Monthly Archives: February 2009

Twitter Tabbed Top Social Media Site for Business

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Tom Gray

A social media survey of 200 social media leaders by Abrams Research reports that Twitter was selected as the top spot for business dollars by a 40% to 15% margin over Facebook. However, asked which site they’d be most likely … Continue reading →

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The Death Knell for Blogging?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Tom Gray

They sucked me right in on this one, didn’t they?

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Consumers Using Twitter to Save Money and Solve Problems

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Tom Gray

The Sunday print edition of The Wallet, the personal finance blog of the Wall Street Journal, reports that Twitter users are able to save money, find deals and solve problems as more and more mainstream corporations sign on to the … Continue reading →

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Twitter – Show the Love; A Brief Tutorial on Twitter’s @Replies Feature

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Tom Gray

New Twitter users sometimes have a hard time figuring out some of the ins and outs of Twitter communication etiquette. For example, a very nice young woman and Life Coach, Carolann Jones (follow her at http://www.twitter.com/coachcarolann) was sharing an event … Continue reading →

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Get Free Publicity by Being HAROic

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Tom Gray

Are you an expert? Do you have a story to tell? Would you like to reach a larger, maybe even global audience with your expertise or insights? If you answered yes then you should consider subscribing to Peter Shankman’s HARO … Continue reading →

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Advertising Offline? Shift it Online to Reduce Spend, Increase ROI

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Tom Gray

According to guest blogger, Regis Hadiaris, in a Marketing Pilgrim post titled, 77% of Marketers are Reducing Media Budgets, 144 marketers polled indicated that they were taking ‘next steps’ to reduce the media budgets for their ad campaigns. Key areas … Continue reading →

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Google Likes Blogs; Why You Should Too!

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Tom Gray

Do you still wonder why (or if) you should be blogging? I’m going to give you 3 hardly comprehensive reasons… Customers & Prospects like blogs with good, relevant content that addresses their interests, opportunities or needs. You can engage those … Continue reading →

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Twitter – the End is Near … Not!

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Tom Gray

… funny stuff from Geek and Poke.

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Social Media Networks: Still Think They’re a Fad?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Tom Gray

The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that use of social networking sites by adults has quadrupled from 2005 to December 2008. In 2005 only 8% of adults reported having a profile on the social network sites while today … Continue reading →

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