Always Learning

Chris Burdge | Social Media | August 7, 2010
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Always Learning

I’ve been on Linkedin since March 2005 and today I learned something new about one of the oldest networking sites on the web. In the 5 years that I’ve been using Linkedin I’ve never actually “disconnected” (the Twitter equivalent of “unfollow”) from someone, until today.
I have to admit I was stumped when it came [...]

Your Friends Tell You What To Buy and Amazon Knows It

Nick Cunningham | News, Social Media | August 2, 2010
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Your Friends Tell You What To Buy and Amazon Knows It

Amazon has just taken the first step towards Borg-style consciousness that we knew was coming. You can now link your Amazon account with your Facebook account.

If you click on the “recommendations” link when you are logged into your Amazon profile, you will now be greeted with an option to link the accounts with Facebook Connect
Why [...]

Size Doesn’t Matter! It’s What You Do For Your Followers…

Chris Burdge | Blogging, Social Media, Strategy | July 30, 2010
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Size Doesn’t Matter! It’s What You Do For Your Followers…

…it’s so true. This video with Seth Godin is chalk full simple wisdom. You don’t need thousands of friends or followers.
What you do need is a “tribe”.
An authentic tribe of friends, colleagues and customers that you have something in common with, can converse with and share relevant, useful information and stories with.
Don’t waste your time [...]

Google Analytics: Setting Up Goals

Chris Burdge | Analytics, Strategy | July 28, 2010
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Google Analytics: Setting Up Goals

If you don’t have Google Analytics (GA) set-up on your website yet you need to do that right away. I provided instructions about how to add Google Analytics to your site in a previous post.
GA is a very powerful tool and the majority of websites aren’t leveraging the full value of what they have at [...]

10 Million People Can’t Be Wrong About Wordpress

Chris Whiteley | Web Design | July 27, 2010
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10 Million People Can’t Be Wrong About Wordpress

If 10 million people were jumping off a bridge, you would probably do the same.
You know the story, you ask your Mother for “blank” because Jimmy across the street has a really cool “blank.” Your Mother would then pose a question to you: “If Jimmy were to jump off a bridge would you do that [...]

Online Brand & Reputation Management Tools

Chris Burdge | Miscellaneous |
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Online Brand & Reputation Management Tools

People are talking about you, your company, your brand. They’re making comments – good, bad, indifferent.
Word of mouth affects people’s choices in every aspect of their lives from purchases to travel tips and where to stay, which furniture to buy, where to go out for dinner.
If you’re tapped into the conversation and what’s been said, [...]