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Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in Facebook, Marketing, Marketing Technology Stories, Social Media, Technology Posted in September 28, 2011 | No Comments

Facebook:

Facebook Offers Free Ads to Small Businesses | Blog | Daily Dose | Entrepreneur.com http://t.co/qqm3lmjP #
How Small Businesses Can Stay Ahead of the Facebook Changes | Social Media Today http://t.co/BosB2Ixt #

Website Design:

7 Characteristics of Landing Pages That Get Results | Michael Hyatt http://t.co/wKMP7Ske #
Free Web Design Tools to Style Your Website – Caspio Bloghttp://t.co/XR7Ey0j3 #
SlideShare ditches Flash, rebuilds entire site in HTML5 — Tech News and Analysis http://t.co/p3WwAfng #
The concept behind Amazon’s new browser seems smart –> Introducing Amazon Silk | http://t.co/Sw6oJpEz #

Marketing:

Marketing Trends for 2013 and beyond | Social Media Today http://t.co/9TbtmWMT #

Social Media:

How Local Businesses Can Grow Using Online Customer Reviews http://t.co/UAPx9cZY #
41 Signs You Are NOT a Social Business | Social Media Today http://t.co/URa2gjOU #

Technology:

Convenient Expense Management –> Expensify + Evernote, Making Expense Reports Way Easier « Evernote Blogcast http://t.co/tDdkmCPP #

Blogging:

Blogger Outreach: 5 Tips for Connecting With Top Influencers http://t.co/v0swcw8n #

Marketing Technology Top Stories

Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in Facebook, Marketing Technology Stories, Social Media, Strategy, Twitter Posted in September 22, 2011 | No Comments

Facebook:

How Orabrush’s $28 Facebook Ad Buy Won Over Walmart | ClickZ http://t.co/6Q1ttzxP #
10 Reasons Your Local Business Should Be Using Facebook Pageshttp://t.co/jRxP2vpV #

Online Tools:

Zipcast on SlideShare can be a very useful tool for meetings, webcasts, webinars… check it out : Introducing Zipcast http://t.co/wE7hSNzB #
Personal Safety App Lets Others Know of Trouble | Captures Video, Audio and GPS Data in Emergency http://t.co/UaPN91YK #

Website Design:

Single Page Websites Showcasing 50 Outstanding Examples To Inspire | Demortalz http://t.co/09kct8wd #
7 Examples of Stunning Online Presentations via @hubspot and @sliderocket http://t.co/zemv8ZB0 #
Great WordPress Resource and Inspiration –> 30 Best Free Premium Magazine Themes | via @Demortalz http://t.co/nf4z7Rdx #

Strategy:

Adam Richardson gives Netflix’s split a thumbs up in Harvard Business Review | Netflix’s Bold Disruptive Innovation http://t.co/aWQpTCpA #

QR Scan Codes and Mobile:

How to Reach Your Mobile Customer Using QR Codes | Social Media Today http://t.co/E6u0CZg1 #
TablesReady is the affordable alternative to OpenTable for small Restaurants – TNW Apps http://t.co/yMl5UXYe #

Twitter:

Excellent Twitter Tips –> Extreme Makeover: How To Tweet Your Way to Success | @SteveBarnesUSA http://t.co/J8IYcfNf #
34 Awesome Twitter Ideas for Engaging Your Prospects http://t.co/vMKRDMyA #

Social Media:

New Social Media Features for Marketers to Be Aware Of [Marketing Update] via @Hubspot http://t.co/DQtznbBW #

Marketing Technology Top Stories

Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in Marketing Technology Stories, Online Tools, Social Media Posted in September 21, 2011 | No Comments

Three Ways to Supercharge Social Media with Google Analytics | Social Media Today http://t.co/sGoXTQNj #
Top 50 Sites To Download Fonts For Free | Demortalz http://t.co/RA5f9weh #
10 Awesome (and SMALL) Online Stores Building Business Despite the Economy http://t.co/4AXojWiV #

Marketing Technology Top Stories

Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in Facebook, Google+, Helpful Insight, Marketing, Marketing Technology Stories, Mobile Posted in July 20, 2011 | No Comments

The marketing te.ch Daily is out! http://bit.ly/ghpkdf ▸ Top stories today via @turnyourbrandon @ritchbrandon @mitchmeyerson #
Smartphone Web Ads Still a Priority for Mobile Marketers | ClickZ http://j.mp/oBxBuw #
Facebook introduces new Invite Friends marketing tool to Pages http://fb.me/Gc3dlqrA #
Enable Comments in the Margins of Your Website with Highlighter (& 1 Line of JavaScript) http://j.mp/q1VNpE #
10 Tips for Building Fans via Facebook Advertising | ClickZ http://j.mp/ob4lAB #
Apple’s New OS Lion Creates Dilemma for Older Quicken Fans — It won’t work any more. http://fb.me/13Q1hYXzf #
Google+ for iPhone is now available in the iTunes App Store…for those thinking about cheating on Facebook. http://fb.me/QgQWabpD #
Apple To Launch Mac OS X Lion & New MacBook Air Wednesday [RUMOR] http://j.mp/oDCMTY #
8 Key Mobile Marketing Trends http://j.mp/oyFG4T #
New Directory Makes It Easy To Find Public Google Hangouts http://j.mp/n7G0LV #
Great insight –> Marketing Lessons From Borders’ Bankruptcy http://j.mp/pJdsdp #
Yes, Customers Are Willing to Use Social Media for Customer Service [Infographic] http://j.mp/rrLGsA #
12 Eye-Opening Daily Deal Site Statistics [Data] http://j.mp/r6hZSj #
A Small Business Marketer’s Guide to Group Deal Sites http://j.mp/pY8JSF #

