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Is Social Media Saturation Setting In?

By Brad Shorr | Published: February 15, 2010
Is Google Buzz Too Much of a Good Thing? [/caption]As a social media enthusiast, I sometimes feel like a lemming, chasing from one hot thing to the next. First it was blogs. Then, MyBlogLog got hot – remember that? For a while it seemed like everybody was diving into LinkedIn, and then Facebook pages started sprouting [...]
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Companies Should Use Human Identities on Twitter

By Brad Shorr | Published: December 9, 2009
Companies are discovering Twitter in droves. More and more, I’m seeing firms set up their Twitter IDs without putting a human face on them. I think this is a big mistake. Social media – whether used for personal or business purposes – is by definition interpersonal. When companies put forth a nameless, faceless, impersonal image, [...]
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An Effective B2B Twitter Tactic

By Brad Shorr | Published: November 27, 2009
Twitter and social media abhor aggressive sales tactics. But that doesn’t mean you should abandon tactics. Here’s a b2b Twitter technique I worked out that gets results. Step 1 – Identify a business niche you want to cultivate. Step 2 – Follow as many people as you can in that niche, or who are influencers [...]
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How to Use Twitter Lists

By Brad Shorr | Published: November 9, 2009
Lists Are an Awesome New Twitter Feature Like many of you I’ve been playing around with Twitter Lists over the last few weeks. This new feature has captured my imagination on many levels. While I certainly haven’t figured out all the ways to use Lists… Continue reading
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What Do You Do When You Can’t Think of Anything to Blog About?

By Brad Shorr | Published: November 5, 2009
Do You Have a Cure for Writer’s Block? [/caption] Every now and then a chill comes over me because I can’t think of anything to blog about. Everything I know has been shared, or is already known. Every observation I can make has been observed. Inspiration is nowhere. Nothing I read or see suggests a topic. [...]
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Twitter and Writing within Limits

By Brad Shorr | Published: October 8, 2009
When Robert Hruzek announced his monthly group project, What I Learned From Limits, I immediately thought of Twitter. One hundred forty characters isn’t much to work with, and if you want your Tweets short enough for people to easily retweet, you’ve got even fewer characters to work with. Twitter can feel like being stuck in [...]
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How To Get More Blog Subscribers

By Brad Shorr | Published: September 27, 2009
Number 6 in a series, Business Blog FAQs, culled from my business blog consulting practice. Many Tactics Are Needed to Bring Regular Readers to Your Business Blog One of the most unsettling feelings a new blogger experiences is the feeling of talking into a void. It’s a legitimate worry – here you are spending all this [...]
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