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Check out the current series: Social Media 101 - 101 social media sites and their business use.Tumblr (3.0; @dallasmarketing)http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/aGvXBrLp1vk/">Dallas Twestival to Benefit The Women’s Museum</a>: <div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdallasmarketingservices.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fdallas-twestival-to-benefit-the-womens-museum%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdallasmarketingservices.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fdallas-twestival-to-benefit-the-womens-museum%2F" height="61" width="51"/></a></div> <h3>What is a Twestival?</h3> <p>A Twestival or Twitter-Festival is a global series of events organized by volunteers around the world under short timescales via Twitter, which brings people offline…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/178693491http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/178693491Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:10:02 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/EgSKHhDmezo/">A Simple Way to Keep Up With Your Tweeps</a>: <p><dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Keeping Up With Your Tweeps" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/A-Simple-Way-To-Keep-Up-With-Your-Tweeps.jpg" alt="" width="148" height="89"/></a></dt> </dl> <h3><span style="color: #000000;">If you are on Twitter, as you follow more and more people, it can be difficult to keep up with your close friends. There is a <em>really simple</em> solution to keep an eye out for their…</span></h3></p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/120915520http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/120915520Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:41:04 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/U8lHW0BNdYM/">Twitter Goes Gray - Oldies But Goodies on Twitter</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Oldies-But-Goodies-On-Twitter" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Twitter-Demographics-The-Graying-Of-Twitter.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100"/></a></dt> </dl> <h2><span style="color: #000000;">By now most everyone has heard that <span style="color: #0000ff;">more than 60% of US Twitter users fail to return the following month</span>. But, how about the <span style="color: #333333;">graying of Twitter</span>?</span></h2> <p><span style="color: #800000;"><br/></span></p> <p><span id="more-829"></span></p> <h2><span style="color: #0000ff;">Twitter Demographics</span></h2>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/104408913http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/104408913Wed, 06 May 2009 21:27:00 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/LX3gNPpjySM/">Two Very Big Thank You’s to John Wright Art</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="John Wright Art" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Too-cold-to-rest-EB-105-147.jpg" alt="John Wright Art" width="105" height="147"/></a></dt> </dl> <p><strong>John Wright</strong>, a wonderfully talented artist with two beautiful blogs, <strong><a title="John Wright Art" href="http://johnwrightart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">John Wright Art</a></strong><a title="John Wright Art" href="http://johnwrightart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> </a>and <strong><a title="John Wright Sketch Blog" href="http://jwsketch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">John Wright SketchBlog</a></strong>, hosts a contest each month giving away a painting and…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/93988472http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/93988472Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:25:42 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/4Hi3o_aYp4A/">Do You Need A Wingman? Twitter Does - Now There’s Something to Tweet About</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Twitter Wingman-How Twitter Plans to Make Money" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Twitter-Wingman-Twitter-Pager-Device.jpg" alt="Twitter Wingman-How Twitter Plans to Make Money" width="150" height="105"/></a></dt> </dl> <h2><span style="color: #800000;">Apparently Twitter needed a Wingman to answer to the most common question of the Twitterverse, “How is Twitter going to make money?” </span></h2> <p><span style="color: #800000;"><br/></span></p> <p><span id="more-808"></span></p> <h2><span style="color: #800000;">The Twitter Wingman</span></h2> <p>According to…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/92076942http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/92076942Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:25:34 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/04mhPtH48YI/">sezWho Closing Down at the end of March</a>: <p><strong><a title="sezWho" href="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/2008/09/sezwho/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000;">sezWho</span></a></strong> , who had aspired to be the <strong>universal profile service</strong> for social media sites, has called it quits.   Following in the footsteps of other recent social media sites, such as<strong> Furl</strong>, <strong><span style="color: #800000;">…</span></strong></p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/90144899http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/90144899Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:16:25 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/2E8-27sbyas/">New Study Shows Marketers are Moving to Social Media</a>: <h2>A new study shows that <strong>marketers are slowly making the transition to social media marketing</strong> with <strong><span style="color: #800000;">63% </span></strong><span style="color: #800000;">stating they will increase their social media marketing spend in 2009</span>.