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With the proliferation of social networking, life stream and micro-blogging sites, content has clearly become king. With such a large quantity of content the issue of quality and focus becomes even more important in helping writers to foster their on-line reputation.
With that understood, most new [...]
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Social Media is such an easy way to reach the many and varied communities on the Internet that it has become the darling of would be marketers who often are enmeshed in marketing 1.0 and take all of their preconceptions with them when they start to write.
I just read a blog [...]
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Our Client David Fanale in Bergen County NJ is new to social media. A real estate broker with several offices, David was present at the Century 21 Leadership conference in Chicago where Hal and I presented on Social Media.
David was impressed with the reach of social media, and approached us as [...]
Some people when they first learn about Social Media feel compelled to jump right in to the creation of posts and photos and videos to share on-line. While a desire to create and share is crucial to success in this environment, it is important for people to read and observe before they start to participate. [...]
An article published on AdWeek.com states according to Forrester Research U.S. consumers are flocking social networks in such quantities that the activity of Social Networking is now mainstream.
Forrester’s survey indicated that this year marked significant growth for social media. A consumer poll done in the second quarter of 2008 found that 75 percent of [...]
As the Internet reaches new levels of consumer interaction the number of new free web based applications grows steadily, providing us with functions beyond the software housed on our hard drives. Regardless of the type of user you are, there should be something interesting here for you to try.
Please check these out, and if you [...]
The National Association of REALTORS recently advertised for a Social Media Manager. The post on Monster.com created quite a stir in what is know as the RE.Net – that small section of the blogiverse filled with real estate practitioners, investors, and affiliated professionals who utilize social media in their daily life.
The discussion was fascinating to [...]
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The findings of the 2008 Cone Business in Social Media Study indicate that people want companies to enter the social media arena. The study, which states that 60% of Americans use social media, found that 85% of those users think that companies should have significant interaction with their customers through social media. 56% of the [...]
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As more and more companies and individuals embrace Web 2.0 and the Social Media Explosion, it is increasingly important to remember the influence our words can have on others, making the skill of effective written communication a must.
How we are perceived in the online world is largely a function of the writing we publish. From [...]
BuzzBuilderz is dedicated facilitating the ongoing conversations generated by Social Media, which begs the question, “What makes a good conversationalist?”.
In his post Three Steps to Becoming A Web Conversationalist , John Battelle of SearchBlog suggests that there are three question to answer to determine how effectively you are engaged in the world of Web 2.0;
Are you consuming [...]
