social media tips

New trends are dominating the social media landscape. Visualization is important. This allows us to optimize a content marketing plan. Competitive research is at a premium. This improves the social presence.

Social platforms are complementing each other. Use this to advantage. Visualization has evolved into a feature for tapping into social media resources. There was a time when social media was a striving to find a place for visualization. Not any longer.

Go mobile. Growing at a very fast pace.

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6 social media trends

20 content ideas

Link to story:

20 Ideas for Content that People Love to Share on Social Media
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/01/10/20-ideas-for-content-that-people-love-to-share-on-social-media/

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how to change

A connection built on ideas. 
Link to story:

Failing to Start: Why We Accept Mediocrity and How to Change
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/failing-to-start-why-we-accept-mediocrity-and-how-to-change/

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this might not work

Taking Seth's advice, because he did.
Staying focused.
Link to story:

Seth's Blog
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/01/out-on-a-limb.html

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new media strategy

Social media ideas according to the movie "It's a Wonderful Life". 

Link to story:

Social Media Marketing According to "It's a Wonderful Life"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2013/01/05/social-media-marketing-according-to-its-a-wonderful-life/

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the powerful prosumer

You might have heard of this. A professional product with a consumer price. How about a consumer service too? Prosumers can be the guide to finding unmet demand. 1

Prosumers are a great category. They are interested in the breakthrough product and are generally able to buy the product now or in the near future.

Category creation is the ultimate growth strategy. 2
Starbucks is a prime example of a company creating categories. They did  this with espresso-based products. Consumers are receiving better products as a result.

Sources:

1. Target Profitable Prosumers
2. Category Creation Is the Ultimate Strategy

Twitter feed for source articles author: Eddie Yoon

google+

No avoiding it
Link to story:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324731304578193781852024980.html

Google execs say more applications coming.

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simulation experiences

Starting as early as the 1970s, some cognitive psychologists, philosophers, and linguists suggested that—instead of abstract symbols—meaning might really be something much more closely intertwined with our real experiences in the world, with the bodies that we have.

If meaning is based on our experiences in our particular bodies in the particular situations we’ve dragged them through, then meaning could be quite personal. This in turn would make it variable across people and across cultures. 

embodied simulation hypothesis discussed in scientificamerican.com article

We use our brains to simulate percepts and actions without actually perceiving or acting.