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Meet Speed, Daughter of King Content and Queen Engagement

October 4, 2010 by Yacine Baroudi 13 Comments

Princess Speed — Credit: http://www.xbox360videos.com/index.php?key=speed+sketching

Blogging has won! It wasn’t killed, but actually emboldened, by social media. The latter is alive, well and here to stay as are SEO and search engines: Not a simpler landscape to deal with. So what are businesses looking to use the web for growth to do? Three things: Create even better engaging content, feed it through social networks to engage their communities on it and… make sure that content loads super extra fast on their screen.

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Spending Too Much Time on Facebook? Get Stalking!

September 8, 2010 by Yacine Baroudi 1 Comment

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How likely would you be to start stalking your Facebook friends if it were to save you time and allow for a more meaningful experience on the social network? So Facebook is twiterizing… again. Mashable and AllFacebook are both calling it “HUGE”. Although the new feature offers some interesting engagement opportunities, it’s actually not that… [Continue Reading]

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Why Influence is Bliss but Not Popularity

August 27, 2010 by Yacine Baroudi 4 Comments

Both Brian Solis‘ statements are very true but what is this rarity really? ‘Influence’ is one of, if not THE holy grail of social media. In plain English, social influence: it is the ability for a brand to make people do things they want them to do through using social tools. It is defined in the same… [Continue Reading]

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Social Media ROI, 5 Key Things About Facebook Places

August 20, 2010 by Yacine Baroudi

Convince Clients of Social Media Marketing through ROI Numbers that can help you convince clients of social media marketing through ROI http://bit.ly/bM4pj3 – ubervu (ubervu) http://twitter.com/ubervu/statuses/21670773117 5 Things You Need To Know About Facebook Places Right Now | Social Media Today 5 things you need to know about Facebook Places right now http://bit.ly/c0psNG – ubervu… [Continue Reading]

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Tying Social Engagement To Financial Performance

March 5, 2010 by Yacine Baroudi 1 Comment

Higher social engagement equals better financial results. That’s the basic conclusion the Wetpaint/Altimeter ”ENGAGEMENTdb | Ranking the Top 100 Global Brands” report reached. With references to correlations to hard Wall Street numbers, this could very well be true. The debate on the value of social media for businesses is on its death bed. Its successor… [Continue Reading]

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