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Medium: Twitter’s Founder Develops WYSIWYG Blogging
As an avid Tweeter, I’ve been excited about the launch of Medium since I first learned about the new site this summer. The promise of a service that bridges the gap between the 140 characters I already love and a more traditional blogging platform is one that excites both my …
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Did Social Fall Flat on Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
The weekend after Thanksgiving was one of the most aggressive marketing blitzes in recent memory. News reports had three shopping holidays to choose from: the venerable Black Friday, which started around 1961 but didn’t gain the influence it now has until as late as 2005; Small Business Saturday, a American …
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Google’s Augmented Reality Game ‘Ingress’ May Be the Path to New Business Opportunities
Being a gamer myself, I think seeing video games developing new uses is pretty nifty. We’ve all been exposed to the concept gamification by now — most people don’t call it that, but sites like Foursquare and Yelp! have relied upon the tactic to make their services a lot like …
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Website Mobilization Tools Go Head To Head: DudaMobile vs MobeeArt
I don’t know about you, but I can barely leave my desk without grabbing my iPhone and bringing it with me. I know I’m not alone in this because as of May, more than half of U.S. mobile users have smartphones. Each day more people are interacting with websites, search …
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Instagram Web Profiles Bring Nashville Filter to the Masses
Photo sharing service Instagram announced the release of brand new web profiles for all users last week, some two years after the launch of its iOS app. Although this is big news for your average Instagrammer, the addition is also a major breakthrough for businesses who use the app for …
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Pinterest For Business Has Arrived! 7 Reasons To Jump Onboard
It’s finally here: the much anticipated Pinterest for Business. Chances are, for the past couple years you’ve been hearing all about Pinterest, its popularity explosion since 2009, and the fact that you, as a business owner, need to get on it… yesterday. Until now, a business on Pinterest had to …
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SI Social: Facebook Announces Couples Pages, World Retches Audibly
In the modern world, there’s tremendous emphasis on finding a romantic partner. As if we didn’t get enough pressure from literature about star-crossed lovers, movies about pairing up, and images splayed across glossy magazine pages depicting blissful partners holding hands and gazing into the sunset, now Facebook has decided to …
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Read This! — November 2012
We’re back with another edition of Read This!, our monthly series exploring the DIY tips and tricks you can use to succeed online today. • So, Foursquare is a search engine now? How do I get my business to the top of the results? — AboutFourSquare.com Foursquare is on its way …
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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
No, Content is Not the Only Way – Whiteboard Friday – SEOMoz While well-written content earns links and establishes your authority on a subject, it is not the be all and end all of SEO. Whether you have a great reputation and reviews, your team creates inherently viral products or …
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Top 5 Things I Learned About Politics on Facebook
At some point during the endless presidential election of 2012, you probably shared a political opinion on Facebook that you were wholly unqualified to advance. Facebook is one of those great and terrible places where totally uninformed people can share their feelings with everyone they know. There’s just no room …
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