</h2> <p><span id="more-788"></span></p> <div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"> <div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"> <div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;"> <a title="clipmarks' clip-to-blog" href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/"><img style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c0c22605-23c7-4767-a8b7-5d7dcd374393/530EB516-BB14-4991-9205-9736D4B19A83/" 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id="more-774"></span></p> <h2>Add Yourself to the We…</h2>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/87378220http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/87378220Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:07:29 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/p-3P667C1Uk/">Anything is Possible with Enough Time and Money: Marketing Budgets</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Anything is Possible with Enough Time and Money" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Dallas-Marketing-Services-Marketing-Budget-Time-And-Money.jpg" alt="Anything is Possible with Enough Time and Money: Marketing Budgets" width="150" height="105"/></a></dt> </dl> <h3>Even though many times there is more creativity in budgets than ads, the easiest way to get a marketer to groan is tell them to do a marketing budget. </h3> <p><span id="more-754"></span></p> <h2><span style="color: #800000;">The Marketing Budget…</span></h2>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/83851007http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/83851007Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:12:33 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/ffc43-ENbiQ/">Opportunities Part 3: Online Marketing-SEO, PPC, Blog Advertising and More</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Marketing Opportunities: Online Marketing-SEO, PPC and More" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Dallas-Marketing-Services-Online-Marketing-PPC-SEO-Blogs-150-105.jpg" alt="Marketing Opportunities: Online Marketing" width="150" height="105"/></a></dt> </dl> <h2><span style="color: #800000;">73.1% of North America is using the internet.   Can they find you?</span></h2> <p>Source: <a title="Intenet World Stats" href="http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm" target="_blank">Internet World Stats</a>, rates based on full year 2008.<br/><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><span id="more-736"></span></p> <h3><span style="color: #003300;">    <h2><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Search Engine Optimization</span></strong></h2> <p>…</p></span></h3>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/81266636http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/81266636Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:07:37 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/wuTFRu06xGc/">test</a>: <p>test</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/DallasMarketingServices?a=MrbTWiRR"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/DallasMarketingServices?d=41" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/DallasMarketingServices?a=elW2MpVv"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/DallasMarketingServices?d=43" border="0"/></a> <a 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tasks with Remember the Milk" width="121" height="60"/></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution"></dd> </dl> <p><strong>Manage your tasks</strong> quickly and easily with <strong><a title="Track your tasks with Remember the Milk" href="http://www.rememberthemilk.com/" target="_blank">Remember the Milk</a></strong>. <strong>Track,…</strong></p> </div>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/79813331http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/79813331Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:00:11 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/CItBprRic7s/">Friday FREE for All: Productivity Tools</a>: <h3>It’s a productivity free for all: Remember The Milk ~ Instapaper ~ Google Tools</h3> <p><span id="more-733"></span></p> <h2><strong>Remember the Milk</strong></h2> <div> <dl class="wp-caption alignleft"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Track your tasks with Remember the Milk" src="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com/images/iPhone-Productivity-App-Remember-The-Milk.jpg" alt="Track your tasks with Remember the Milk" width="121" height="60"/></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution"></dd> </dl> <p><strong>Manage your tasks</strong> quickly and easily with <strong><a title="Track your tasks with Remember the Milk" href="http://www.rememberthemilk.com/" target="_blank">Remember the Milk</a></strong>. <strong>Track,…</strong></p> </div>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/79796881http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/79796881Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:46:56 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/BYlaQhLVOYk/">Opportunities: Part 2–Offline Marketing and Advertising Isn’t Dead</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Marketing Opportunities: Offline Line Marketing Isn't Dead" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Dallas-Marketing-Services-Marketing%20Opportunities-Offline-Direct-Mail-150-105.jpg" alt="Marketing Opportunities: Offline Marketing" width="150" height="105"/></a></dt> </dl> <h2><strong><span style="color: #993300;">“Reports of my death have been highly exaggerated.”