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How to Use Twitter

As many of you probably know, in addition to presenting at conferences as a social media speaker, that I also do a good amount of social media consulting with individuals and small businesses.  As we begin discussing how to use Facebook for business, the ins and outs of Twitter, how YouTube can grow their business, [...]

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Cyber Monday Email Marketing Blunder by AT&T

by Jeremy Blanton on November 29, 2010

This morning as I began my work week, my inbox like many others was littered with advertisements from dozens of companies making me aware of their Cyber Monday sales.  One that really caught my eye was from AT&T.  They are running various smart phones this Monday at various times for only one cent.  I thought [...]

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Do You REALLY Think You’re THAT Important?

by Jeremy Blanton on November 19, 2010

I am going to give everyone a fair warning that today’s post is a rant.  With that out of the way, let me get into the subject I wanted to cover.  One of the things that I am always trying to do is connect with new people on various social networks.  As I’ve stated before, [...]

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Using Social Media to Enhance Face-to-Face Meetings

by Jason Crouch on September 23, 2010

For the past couple of years, I’ve been helping others to market effectively online, having done this for my own businesses since 1996.  One of the interesting trends I’ve noted is the fact that some people (and companies) spend a lot of time and effort working on their online presence, at the expense of “real [...]

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Benefits of Social Media are the Real Life Relationships

by Jeremy Blanton on September 3, 2010

I was in Florida recently for a Real Estate Barcamp and while there I got to meet many old and new friends.  I don’t necessarily go to these events excited to learn new things.  When I do learn about new products, techniques and such that is a great by-product.  The reason I travel to the [...]

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Increasing Blog Traffic Through Comments

by Jeremy Blanton on August 30, 2010

We all know that one great way to increase traffic into your site is to visit other people’s sites and leave valuable comments on specific topics.  Leaving those comments shows that you care about whatever the topic might be, or you are able to share your knowledge answering a question that someone posed in a [...]

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Are You a Social Media Loser?

by Jeremy Blanton on August 26, 2010

I work daily with clients assisting them with using social media for their business successfully. One of the first things I try to do is teach that while it is important to use the mediums properly to reach out, it is even more important to have systems set up in place to monitor your business [...]

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Optimizing Twitter Chats Through Tweetgrid

by Jeremy Blanton on August 20, 2010

Most of my friends on Twitter know by now that I am somewhat of an addict.  (Remember, I took 2 full days & found over 125 different Twitter Applications!) I find myself at times spending multiple hour blocks of time on the site talking to new & old friends.  One of the ways I love [...]

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This is the third post in a series about how to use Twitter to form relationships for business and personal connections (which could lead to business, too, right?). One of the quickest ways for me to explain how to properly use this platform is to use a real-life analogy.  Pretty much everything you can do [...]

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