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Twitter and your business

Joint Contact: First Business Tool To Integrate Twitter? - ReadWriteWeb: "Many people have made cases for Twitter as a tool for business"

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Joint Contact: First Business Tool To Integrate Twitter? - ReadWriteWeb

5 Critical Questions To Ask BEFORE You Hire a Web Designer

5 Critical Questions To Ask BEFORE You Hire a Web Designer: "Whether you're building a website or a blogsite, the investment in a designer can be fairly significant. It's at this point that many service business owners decide to cut costs and have their 16-year old nephew design their site. This works out well until something breaks (with technology, it's never a question of IF it will break, only WHEN) and your nephew is out of touch because he just started his first year of college and can't be bothered. What are you going to do?"

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5 Critical Questions To Ask BEFORE You Hire a Web Designer

Your Website is Real Estate

Your Website is Real Estate: "Blog and website owners have many tasks on their plate and tons of new features and tips to mull over. One of the basics for blogging and webmastering for success is remembering the way real estate works when designing and adding value to your site."

50 Steps to Establishing a Consistent Social Media Practice | chrisbrogan.com

50 Steps to Establishing a Consistent Social Media Practice | chrisbrogan.com: "You’ve told the boss that you’re going to implement social media stuff for your organization, and in your mind, you’ve decided that means an account on Twitter and a blog. Maybe there’s a bit more to it than that. For instance, what are your goals? Are you there to show customers and prospective new customers that you care? Are you there to solve customer issues? Are you building awareness and attempting new forms of digital marketing? Knowing this up front makes a world of difference. In the mean time, here are some things you might consider for when it comes time to implement. They range from ideas for starting out, things to augment your efforts with, writing ideas, next steps, and metrics. You’re welcome to share this with others. Please link back to [chrisbrogan.com] and especially this post if you use it."

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50 Steps to Establishing a Consistent Social Media Practice | chrisbrogan.com

iPhone to spark podcast boom among executives

iTWire - iPhone to spark podcast boom among executives: social networking guru: "The still nascent podcast phenomenon is set to explode driven by the emergence of the massively popular Apple iPhone, according to one of the world's leading social networkers. One of the keys will be the adoption of the iPhone by business users."

These 10 tools will make you a power user on Twitter

These 10 tools will make you a power user on Twitter | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com: "For those who are using Twitter — or plan to start — here are 10 tools that can help you get the most out of it for professional networking."

Websites stretch truth over page hits

Websites stretch truth over page hits | Australian IT: "WEBSITE operators are bringing online audience measurement figures into disrepute by using tricks to boost traffic numbers in the eyes of advertisers, at a time when the industry is trying to clean up its image."

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Websites stretch truth over page hits | Australian IT

Politicians' Wiki entries altered

Politicians' Wiki entries altered - Technology - smh.com.au

FEDERAL public servants are systematically sanitising the Wikipedia entries for federal politicians and have shown MPs how to change their entries.

World's oldest blogger makes final post

World's oldest blogger makes final post - web - Technology - smh.com.au: "The Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest internet blogger has made her final post, aged 108. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy on NSW's central coast, died in a nursing home just after 6am yesterday."

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World's oldest blogger makes final post - web - Technology - smh.com.au

How Social Media Can Help Your Small Business

» How Social Media Can Help Your Small Business

Social media is on the move and that direction is up, out and all around. If you have a small business with a web presence, you need to be part of the online conversation. And that means being active in social media.