</span></strong></h2> <p>Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)<br/><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><span id="more-697"></span></p> <p>We last discussed <strong>Awareness Activities</strong>, the first in the three categories of…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/79252061http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/79252061Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:46:49 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/kjbppkDJrAU/">Opportunities: Part 1–Create a Marketing Buzz with Awareness Activities</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 150px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Marketing Positioning and Messaging" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Dallas-Marketing-Services-Marketing-Opportunities-Awareness-Activities-Compass-150-100.jpg" alt="Marketing Opportunities: Creating Marketing Buzz with Awareness Activities" width="150" height="100"/></a></dt> </dl> <h2><strong><span style="color: #99cc00;">Awareness</span></strong></h2> <p>Definition: <strong>knowledge</strong><br/><strong>Antonyms</strong>: ignorance, insensitivity, obliviousness, unawareness, unconsciousness<br/> (Answers.com) </p> <p><span id="more-674"></span></p> <p>A <strong><span style="color: #000000;">marketing strategy</span></strong><span style="color: #800000;"> </span>is designed to…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/78506443http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/78506443Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:12:34 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/AGbVXp_8W9w/">Friday FREE for ALL! A Special Valentine’s Day Edition!</a>: <p><dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 128px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Friday Free For All - Heart Avatar" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Dallas-Marketing-Services-Friday-Free-For-All-Free-Avatars.jpg" alt="Free Avatars from The Friday Free For All" width="128" height="128"/></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution"></dd> </dl> <h3>It’s a Valentine’s Day Edition of the Friday Free For ALL!  Free Avatars ~ Free Design Ideas ~ Free Scripts ~ and The Most Original FREE Valentine’s Greeting You Can Send</h3> <h3> <span id="more-658"></span><br/><strong>Free…</strong> </h3></p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/77870865http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/77870865Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:59:16 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/spdWzect1fA/">The Marketing Point Guard: Positioning and Messaging</a>: <dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 153px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dallasmarketingservices.com"><img title="Marketing Positioning and Messaging" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/180px-Magic_en_Staples.jpg" alt="The Marketing Point Guard: Positioning and Messaging" width="139" height="124"/></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution">Image source: Wikipedia</dd> </dl> <p>Arguably the best point guard ever to play in the NBA, <strong><a class="zem_slink" title="Magic Johnson" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></strong>, exemplified the qualities required of a point guard - <strong>runnin</strong>g the offense, <strong>…</strong></p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/77590700http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/77590700Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:57:20 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/i7YWMRr8mns/">Marketing Insanity: Is Your Marketing Plan Dated 2005? 2000? 1995?</a>: <h4><strong>“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ”</strong></h4> <p>-         Generally attributed to either Albert Einstein or Ben Franklin</p> <p>Remember back in the good old days…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/76934963http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/76934963Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:52:03 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/Zw3_Dp31kYg/">Friday Free For All - Google Latitude, Free Software and Win an Original Painting</a>: <h3>What’s FREE this week?  FREE Software ~ FREE Original Art Contest ~ Find Your Friends FREE with Google Latitude</h3> <p><strong>Free Software</strong></p> <p>Don’t forget to drop by <strong><a title="CNET free software" href="http://www.download.com/3270-20_4-0.html?tag=ftr" target="_blank">cnet</a></strong> for loads of <strong>free software</strong>…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/76056420http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/76056420Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:45:59 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DallasMarketingServices/~3/U1tK-aau3qU/">Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer ~Competitors, Learn from Them</a>: <div class="zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged" style="margin:1em;display:block"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu"><img class=" alignleft" title="Sun-Tzu" src="http://dallasmarketingservices.com/images/Sun-Tzu-The%20Art-Of-War-Wikipedia-Image.jpg" alt="" width="103" height="119"/></a></div> <p><strong>“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”</strong></p> <p><strong></strong><a class="zem_slink" title="Sun Tzu" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu"> Sun-tzu</a>, <strong>The Art of War</strong>, 722-481 BCE or 403-221 BCE</p> <p>Anyone that has spent much time in the corporate world has heard this…</p>http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/75448516http://dallasmarketing.tumblr.com/post/75448516Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:42:12 -0600