Flashback Friday: Weekly Search & Social Recap January 8, 2010

Flashback Friday: Weekly Search & Social Recap January 8, 2010

It’s no surprise that the first week into the year our RSS readers, twitter streams, and Facebook walls have been overflowing with posts looking back on 2009 and looking ahead to 2010.  Throw the Google Nexus in the mix and it was nearly impossible to find a signal shrouded in all the noise, but believe it or not this week actually had a decent chunk of decent posts. 2009 and Looking Ahead to 2010 While you’ve been pelted in the…

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5 Search & Social Geeks I’d Love To Spend A Day With

5 Search & Social Geeks I’d Love To Spend A Day With

It’s been a long journey since I started in the search marketing industry and over the years I have had the chance to meet and interact with a number of great search and social marketers. Many of whom I have come to look up to in one way or another.  Each of them bring upon their own talents and expertise. However, when I think of all of the different people I interact with on Twitter, or Facebook, or LinkedIn I…

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A Modern Day War of the Worlds on Twitter

A Modern Day War of the Worlds on Twitter

Tomorrow one of the largest earthquake drills in California history will take place. An estimated 6.6 million people statewide will participate, with roughly 675,000 of them hailing from Orange County. While the bulk of the participants will simply be doing a typical drop, cover, hold drill, the Orange County Register reported that many O.C. organizations will be doing more. But if that weren’t enough OCReggie, the Orange County Register’s twitter account, asked its followers what they thought about posting simulated…

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The Importance of Branding In Social Media

The Importance of Branding In Social Media

It seems more and more large businesses are finally adopting social media as a part of their regular business practices. Shopping centers, malls, even fairs are jumping on the social media bandwagon because they realize it is a valuable resource for connecting with potential customers and also as a way to get feedback from customers. However, I am seeing a trend recently that could impact usability and also make imitation accounts a serious problem. Let Your Customers Know Who You…

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What Should User Expectations Be When An Internet Service Is Free?

What Should User Expectations Be When An Internet Service Is Free?

Those of you who follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or GTalk probably know by now that Friday afternoon I lost all of my Twitter followers and everyone I was following. For those of you who didn’t know, let me fill you in: Mid afternoon on Friday I noticed that I had gone tweetless for quite some time. Upon further investigation I discovered that my follower and following number were both set at 0; a scary realization for someone who had…

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