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Cape Fear Tweetup coming up January 27 2011

Businesses are built on Networking and networking is what Social Media is all about. Connecting with other business partners, as well as keeping in touch with and interacting with your customer base. Here in Wilmington NC we have events called

Posted in Around Town, Social Media

SPAM or Helpful Info

If you follow this blog you know I am no prolific business writer. Sure I love to dabble in writing, I share weird and outrageous stories I find on my personal blog, I post sporadically to my photo blog but

Posted in Social Media, Twitter

How will you work this into your business plan? (humor)

New business model…. because I find dogs more agreeable, I’ll be producing cute puppy videos!

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It’s Not Enough to Give Good Twitter

Social Media can help you find customers, it can help you maintain and retain customers, BUT ultimately a company MUST be able to backup their Social Media efforts with true product and service.

Posted in Social Media, Twitter

LinkedIn hits 100 million users

I must admit that although I have a LinkedIn account, it is not my go-to for social interaction. I see it much more of a place for jobseekers and those looking to hire. LinkedIn this week announced it now has

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Twitter is a business tool you can’t afford to leave in the tool box

I oft find that people who have never use twitter think it is just a place to post what you had for breakfast or other random uninteresting information. What they don’t realize is that while there is a certain amount

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Is Social Media ‘Saving the Day’ for your Business?

Click here to read the full summary of “S-Net (The Impact of Social Media),” a social networking report from Performics and ROI Research Inc.

Posted in Social Media

Only One in Three Companies Address Social Media Concerns

Fifty-one percent of executives surveyed said they fear social media could be detrimental to employee productivity, while 49 percent believe that using such could damage company reputation. In fact, those surveyed who are notusing social media on a corporate basis say non-implementation is primarily due to concern about confidentiality or security issues (40%), employee productivity (37%) or simply not knowing enough about it (51%).

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A Mapped Quest

It is vacation season. When you pack up your spouse, kids and pups and head out to create some family memories. Chances are as you plan this adventure you have consulted a road map.

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Say What?

In any advertising campaign, it is important to start with the message you want to convey. Social Media is no different.

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