
Villageous LLC Villageous team member Carole Braithwaite blogs about how she repeats herself without repeating herself when communicating through social media.
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Given the large number of messages people are increasingly exposed to, if you have something important to share then you’re probably going to need to say it at least a couple times to ensure your message reaches everyone.

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Developed by the Miss America Organization, the Miss America program exists to provide personal and professional opportunities for young women to promote their voices in culture, politics and the community.
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Villageous LLC The answer to the question of how to go about establishing a reputation as a "social media expert" is pretty simple: Legitimacy should always be measured by results - in any industry. Certification doesn't matter if you can't deliver.
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That humorous observation raises a legitimate point: A growing industry needs trust and reputation. With social media growing so rapidly and no certification yet established, how do we go about establishing reputation?

Villageous LLC This article is a really great response to the question of how to measure ROI for social media campaigns.
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The goals, if well considered, will guide you right to the kinds of metrics that are applicable. And heck. Create your own metrics. As long as they tangibly illustrate progress toward the goal you’ve set, they’re perfectly valid. Not every metric that’s been used for decades is bulletproof, anyway.

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Villageous LLC Moral of the story? You should have goals, boundaries and expectations in mind before hiring someone to manage your organization's social media effort, just like you would before hiring a consultant for anything else.
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The best way to avoid a similar backlash today is for social media's practitioners, including thousands of consultants, to shift the focus from promises to results. It may be the only way to convert the skeptics—and flush out the snake oil.

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Villageous LLC "They are the first ones to integrate social media into the automobile."
Ford to upgrade Sync system | Text-to-speech system, voice controls drive new generation of in-car t
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It could be the automobile industry's killer app. In January, Ford Motor Co. will unveil the latest version of Sync at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including a new feature that will make the system compatible with many cell phone applications.

Villageous LLC Good insights from friend Chip Griffin, Chief Digital Officer at DCI Group.
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The tension between the desire to get a high quantity of web traffic and the need to get the highest quality will always be present in a digital issue campaign. Understanding your objectives at the outset — and determining whether you are in a branding mode or an action one — will help guide quality...

Villageous LLC I'm not sure about the practicality of this firm's approach to marketing their services, but I love the uniqueness of it and they've done some really cool work for their clients.
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Villageous LLC This will be a nice feature to have.
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The social network is testing functionality that lets you reply to status updates (and conversations you’re involved with via others’ updates) via e-mail.

Villageous LLC A new blog post on Villageous.com from team member, Nina Simmons.
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Here are a few common problems with the way some businesses communicate through social media, and my suggestions for how just a slight change in approach can help a business be more effective at promoting itself within an online community.

Villageous LLC Censorship has a very slippery slope...
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Civil rights and online free speech lobby group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today criticised the government's internet filtering report, claiming civil rights implications should be the focus rather than the technology's impacts on internet speed and performance.





