Today’s Top Stories

Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in Marketing Technology Stories, Mobile, Social Media, Technology Posted in May 20, 2011 | No Comments

The marketing te.ch Daily is out! http://bit.ly/mbiPLd
Old unused electronics lying around? Amazon will pay you for them. http://bit.ly/lknCr5
Fun and creative iPhone accessories that transform it into a bedside alarm clock. http://bit.ly/msUNrl
Social Media Solutions on a Budget [Video - not the best audio quality at beginning but improves] | ClickZ http://bit.ly/kFc3zg #
How Social Media Lets SMBs Work Faster http://bit.ly/iNomJw #
A Step Closer to Social Media ROI with Google Analytics Multi-Channel Funnels – Search Engine Watch (#SEW) http://bit.ly/jxCghu #

Today’s Top Stories

Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in Entrepreneurism, Facebook, Marketing, Marketing Technology Stories, Mobile, Social Media, Technology Posted in April 22, 2011 | No Comments

Apple Talks iPad Supply, Massive Earnings – Digits – WSJ http://on.wsj.com/f3VMBy #
8 Ways to Improve Your Live Event With Social Media http://on.mash.to/geVRGK #
The 5 Golden Facebook Engagement Metrics http://fb.me/PBQv5j5v #
We use Square…any thoughts on Intuit’s version? | Intuit’s GoPayment iPad App Goes Live, Aims To Rival Square. http://tcrn.ch/fGastJ #
Slightly lower rates than Square –> Mobile Credit Card Processing made easy with Intuit GoPayment http://bit.ly/g0Sj0s #
QR Codes Gaining Momentum As New Engagement Channel | ClickZ http://bit.ly/eaU0Ii #
When Is It Time To Hire A Social Media Manager? http://read.bi/hlhYFN #
Facebook Page Admins can now access Page Notifications directly http://fb.me/VGP6CtHa #
Small Business News: Small Biz Social Media Guide http://bit.ly/dExDJi #
Amazon Server Troubles Take Down Reddit, Foursquare & HootSuite http://on.mash.to/hl5WYA #
The State Of The Mobile App World [Infographic] – TNW Mobile http://tnw.co/gv6bvq #
Visa Launches Real-Time, Location-Based Discounts for Gap Customers http://rww.to/fmwJNC #
Hispanic + Social = $$ | ClickZ http://bit.ly/dUmjua #

Today’s Top Stories

Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in LinkedIn, Marketing, Marketing Technology Stories, Social Media, Technology, Twitter Posted in March 12, 2011 | 2 Comments

The BrandON! Daily is out! http://bit.ly/foO4rJ ▸ Top stories today via @customizedjewel @3dthinking @vrlistbuilding #
How LinkedIn Today Will Change Your Social Media Life | Fast Company http://rbm-t.net/i0C7Q5 #
Have you tried LinkedIn Today yet? Here’s a link: http://rbm-t.net/epFmXg #
Which Social Sites Are Best for Which Marketing Outcomes? [INFOGRAPHIC] http://rbm-t.net/giFQYX #
Interesting find –> CrunchBase, The Free Tech Company Database http://rbm-t.net/epaKjY #
Excellent perspective on Social Media from restaurant owner: Arriving Late at the Social Media Party – NYTimes.com http://rbm-t.net/hEvXJE #
70% Of SMBs Plan To Use Social Media — InformationWeek http://rbm-t.net/dQ8po5 #
If you use bit.ly’s new bit.ly custom URL Pro feature (which is VERY cool!)…know this: Your custom URL must not… http://fb.me/WQGdUPbN #

Quick Takes

Posted by Ritch Brandon Posted in Marketing Technology Stories, Mobile Posted in October 28, 2010 | No Comments

RBm.t: : wrrl Location App for iPhone http://rbm-t.net/2010/10/wrrl-location-app-for-iphone/ #
4 Things Small Businesses Should Know About Facebook’s New Groups : Technology : @OPENForum: http://bit.ly/9k5KU8 #
Foursquare to map the US mid-term elections http://bit.ly/d04Tn4 #
Top 5 Location-Based Services [Mashable Awards] http://t.co/R63xIY0 via @mashablemobile @mashable #
Does the size of a brand’s social media following instil trust? http://bit.ly/a8QU4Z #
Why Marketing should run its own technology http://bit.ly/d5pSQY #

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