Facebook just released the latest revision of their Promotion Guidelines - as pertains to promoting a contest, competition, drawing or sweepstakes using your personal profile and/or Fan Page.As is usually the case with legal jargon, it’s best to...
Topics: Buzz Marketing, contest guidelines, facebook, Facebook for Business, Facebook Tips, Mari Smith, Social Media, Social Networking

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It’s a social media jungle out there!! Yes, there are many bona fide sources of excellent social media blogs, websites, resources, products, services and service providers. However, in the exploding social media industry, there is certainly room...
Topics: Buzz Marketing, chris garrett, denise wakeman, Facebook for Business, jason falls, Mari Smith, michael stelzner, mike stelzner, Personal Branding, Social Media, social media examiner, Social Networking, Twitter

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I had the great pleasure of speaking at the recent 140 Twitter Conference on a branding experts panel (Growing Your Brand on Twitter: Strategies and Tactics from the Trenches) with @Starbucks @mprasad @msuster @andrewblair, moderated by one of my...
Topics: branding, Buzz Marketing, guy kawasaki, Mari Smith, Personal Branding, privacy, Social Media, Social Networking, starbucks, Twitter, Uncategorized

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A Facebook friend recently mentioned she was intentionally responding to new Facebook friend requests late at night as she didn’t want to clog up her friends’ feeds. Thing is, there’s a setting in your Facebook Privacy to control...
Topics: Facebook for Business, facebook friends, facebook news feed, facebook privacy, Facebook Tips, Mari Smith, privacy, Social Media, Social Networking

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Twitter apparently got hit by a swarm of spammers earlier today (Sunday), which caused their bots to dump a slew of bona fide accounts, including mine. I was literally sitting at my computer tweeting from Twhirl when all-of-a-sudden, the login pop-up...
Topics: account suspension, facebook, friendfeed, linkedin, Personal Branding, Reputation Management, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

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