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feeding the (content) beast

great content? essential.
creating said content? challenging.
herein some tips on making it a little easier. it all starts with google reader…

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Tags: blogging, blogging tips, content creation, feedburner, google labs, google reader, rss, twitterfeed | 2 Comments |

who’s buzzing you?

most of the criticism of google’s new service has focused on the service’s auto-follow feature. I’m not all that worried about who google thinks I should be following and/or follows on my behalf. I’m more concerned about the other side of the coin – the absence of good controls over who follows me.

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Tags: buzz, followers, how to [google plus], privacy | Leave a comment |

a linkedin tip that will probably leave you frustrated and certainly take more than 60 sec

there’s some good advice out there on how to use social media tools, and there’s some that leave you shaking your head. herein some corrective surgery on a linkedin tip I read today.

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Tags: Cold calling, job search, linkedin, linkedin tips, networking, social media | 1 Comment |

do I know you? degrees of linkedin-ness

twitter is not inherently credible, but it enables interaction that leads to credibility. a conversation does not confer good faith by its existence. it is the first step toward a relationship. linkedin, on the other hand, presumes relationships between connections. the linkedin connection does (or should) confer good faith from the moment the invitation is accepted.

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Tags: Add new tag, linkedin, LinkedIn Open Networker, networking, Online Communities, social media, Social network, social networking | 7 Comments |

linkedin meets nip/tuck

since last fall, linkedin has introduced several changes to how users see and work with the site. I go through the changes and explain why they matter.

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Tags: Add new tag, Business, linkedin, networking, social media, Social network, usability | 2 Comments |

everyone’s a local (somewhere)

the buzz keeps getting louder. web 2.0 is not only making the world a smaller place – it is making it easier to find out about and interact with people and businesses in your own backyard. here’s some of the smart phone applications that are making it happen.

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Tags: android, droid, foursquare, location-based applications, small business marketing, yelp | 2 Comments |

why I love web 2.0 – google places edition

google saves the day with places directory, a google labs app that uses geo location and user recommendations to create a great user experience. and in this case, delicious!

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Tags: droid, droid apps, google places, places directory, social media, user recommendations | Leave a comment |

elsewhere: twitter apps for droid and twitzophrenia

quick summaries of posts on my other blogs ‘smbar’ and ‘let’s hear it for the droid’

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Tags: droid, droid apps, seesmic, social media elitism, twitter, xeeku | Leave a comment |

better than real time? meet the intention web

remember when you learned about today’s news tonight or tomorrow? now news is showing up on the web and search results as soon as it happens. what’s next? meet the intention web.

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Tags: affinity, intention web, marketing, real time, real time web | 1 Comment |

facebook doth protest too much

facebook has its reasons for encouraging users to share personal information. in fact, it makes sense for many people. however, a new popup is just one of the tactics the company is using to persuade users that cross the line from disingenuous to deceptive.

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Tags: Facebook, facebook friend list, facebook search, friend list, online privacy, privacy, privacy settings, visibility on facebook | 2 Comments |

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