling for business or going on a vacation? You can create out-of-office automatic replies for people who are trying to reach you via Twitter and they won't expect a response from you right away! This story, How to Send Out of Office Replies in Twitter, was originally published at Digita.... More »
Win Free Tickets to Social Media Marketing World 2013 + MORE 02/04/2013
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Facebook Just Hired The Friendliest Developer In Silicon Valley To Keep App Makers Happy (FB) + MORE 03/24/2013
Facebook just dropped a love bomb on the app developers who play a crucial role in the social network's health, yet whose relationship with it is often fraught with tension. The tension reliever's name is David Weekly, who starts work on Monday on the Facebook Platform team. That group runs the too.... More »
In One Of Sports' Greatest Traditions, It Is This Year's 'One Shining Moment' + MORE 04/09/2013
Louisville is the 2013 champions. And the only thing left to do after 67 games is to watch this year's "One Shining Moment," one of the great traditions in sports. Here's the video (via CBS)... // <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Please follow Sports Page .... More »
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1. We’re faking a marathon, and a new and different method for liberating books.
2. Acemoglu and Robinson respond to Sachs. And on Twitter there has been excellent back and forth, including Sachs and Blattman and ViewfromtheCave, among others, presented here, a worthwhile debate for Thanksgiving especially.
3. Still lacking the right to vote, the langur nonetheless made an unannounced appearance at a political rally.
4. One view of why the 1950s were so strong economically…
2. Acemoglu and Robinson respond to Sachs. And on Twitter there has been excellent back and forth, including Sachs and Blattman and ViewfromtheCave, among others, presented here, a worthwhile debate for Thanksgiving especially.
3. Still lacking the right to vote, the langur nonetheless made an unannounced appearance at a political rally.
4. One view of why the 1950s were so strong economically…
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The NOC Is Back With The Perfect Turkey Day NFL Parody
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Thanksgiving means turkeys, families, and lots of football. Unfortunately, sometimes two or more of those things conflict. The NOC feels our pain with their take on Turkey Day football set to Hall of Fame’s “The Script” (featuring Will.I.Am)… Please follow Sports Page on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
Is Your Marketing Plan A Turkey? What If There Was A Turkey Talk-line® For Marketing Emergencies?
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It was Thanksgiving 2011 when I had MY first turkey emergency. I had planned my dinner for months, sent out the invitations for the feast and was expecting a full house after spending two month’s food budget on all the fixings for what I was hoping was going to be a good meal. Never have cooked a turkey before, I relied on my own home-grown learning and a combination of 8 YouTube videos! Hey I had started a successful blog, makes sense I could cook a great turkey dinner, right? It was a hour before the doorbell was supposed to ring and my turkey was still frozen! Argh, as Charlie Brown said to Lucy on A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!Relying on social media to get me out of the problem that I put my self into I found the Butterball Turkey Talk-line®! My turkey emergency was solved!Now, I am one for using analogies to solve marketing problems and this Turkey Talk-line® way to solve a problem has a strong tie-in to the challenges that many small- and mid-sized businesses experience! Most businesses don’t have a lifeline-like contestants on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and they don’t have an expert to call, unless it’s the college son of a friends who has created a Facebook page and has taken a marketing course in his freshman year…
How Companies Can Take Advantage Of The Way People Use LinkedIn
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LinkedIn has carved a special and very valuable place in people’s online lives, at a time when we didn’t think we can manage yet another social network. Users build their professional identities on LinkedIn, while they use Facebook for everything else. “People on LinkedIn don’t talk about their home life, they don’t share baby pictures. They don’t share any pictures at all actually,” says LinkedIn’s executive editor Dan Roth. “But when they talk about home life it’s in a professional sense…
4 Reasons To Use Minimalist WordPress Themes
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I’m a huge fan of minimalist WordPress themes as you can probably tell by the look of my websites. In fact I stress the need for a premium WordPress theme to eliminate all the hassles of free themes however I never mention the fact that you need to keep it simple.There are a ton of great reasons to use these simple WordPress themes, but in the spirit of minimalism, here are the top four reasons to use minimalist WordPress themes:1—Minimalist WordPress Themes For Minimalist DevicesEvery year more and more people are reading more and more webpages on their cell phones, tablets, netbooks, and other small devices…Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Is Coming To Your Mobile Device (AAPL, GOOG)
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The beloved Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which puts you in control of a character devoted to crime and chaos, is coming to iOS and Android devices on December 6. Both versions will cost $4.99. Developer Rockstar Games writes that many device-specific enhancements have been made to the game to support lighting effects and Apple’s Retina display. Cue the countdown to December 6th. Please follow SAI: Tools on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
Multigenerational Homes Are The Next Big Thing In Real Estate
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Being roommates with your parents after age 21 sounds like a nightmare for most, but Jessica Bruno wouldn’t have it any other way. Bruno, a 40-year-old mom, wife and DIY blogger, lives with her 62-year-old parents, Connie and Fred, in their Sutton, Mass., home. Oh, and there’s Bruno’s husband, Tony, and their 6-year-old son, Tony Jr. Think that’s a lot of people under one roof? There’s more. Bruno’s grandparents, Grace, 80, and Fred, 82, live in the house, too…How to Set Your Social Media Strategy and Measure It
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In this video I interview Dave Fleet, vice president of Digital at Edelman in Toronto.Dave shares how social media measurement impacts businesses today. You’ll learn what strategies businesses are using to measure their social media marketing efforts.Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.Here are some of the things you’ll learn in this video:Discover some of the mistakes that businesses are making when it comes to social media…