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While I was skiing: The 10-day media lowdown

by amy mengel on February 17, 2010

I was on vacation last week and then had a quick family trip home, so I missed out on a whirlwind week of media news. Perhaps that’s why it’s been hard for me to get back into the swing of blogging this week: I feel as though everything has been discussed to death. I’ve also [...]

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Beyond the Facebook Status Update: SMBTV #5

by amy mengel on February 5, 2010

If you’re a brand trying to market to customers on Facebook, how do you cut through all the noise and reach your audience? What can you do to engage people through the medium, beyond just having them fan your page? Atlanta-based social media strategist Brad Ruffkess tackled these questions this morning at the fifth Social [...]

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Facebook, GoodReads, and… WalMart?

by amy mengel on January 18, 2010

What was one of the first social networks I joined? It wasn’t LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or even MySpace. It was GoodReads. I’m a big time book nerd, and I love that Good Reads let me search and review books and see what my friends are reading. I can keep track of books I’ve read, sort [...]

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Cause marketing: A bra by any other color

by amy mengel on January 8, 2010

I was too busy watching college football last night (priorities!) to notice all of the Facebook “bra color” status updates from my female friends. But I caught up on the meme this morning via Stephanie Smirnov’s post. She raises an excellent point: while it is a fun activity in the name of breast cancer awareness, [...]

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Facebook etiquette: To delete, or not to delete?

by amy mengel on December 17, 2009

The following is a guest post from Lindsay M. Allen, a PR and communications pro from central Michigan. I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with her on Twitter and meeting her a few times in person this year. Enjoy. -AM

This post has been brewing for awhile — too long, really (and I bet Amy won’t [...]

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