Monthly Archives: September 2013

Who Knew Punctuation Influences Small Business Marketing Results

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Punctuation and spelling are quite important in social media posts as it turns out! While it seems obvious that they are important in blogs, punctuation in particular can influence the reactions that your posts receive in social media.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

There’s a great infographic in this post, and, yes, it talks about punctuation, among other things! Yes! The exclamation point is one of the marks! Does that surprise you?

 

Via @GlenGilmore 

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Six Ways Sales Professionals Should Use Social Media – Business 2 Community

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Six Ways Sales Professionals Should Use Social Media | http://t.co/PgSxkmtMxP via @B2Community #SocialSales

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

This is short and to the point. Perfect for the busy sales professional. If you want more detail, our book,  Infinite Pipeline: Social Media for B2B Sales Success – free chapter at: http://bit.ly/InfPipeCh1) has all the details.

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Social selling with the sharks: Successful social selling stories

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Social Selling with the Sharks Sharing the BEST Social Selling Stories of 2013 September 25, 2013 (RT @brandonuttley: Here are the slides from yesterday’s #SocialSharks webinar http://t.co/7ubXUDoj8i...

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

This is a great presentation on SlideShare with lots of good success tips for social selling.

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4 Things to Remember When Creating B2B Social Media Marketing Content – Business 2 Community

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KoMarketing Associates 4 Things to Remember When Creating B2B Social Media Marketing Content Business 2 Community Too many brands make the mistake of focusing their social media marketing content on selling their products or services because they…

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

One of these tips is focus on the passion. In order to do that, of course, you need to Be a Person (http://bit.ly/BeAPerson) not a brand.

 

Is your company able to do this?

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Seth’s Blog: Beyond geography

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The original business was a lemonade stand. At least metaphorically.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Seth Godin scores again.

 

While his concept of the community business is a little different than the one we offer in our book, Infinite Pipeline: Social Media for B2B Sales Success http://bit.ly/InfPipeCh1, it’s essentially the same message.

If you make your business appeal to people who buy because the people they know buy, you’ve got it made.

Via @sandraz

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Google loses appeal in Street View privacy case

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By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) – A federal appeals court rejected Google Inc’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of violating federal wiretap law when its accidentally collected emails and other personal data while building its popular Street View program.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to exempt Google from liability under the federal Wiretap Act for having inadvertently intercepted emails, user names, passwords and other data from private Wi-Fi networks to create Street View, which provides panoramic views of city streets.

“It’s a landmark decision that affirms the privacy of electronic communications for wireless networks,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Serves them right! Yeah, they "accidentally" collected info on all the open WiFi hotspots while doing Google Mapping drive-bys . . .

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New Jersey’s New Social Media Law Blocks Employers’ Prying Eyes

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An increasing number of Americans are using social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, both on and off the job.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Good news: "The New Jersey State Governor signed into law legislation that prohibits employers from requiring or requesting current and prospective employees to disclose their social media passwords. New Jersey’s new law covers all employers (including any agent or representative), except for state and county corrections departments, the state parole board, and state and local law enforcement agencies" starting in December, 2013. Twelve states now have similar protections.

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