Be Where YOU Need to Be, Not Where “They” Say You Should

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A friend of mine went to a Social Media for Small Business conference recently. He’s a small business owner, and has been thinking about using social media for a while. He enjoyed the conference and made some great connections while there. Yet something he said worries me, and that’s the need to be everywhere. According to… [Continue Reading]

A Very Short Message to the Shitdiots at @Klout

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Dear Klout – I have uninstalled your shitty service and blocked your access to my info, period. And yet you’re still trying to get friends to invite me to your crud, never mind invading my sidebar with your stupid app. Be a grown-up business with adult management – stop this outdated shit now. Note: I’m… [Continue Reading]

Join @GaryVee and @AmberMac in Toronto July 26 for Social Mix 2012 #SoMix2012

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If you’re in the Toronto, Ontario area on July 26, make sure you keep the day free for what promises to be one of the city’s leading social media and business events this year. Top business and marketing folks Gary Vaynerchuk and Amber Mac will be keynoting at the inaugural Social Mix, presented by Jugnoo… [Continue Reading]

Create and Measure a Social Media Campaign with the @JugnooMe Dashboard

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When we envisioned our social media dashboard JugnooMe, our key tenet was to make the social web simple, accessible and monetizable for everyone. This means a solo entrepreneur; a full-on corporation; an agency looking after clients; a non-profit; realtors, franchisors and much, much more. But goals are one thing; making it happen are another. One of the… [Continue Reading]

Can We Still Trust Google?

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It’s a question many are asking – can we still trust Google? (In fairness, it’s a question you could ask of any social company). I’ve written about my falling out of “like” with Google on here a few times recently, and they still continue to piss me off. For example, I completely deleted my Google+… [Continue Reading]

The Art of Growing Up in Public as @JugnooMe v2.0 is Released

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Tuesday April 17 was a big day for JugnooMe, the social business platform from parent company Jugnoo, as we launched a major update to the platform. Originally launched as a private beta late last year, we’ve come a long way since these early days. A lot of this has been by listening to the feedback… [Continue Reading]

PinPal Wants to Use Your Friends to Create a Sex Meat Market

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Strong title? Probably – but then PinPal deserves it. Currently in private beta, PinPal is a new start-up that looks to create a casual dating network by using the API’s of Twitter, Facebook, Klout and, as the name might suggest, Pinterest. From the site’s own description: PinPal combines the visual magic of Pinterest with the… [Continue Reading]

Let’s Talk About Social Business

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This post is by Joey Strawn from Social CRM Insider. There’s an old example many of my teachers used growing up to display a number of different points. My teacher would show a jar on a table surrounded by a plethora of different-sized rocks. The task is to get all of the rocks into the one… [Continue Reading]

Is Your Business Adapting to the Fast Economy Quickly Enough?

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Normally I’m not a big fan of infographics – at least ones that are poorly done, or resemble a NASCAR driving suit adorned with a million sponsor decals. But this particular one piqued my interest, as it looks at something that’s fast (no pun intended) becoming a problem for businesses of all shapes and sizes,… [Continue Reading]

The Only Pinterest Post You’ll Ever Need to Read – EVER!

The only Pinterest guide you'll ever need

Unless you’ve been living under a social rock in the last few weeks, you’ll have seen about a trazillion blog posts about Pinterest. If you are one of these rock-dwellers, here’s the skinny on Pinterest – it’s a picture board (kinda like the cork boards you have in the kitchen) where you can “pin” your… [Continue Reading]