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Pushing A Hashtag Really Isn’t Going to Work Without Some Preexisting Love and Trust

by Chris Brogan on May 20th, 2012

I saw a YouTube advertisement for the fast food restaurant, Wendy’s, where they were promoting the use of the Twitter hashtag #upgradeyourmeal (click that for your own real time search). Running over to Twitter to see what they were getting for responses, I saw the sampling above. Do any of those look like loyal Wendy’s [...]

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What I’ve been reading

by Dave Briggs on May 16th, 2012

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. BDU: Big Data – E-learning about "big data" which people keep telling me is going to be important. WP2Cloud – Interesting one for WordPress dorks (like me). Stores all your … Continue reading →

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What I’ve been reading

by Dave Briggs on April 25th, 2012

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. SOCIAL PLAN: 11 Golden Rules for Social Media in an Organisation – Some nice tips from Dan. OGP Take Aways : Tim’s Blog – "In an attempt to use reflective … Continue reading →

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Starting

by Chris Brogan on April 23rd, 2012

This post was written in April 2012. I’m just dating it so we can check in later and see if it’s still good. Yes, like a freshness date. If I were a business person looking to understand how to use various digital channel making tools to build up my business, where would I start? What’s [...]

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Earning Attention

by Chris Brogan on April 17th, 2012

When I post something new to this blog, I make the effort to go onto Twitter and ask a question that leads back to the post. I also do some things to get people’s attention via Google+. It’s become part of what every media maker does. Most people who run blogs say something to the [...]

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Stats I Really Want From Twitter and Other Services

by Chris Brogan on April 13th, 2012

Numbers are a tricky business. I was just thinking about Twitter, and asking myself what would make it more valuable. I’m curious if you agree on these ideas, so I thought I’d put it out: Stats I Want from Twitter and Other Services Top 10 people talking about me. Top 10 people talking about my [...]

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