Persuasive Picks for week of 5/28/12

David Murdico at AdAge thinks that too many brands are setting up social media “playgrounds” where fans get to play on the swings and see-saws while the company stays off to the side, just watching. In his recent post he asks Does Your Brand’s Personality Come Through In Social Media? and encourages brands to jump [...]

Persuasive Picks for week of 5/14/12

Social media breaks the mold of traditional marketing where you measured success against a balance sheet. Forbes contributor Todd Wilms explains Why Social Media is the Ultimate “Pay-it-Forward” for Marketing and provides steps to get you started. In today’s business world, it is impossible to compete without a strong web presence to support you. Author [...]

Persuasive Picks for week of 4/2/12

Bored with your boards? Jennifer Van Grove of VentureBeat reviews one of the most requested features as Pinterest introduces customizable board covers – offering “pinners” the ability to choose a pin to be the cover for each board. Tara Meehan writes that properly regulating social media shouldn’t be viewed as a negative. In fact, a [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 06/27/11

Google Launches Google+ To Battle Facebook Google’s announcement of their new Google+ service has been getting mixed reviews around the blogosphere from those who have been able to get an invite thus far. Get caught up with what the service entails, with this overview from Mashable‘s Ben Parr. Does Social Media Have a Return on [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 05/16/11

I Will Never Hire a “Social Media Expert,” and Neither Should YouLets start things off with my favorite post of the week. Peter Shankman provides a wake up call for the so called “Social Media Experts” and the companies that have made the poor choice of hiring them in this entertaining post that puts everything [...]

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