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Oct 30, 2014
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Re: Ello & Tsu: Are The New Me-Too Social Networks For Marketers? - http://marketingland.com/...
Oct 30, 2014
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"Thanks Matthew. Ello is a bit harder to "get." It's kind of its own world, but if you can get into its vibe it has its charms. Check out my guide linked in the article."
- Mark Traphagen
You know you're at an older hotel when you see this... #plusonly #dialup #payphonetbt #tbt #throwbackthursday - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 30, 2014
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Do Social Signals Drive SEO? Eric Enge at Convince & Convert For many people, that remains the $64,000 question. ➤ They've seen highly publicized correlation studies that seem to show a strong effect of links in social media on organic SEO rankings. ➤ They think, "Doesn't it make sense that Google would use social signals?" In his first post for... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 30, 2014
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Re: Ello & Tsu: Are The New Me-Too Social Networks For Marketers? - http://marketingland.com/...
Oct 30, 2014
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"Hi, I'm the author of this article. Thanks for reading! I welcome your questions and comments and will be here to interact with them. PLEASE NOTE: Since links to Tsu profiles create income opportunities for the profile, they will be considered affiliate links and I will flag them. Thanks for understanding."
- Mark Traphagen
My Interview with School for Startups Radio on Personal Branding Thanks to +Jim Beach for having me on his show! It aired on radio stations across the country earlier this evening, but you can hear it online at http://www.iheart.com/show... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 29, 2014
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One Year Ago Today on Google+ The big photo announcements by +Vic Gundotra #plusonly - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 29, 2014
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Has LinkedIn Dropped Social from Its Pulse Feed? UPDATE: Nothing to see here ;-) it was just a glitch. Whew! I was mystified when a LinkedIn Publisher post I did this week was getting only a handful of views. I think I found why, and it really upsets me unless it's a glitch. Typically my recent post on LinkedIn have received from 1000 to 5000... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 29, 2014
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How I feel when someone calls me an "expert" From "Overcoming Impostor Syndrome" on Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/overcom... Do you experience Impostor Syndrome? Healthy or not? How do you deal with it? - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 29, 2014
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Get Your Freak on with Chris Brogan! Be sure to join the Digital Marketing Excellence Show tomorrow at 12:40 PM Eastern for +Chris Brogan LIVE "Why the Freaks Will Inherit the Earth." Find out why the key to success is becoming a freak! RSVP at http://stonet.co/BroganF... #dmeshow #chrisbrogan #socialmediamarketing #plusonly - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 28, 2014
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Neil Patel on the Death and Future of Authorship +Neil Patel has published a truly excellent survey for +Search Engine Journal of expert thoughts on both the death of the Google Authorship program and the future of author authority in search. Included are quotes from +Rand Fishkin +Larry Kim +Sam McRoberts +Jayson DeMers +Cyrus Shepard +Barry... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 28, 2014
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Am I the only one? I've seen the tsu update girl so many times today, I think I'm beginning to get a crush.... #tsu #plusonly - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 28, 2014
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So it turns out +Vincent Messina isn't really as scary in person...or in cat makeup ;-) Trying out the #Halloweenify auto awesome at photos.google.com #plusonly - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 28, 2014
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Was in downtown Durham today to look at office space (the commodity, not the movie) on a spectacular fall day. Man I love this town! #plusonly #durham - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 27, 2014
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Should Social Networks Pay You for Your Content? The latest upstart social network to go viral, Tsu, has raised an issue that many everyday social media users never thought about before: if a social network is profiting off the ad views and data my content generates, shouldn't I get a piece of that pie? Over on Tsu I've seen dozens of posts and... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 27, 2014
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Realizing I've been a little too "this" lately... #notmyjob #breathein #breatheout #plusonly http://xkcd.com/386/ - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 26, 2014
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Community, Brand & Influencer: The Three Legged Stool On Medium +Brian Fanzo writes that there must be a carefully-balanced three-way relationship between a brand, it's community, and it's personal influencer(s) for any real effective influence to take place. Read it at http://stonet.co/1pLWlAD He compares the life of a brand's relationship to its... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 25, 2014
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#WAKEUPCALL Support #ChildrenofSyria thru @unicefusa: https://www.unicefusa.org/donate... What is this? Post a photo of you waking up with the hashtags and links above. Link goes to UNICEF’s fund for the children of Syria. Then nominate some other people and dare them to show their wake up photos! I nominate +Eric Enge and... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 25, 2014
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Food Babe Gets Shut Down at University Appearance About time. +Kevin Folta is my new hero. #science She found that a popular social media site was more powerful than science itself, more powerful than reason, more powerful than actually knowing what you're talking about. Her discussion was a narcissistic, self-appointed attack on food science and... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 25, 2014
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From +Wondermark "It's like you can't even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!" #plusonly cc: +Vincent Messina +Pam Adger - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 25, 2014
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David Amerland's Easy Guide to Semantic Search for Small Business This is what you've been waiting for (whether you knew it or not)! By now you've probably heard about semantic search from +David Amerland. It sounds wonderful, but way too esoteric for your small business. It's something for big brands with huge SEO departments, right? Wrong! David... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 24, 2014
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PRO TIP: Want to see a collection of inane & useless infographics? Turn on the Social Media category in Pinterest. #plusonly +Demian Farnworth - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 24, 2014
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I've been parking for 40 years, so... #plusonly - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 23, 2014
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BREAKING: Ello Reorganizes as a PBC (Public Benefit Corporation) From the moment Ello became a "thing" in the Internet consciousness about a month ago, there has been rampant cynicism about their business model, and especially their pledge to never have ads and never sell user data to advertisers. In an attempt to demonstrate the sincerity of... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 23, 2014
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Study: Rank #1 on Mobile or Go Home A new CTR study by the data hounds at +seoClarity confirms what many of us suspected: Click-through rates beyond position #1 on mobile search drop off so quickly, you might as well be on page 2. seoClarity found that on average the first position on mobile got 3x as many clicks as the second position. Compare... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 23, 2014
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Re: 2014 Nominee: Mark Traphagen, Stone Temple Consulting - http://50mostinfluential.com/celebra...
Oct 23, 2014
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"Thanks for the nomination, Susan. I'm deeply honored. Helping other people succeed is a very satisfying way to live. I love getting up every morning!"
- Mark Traphagen
I love when Google decides my content is the best answer for a query I didn't even optimize for ;-) #plusonly - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 23, 2014
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This is what happens when you make your social network centered on money.... One of your staff has to beg users not to spam. #tsu - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 22, 2014
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The joy of victory!.... ....seeing a reply from Google from my request for an Inbox invite! ...and the agony of defeat.... Opening the reply and seeing vvvvvv #plusonly - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 22, 2014
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Heresy: Google and SEO Don't Actually Change that Much - Rand's Blog In driving there's a bad practice known as "oversteering." Dictionary.com defines it as: "handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction."... - https://picasaweb.google.com/1070220...
Oct 22, 2014
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Re: Heresy: Google and SEO Don’t Actually Change that Much - http://moz.com/rand...
Oct 22, 2014
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"Then I'd say you need to take a serious look at what you are doing with your social. Moz, Stone Temple Consulting (where I manage content and social) and our clients have very different results from you.
If you are trying to directly sell with your social media, that will fail. But if as Rand says you are using it to build an audience for your very useful content in ways that reinforce the trust, authority, and reputation of your brand, then social functions as a funnel-feeder that moves people along to that place where they will turn to you when they are ready to buy."
- Mark Traphagen