Monthly Archives: May 2009

Understanding the Differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

Describes the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, including tips on choosing a hosting service, installing WordPress, choosing themes, and using plugins. Continue reading

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Choosing a Blogging Service

As a beginner blogger, I was trying a few months ago to decide which blogging service to choose. I asked for guidance from the Twitter community, and the “tweeps” who responded there recommended that I should use WordPress. I’m grateful … Continue reading

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Awareness Inc. Webinar: Using Online Communities to Create a World Wide Rave, featuring David Meerman Scott ~ Takeaways

Webinar Date: May 13, 2009 2:00 PM EST Host: Mike Lewis, Vice President of Marketing, Awareness, Inc. (also known as @bostonmike on Twitter). Awareness, Inc. builds online communities via a “Social Media Marketing Platform that combines User-Generated Content (blogs, wikis, discussions, photos, and videos) … Continue reading

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Links for Social Good, May 2009: Breast Cancer Awareness

As a follow-up to my last post Finding the “Abundance Mentality” with Social Media, I’ve compiled several links for social good, which represent the community focus that I’ve consistently found on Twitter, where various organizations and supporters of those organizations often send … Continue reading

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Finding the “Abundance Mentality” with Social Media

In a recent guest post, I talked about my involvement in social media, especially Twitter, and how it has impacted my behavior, as both a consumer and customer. What I didn’t mention in that post are the ways social media … Continue reading

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C.B. Whittemore's Social Media Series: Bridging New & Old

In a week of firsts, including my first social media breakfast and my first online contest award, I also had the pleasure of appearing as a guest blogger today, in C. B. Whittemore’s Marketing Blog, “Flooring the Consumer.” C.B. Whittemore, … Continue reading

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Social Media Breakfast #13: Rocking the Boat at Puma City

This week, I made my social media debut at Social Media Breakfast Boston #13 (Check out the permanent record of this debut on Flickr here.)   The breakfast occurred at Puma City, which is  head-quartered on Boston’s Fan Pier, April 25-May 16, in honor … Continue reading

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Finding the Hidden Job Market with LinkUp Job Search Engine

  LinkUp is a job search engine, which aggregates and publishes jobs directly from company websites.  According to the LinkUp site, using LinkUp over traditional job boards provides these benefits:  Always Current: When a company adds or removes a job from the company site, the LinkUp site updates itself — automatically. … Continue reading

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