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Is Social Media Replacing Blogging? Will Micro-Blogging Destroy Blogs?

November 8, 2011 Social Media
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It is always great to have the opportunity to share your knowledge with others, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to do so at BlogWorld. As a panelist on the topic of Promoting Your Blog in the Age of Social Media, I dealt with many questions on promoting a corporate blog and [...]

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Falling Back Into Old Bad Habits: Blogging vs. Social Networking

August 20, 2011 Social Media

The eternal debate over moving your social identity from blogging platforms to other social media like social networks will never die (for the foreseeable future, at least), but I for one believe that you should never cede complete control of your personal brand to the innumerable social networks. A personal or business blog, hosted on [...]

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How Dare You! How to Charge Your Friends for Calls, Emails, Texts, Social Networking & Video Conferencing

June 23, 2011 Funny

In a sign of the times, with our economy hitting lower lows and no hope in sight, some savvy entrepreneurs have come up with creative ways to survive. Below you’ll find an actual email I received today from a friend – Charles Feldman. As you can see, the cost of connecting is not cheap, and [...]

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A New Form of Twitter Spam: ReTweet Stories With Your URL

September 4, 2009 Social Media

Over the past week or two I’ve noticed a new form of what I would deem Twitter SPAM. I’m not talking about all the crappy auto-responder messages or the direct tweets that try to get you to visit a link. This new form of spam on Twitter is more devious. Examples: As you can see [...]

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Twitter Fail: Site & API Down AGAIN!

August 25, 2009 Social Media

It looks like our good friend, Twitter.com is down once again. Facebook has also been giving me problems for a few days, so my guess is that there is another attack happening . . . of course that is just speculation! Where’s the Fail Whale when you need him?

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The Twitter Epiphany: Why post on Twitter when you can post on your blog?

May 1, 2009 Blogging

I’ll admit that I’ve become accustomed to using Twitter (and other social media) throughout my day to share interesting information, links, articles, etc. I’ve been doing it for some time now, but I came to an epiphany yesterday that is going to change my behavior. I wasn’t sharing my every move like the guy in [...]

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How to Lose Twitter Followers in 8 Steps or Just Turn Everyone Off

April 29, 2009 Twitter

Image via CrunchBase By now, you need to live in North Korea to not have heard of Twitter. I’ll admit, at first I didn’t really get it, but after a while, I’ve managed to figure out how to use the site to engage others and make new connections. (The Wall Street Journal actually had an [...]

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