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We've written quite a bit about lawyers and social networking. Many of you are aware of the power of LinkedIn and how it can help you grow your network of clients, prospects and referral sources. We've also written about controlling your personal brand. LinkedIn can assist with this too. (more…)
Among many other things, Guy Kawasaki is the author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. “Enchantment,” as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people. It transforms situations and relationships. It converts hostility into civility and civility into affinity. It changes the skeptics and cynics into the believers and the undecided into the loyal. Enchantment can happen during a retail transaction, a high-level corporate negotiation, or a Facebook update. And when done right, it's more powerful than traditional persuasion, influence, or marketing techniques. (more…)
I've been testing Placetag, an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad app introduced about six months ago on the iTunes App Store. At first, I must admit, I thought this was just another location-based social networking app like foursquare or Gowalla. It's not. And I'm looking forward to the Android version, due out before the end of the year. (more…)
At this week's “Advertising Week” in New York, Facebook is expected to announce an expandable type of ad along with an analytics tool designed to incent brands to post more compelling content. (more…)
Facebook's annual f8 conference for developers was last week and Mark Zuckerberg made some big announcements regarding Facebook's its latest upgrades. Marketers learned the way users discover brands and engage with them is evolving. And users learned their experience is moving from a list of what happened in the last several minutes to a timeline view of what Facebook believes are the most relevant experiences in a user's life. With this in mind, marketers need to give some thought to how they will work their brand into the user's timeline and increase engagement. (more…)
