Disclosure: Brian is a cofounder of the pay per tweet twitter marketing service, TweetROI.
The concept of transparency seems to have universal support in Social Media.
What Is Transparency?
Transparency… when used in a social context, implies openness, communication, and accountability. It is a metaphorical extension of the meaning a "transparent" object is one that can be seen through. [...]

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It's amazing how quick a story can travel these days. The beat jumps within hours across the globe to millions of people and the given authorities have not even had an opportunity to verify it's accuracy. It takes a life of it's own moving from blogs to pod-casts while intertwined in other traditional mediums and [...]

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What’s a meme? It’s a viral idea. I love Daniel Dennett’s characterization: “A meme is an information package with attitude.” Check out this visual review of internet memes.
What works in social media to spread memes? I’m relatively new to viral marketing- my achievements in this area are small compared to gurus like Matthew [...]

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Have you received any invitations to join your friends and family on Windows Live? If you haven't yet, you probably will. That's because Windows Live is getting more social.
In fact, you can argue that Windows Live was one of the largest untapped social networks in the world. Just think of [...]

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Bogie & Bacall by cameramanron
“The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.”  Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye
In my opinion, Chandler’s quote is the greatest metaphor that I’ve ever read in the English language.  He’s taken a minor incident of human behavior that was [...]

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In 1970, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote “Let it Be”. It starts out with,
“When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.”

I’ve long held that if [...]

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I grew up in a house with a lot of rules. From the time I was 8 it was just the girls in my house…. my mom, my sister and I. My mother taught us strong values and we were expected to follow them everyday. Don't get me wrong…. there was a lot of love [...]

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After having looked at one week of Sphinn SEO lessons it's time to put a number on things.
SEO's, SEM's and other abbreviated people within our industry love, love, numbers. Clickthrough rate, how many positions up in the rankings, number of estimated searches per month, links per minute. Heck, even Google is into it: -6, -30, [...]

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Ce qui suit est une traduction en français de l'article publié par Jeff Quipp: 50+ Sites To Help You Bury Negative Posts About You or Your Company!
Le Problème:
Avez-vous déjà eu un client venant à vous dans un état de désespoir le plus total, vous suppliant de l’aider à enlever un commentaire classant leur [...]

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Esta es una traducción al español de: 50+ Sites To Help You Bury Negative Posts About You or Your Company! escrita por Jeff Quipp.
El Problema:
Se ha encontrado alguna vez con un cliente que acude a Usted en un estado de desesperación, suplicando ayuda para eliminar un post en un blog que aparece número uno en [...]

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