FollowFriday 2.0 New and Improved!

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If you are on Twitter you probably already know what FollowFriday is. If not Here is a 140 character explanation:  Every Friday, on Twitter, you tweet the twitter id’s of other Twitter users you think people should follow, for whatever reason you choose. The problem with FollowFriday quickly became that every one was tweeting twitter [...]

Chris Brogan Speaks to the Social Media Club of Dallas – Audio

If you were at the #smcdallas event with Chris Brogan this is for you! Apologies that the audio isn’t 100%, it’s actually lifted from a flip cam video recording. I’ve done my best to boost the levels and compress the noise to acceptable levels. Also, the beginning is truncated. In other words, it’s not perfect, [...]

Power Up Your Facebook Feed with Yahoo Pipes

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I was recently bummed when I figured out that I can only import one of my blog feeds into my Facebook notes (I also wanted to import my personal blog scottismy.name and the feed from my Flickr Photostream). Fortunately, Facebook doesn’t really dictate which of your feeds you can import into  notes so the answer [...]

What is a Social Media Expert?

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With all the buzz about Social Media these days it’s no wonder people all over the place are claiming to be Social Media Experts. Some deserve the title even if they shun it, guys like Chris Brogan, Giovanni Galluci or Peter Shankman. The differentiator for all of these guys is credibility and the ability to [...]

Grasshopper Viral Video – Entrepreneurs

How to Add Value Using Social Media

One of the most common mistakes companies/social media marketers make, especially when they are starting, is to just blast out their marketing message over the social media channels. And while it’s fair to say that ultimately the goal is to sell, acquire new customers or otherwise expand your business, what works in print media (blasting [...]