A new trend in social advocacy: donating Twitter characters

Now you can donate your social capital too You can donate clothes, canned goods, old eyeglasses and even your rusty ’87 Yugo to charity. Now a growing number of causes are urging donors to chip in their unused Twitter characters, too. It works like this: send a tweet through special app, and any unused space [...]

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The Future of Social Media Relevance – Mobile, Niche, Meaning?

A friend of mine found the mobile applications for Facebook to be severely lacking as he was used to the immersive user experience on Flipboard, Path, Instagram and Twitter. Plus, he doesn’t see additional value with connecting with more brands on Facebook. Could his experience be a sign of what social networks need to be [...]

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How to Build Social Capital Using Storytelling

When we think of social capital we initially think of tangible benefits: increased product sales, referrals, and others. But the biggest value of social capital is one that is harder to measure: loyalty. One of the most effective loyalty models is Conversation Building. In social media, the best conversations start with good stories.

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Dear Social Media Expert – 10 Reasons Why I Won’t be Attending your Masterclass

Thank you for your very kind email inviting me to your Social Media Masterclass. It sounds a great event, and I appreciate your offer of ‘trebling my income’ as a result of attending. Wow that sounds good. However, whilst I’m sure it will be a memorable event, I hope you won’t be offended but here [...]

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Social Media Secrets for a Sold-Out Event

You know that feeling when you see something really cool in action? You see in unfold right before you. Last Fall, I had the incredible opportunity of attending in NYC and saw social media and online marketing used so smartly to sell out an event with zero seats to spare and create an enormous amount [...]

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