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"Now Zuckerberg! Now, Cook! Now Silbermann, Bezos and Page! On, Ellison! On, Weiner! On Costelo, on Crowley, and Mayer! To the keys of the Macbook! To the keys of the PC! Now log in! Log in! Log in all!"[read more]

If the key to Christmas is giving to receive, the same can be said with regard to social media. While we all use and participate in social media in different ways and with different goals, a very common thread is to drive engagement.[read more]

In this post, I'll explain how you can use the concept of Festivus to improve your social media in 2013. If you are unfamiliar with the story of Festivus take a gander at the video.[read more]

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Christmas Gift or a gift for the New Year 2013, Google+ gave every Android and iPhone user more than a single reason to smile.[read more]

I have never personally met anyone who didn’t make the nice list, however I DO know a certain social network that should miss out this year. For some strange reason (going public) Facebook has decided to act up this here and deserves to find itself comfortably on the naughty list.[read more]

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How do you define, reach, and engage customers during the holidays? Look no further than the "12 Personas of Linkmas" a PSA campaign created by digital marketing firm iAcquire.[read more]

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An example of how to bring a little joy to your marketing effort: 924 mince pies, 30 gospel choir singers, a guitarist, 4 camera people and one giant banner all came together for a Christmas-themed flashmob in London. The surprise choir spread festive cheer and said a big ‘thank you’ to Xuber’s customers.[read more]

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Things a bit slow during the holidays? Invest time in these three fabulous reads... They are COMPLETELY worth your time.[read more]

What customer service best practices can we learn from the man, the myth, the holiday legend? Here are ten takeaways for true believers in the magic of amazement.[read more]

With a user group who have lots of time on their hands, brand new devices to access the internet and possibly – just maybe – a drop or two of Christmas cheer to fuel them, how are you proposing to make sure your social media channels stay merry? Here are some ways to help ensure that trouble doesn’t happen – or that you’ll know about it if it does.[read more]

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I made a list. I checked it at least twice. If you were to check-off each item on the list, that’d be nice. Actually, I created an eBook and called it “21 Pointers to Sharpen Your Website.” My mission in 2012 was to get your eyeballs on it. These are the keys, many of them anyway, to achieving effective online marketing.[read more]

Santa’s Dilemma: Posting a letter to the North Pole in this day and age is a nonsense! Shouldn’t Santa be using Social Media to interact with people? It’s quicker, cheaper, and his target audience use it.[read more]

"Garden Tender" A woman in her garden in Leogane, Haiti, is part of a BRAC Haiti initiative.  Photographed January 2011, one year after the earthquake, by Nadia Todres, winner of our Envisioning Safe Livelihoods contest.

This holiday season, our holiday cards to many of the people who have been part of our success this year will be in the form of e-cards from The Women's Refugee Commission. We also hope that you will learn more about the work that the Women's Refugee Commission does. And when you yourself give to the Women’s Refugee Commission, you are helping us to improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis[read more]

Top 5 Holiday Wish List from Twitter Users: 1. A new Smartphone… or anything from Apple 2. Kiss Justin Bieber Under the Mistletoe 3. New Clothes and Shoes 4. More Money and Food 5...[read more]

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71% of small businesses NEVER use Pinterest? Imagine the potential, as it’s likely your competition simply hasn’t caught on yet. Pinterest users spent about 2.1 billion minutes on the site in 2012, with women making up 70% of its web audience, and Pinterest buyers spend more money, more often, on more items than any of the other top 5 social media sites.[read more]

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Here are five fast, easy, and reliable tools you can use to grow your sales and open up more accounts this December:[read more]

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It is the time of year when you can almost count on making up for any sales shortfalls that you’ve accumulated throughout the year. Of course, before you can do that, you need to let people know that you’re there. This is where social media comes in really handy.[read more]

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It’s December, and the countdown to holiday events and the New Year has begun. With fewer than 30 days left until 2013, here are 22 easy-to-implement social media tactics to use this December.[read more]

"So easy, so simple, I was hooked. I then went on a hukking rampage and often found myself in the next few days choosing my 'hukk it' button over my 'pin it' one. "[read more]

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Post about different smart phone options for those who don't have an expiring contract or don't feel like spending $600 on a new iPhone 5. Smart phones are the ultimate social media access tool, not having one and keeping up seems almost impossible these days.[read more]