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Kred Sells Out With Valentine’s Day-Themed Klout Promotion

We had such high hopes when Kred first announced its influence measurement model. Of course, no one tool can truly measure the influence or reach of a person (or brand), but Kred’s claim as “the first totally transparent social scoring system to evaluate influence among communities and reward generosity” was definitely appealing. To quote the [...]

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Conversation Isn’t Merely An Art Form; It’s A Business Strategy

Although digital marketing and social media strategies are typically tied to tangible business results such as ROI, sales and customer conversions, even the fanciest of promotions and landing pages means little if your brand or business is incapable of having a conversation, whether it’s with customers (satisfied or not), other brands and, frankly, anyone in [...]

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Webinar: The Key to Success on Facebook for Your Brand or Business

If you’re charged with managing Facebook pages and building communities, whether for yourself or for clients, it’s pretty important you understand EdgeRank’s Algorithm. And if you either don’t know what I’m talking about or don’t know enough about EdgeRank and why it’s important, take it from me and consider participating in an upcoming webinar from [...]

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IBM To Present CMO Study, Insights During BMA-KC Event

If you’re in the Kansas City area on Feb. 21, you’ll have a chance to get inside the minds of more than 1,700 of the world’s most prominent Chief Marketing Officers during a presentation to the Business Marketing Association–Kansas City. Karstin Bodell, VP of Marketing for IBM, will be presenting the company’s CMO study, the [...]

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Facebook To Release Timeline For Brands Later This Month

Big news out of Facebook headquarters: Timeline pages for brands will arrive later this month. As with other Facebook features, Timeline brand pages will be released as a beta to a select group of users, and then will be more widely distributed in the coming weeks. Since Facebook unveiled Timeline for personal pages, we’ve been [...]

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Mobile Marketing: 1 Billion Smartphones By 2016

If you haven’t given your mobile marketing strategy much thought, now’s the time. A new report from Forrester indicates that one billion people will own smartphones by 2016—surely reason enough to set your sights on mobile and integrate mobile marketing strategies into your overall marketing strategy. It’s predicted that 350 million workers will use smartphones [...]

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Submissions Now Being Accepted For DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards

You can’t beat the feeling that comes from helping others, and that’s why the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards is such an amazing opportunity. The event is a partnership between See3 and YouTube, and is a chance for nonprofits to win donation funding and other prizes. The wonderful Heidi Massey kindly sent me a heads-up [...]

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LinkedIn Hits 150 Million User Milestone

LinkedIn announced Thursday that the professional networking site now has 150 million members, an increase of 20 million members since November—impressive, right? The announcement came as part of the company’s fourth quarter and 2011 fiscal year financial results, which, according to a press release, included the following highlights: Revenue for the fourth quarter was $167.7 [...]

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The Death Of Photography (Again?)

We periodically hear folks announcing the Death of Photography as we know it. This type of talk has been going on for many years, but the cited reasons are always the same. The only thing that changes is the culprit! And in the latest iteration of the discussion, the cause of death is mobile photography. [...]

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To WiFi Or Not To WiFi?

It’s no surprise that open wireless Internet connections leave users more exposed to security vulnerabilities. Yet open WiFi is becoming so prevalent—not to mention convenient—that it’s easy to overlook potential security concerns in favor of instant connectivity. And let’s face it—sometimes it’s downright necessary to log onto a public WiFi network, whether you’re firing off [...]

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