From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 12/18/09

December 18, 2009
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Once again, I am now including my most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Now you can see what I found most useful in my reading and what my followers found most useful on Twitter.
My Favorite Articles of the Week
1) 10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
With all the fuss created by Facebook’s recent [...]

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Tweaking Your Facebook Privacy Settings

December 17, 2009
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How to optimize your account for privacy
When Facebook rolled out their “new” privacy settings last week it created quite a buzz in the online community.  The truth is very few changes were made to the privacy options, but Facebook attempted to have users share more of their personal information.
How did they do it?  Upon login, [...]

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A Christmas Wishlist for Social Media Improvements

December 16, 2009
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How social media can become even better
The rapid growth of social media has transformed the web into a powerful communication and networking tool.  Over the last several years we have witnessed a tremendous amount of social innovation which is certain to continue in 2010.  While there have been many great advancements, social sites are constantly [...]

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“My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found, Part 2

December 15, 2009
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The mobile phone can be mightier than the sword
This article is part 2 in a 3 part series regarding social media risk and strategy for health care professionals.

Part 1: Why doctors need to take reputation management seriously
Part 2: The mobile phone can be mightier than the sword
Part 3:  Implementing an effective healthcare reputation management strategy

People [...]

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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 12/11/09

December 11, 2009
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For my weekly favorites list, I am now including my most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Now you can see what I found most useful in my reading and what my followers found most useful on Twitter.
My Favorite Articles of the Week
1) Most Popular Top 10s of 2009
Lifehacker recaps their best top 10 lists of [...]

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A Day in the Life of Internet Activity

December 10, 2009
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Does your business have a strategy for leveraging these opportunities?
Every now and then, I like to take a step back and get a “bird’s eye view” of the Internet.  It serves as a nice reminder for why I spend so much time and effort finding ways for businesses to utilize existing and emerging technologies.  The [...]

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Google’s New Real-Time Search is Too Easy

December 9, 2009
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Will Google and Twitter find a way to curtail the inevitable spam?
After seeing a demonstration by Jeremy Jones on Google’s new real-time search, I decided give it a test drive myself.  In the following screencast, I show how easy it is now to get a tweet displayed on the first page of Google.

As you can [...]

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“My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found, Part 1

December 7, 2009
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Why doctors need to take reputation management seriously
I wasn’t surprised by the results of my search.  There are plenty of grievances being aired daily on social media sites like Twitter.  Since I believe the issue of reputation management for health care providers and medical centers is unique among all other industries, I decided to dig [...]

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Favorite Articles of the Week – 12/4/09

December 4, 2009
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As promised, I will post a handful of my favorite articles (from other blogs) every Friday morning.  If I could relive this past week and read only a few articles, these are the ones I would choose.
1) Top Ten Consumer Web Apps of 2009 – ReadWriteWeb.com
2) These Are NOT Your Grandfather’s Google Search Ads – [...]

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Utilizing Fan Page Insights on Facebook

December 2, 2009
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If you haven’t created a Facebook fan page for your business yet, you may be unaware of the real benefits.  I touch on many of these benefits in my previous post, Facebook Fan Pages vs. Groups.   One of the useful tools I mention in that article is Facebook page insights.
This is Facebook’s effort to offer [...]

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