What triggers do you use to put yourself into a highly creative state of mind? For this to have its greatest impact I would really like you to stop whatever mindless activity you are thinking of and follow a few simple steps. First stand up and take three deep breaths. Holding each breath for a […]
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With us today is the Daniel Honigman, part of the social media team that’s responsible for Colonel Tribune, a persona formed for the Chicago Tribune. Thanks for joining us. 1- Give us some background about yourself. My background is in reporting and traditional journalism. Right now, I work as a social media strategist for Tribune
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All too often, I come across blog posts that are simply a regurgitation of some breaking news or someone else’s earlier thoughts. Shouldn’t a blog be more? I sure think so. Sure, sure…content is king. But shouldn’t it be original content? As we are nearing the 1 year anniversary of Collective Thoughts, I wanted to
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StumbleUpon one of the collective thoughts team favourite social media sites has been getting a makeover and the features are slowly being rolled out beyond the beta group according to TechCrunch. The new features have been slowly being coming along for beta users for a while, these include: Expanded use of ratings via the 5
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Photo by LifeHouseDesign Empathy is the ability to understand the depth of another person’s feelings. Empathy comes through conversation and building relationships. Empathy is something that our parents and grandparents showed us how to feel, relate, respect and love others. It is very important for any business to have Empathy, but it should not be
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Ah, the great browser wars. For but a moment, we’re magically whisked away to the innocent Internet of days past. When you could buy Netscape Navigator in a box at a store! For those of you that missed that whole era, you might consider reading The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story, a great
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Of all the great news and views from this past week Enjoy your weekend!! Brian’s picks Brazilian hackers stalk Twitter, try to wax the unwary – Arstechnica – yikes! Upcoming Friends & Fans Changes – elaboration on lifting the 200 friend limit, straight from the StumbleUpon horse’s mouth Thought for the week; there is a
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Earlier this year Alexa shook things up a little, applying some kind of penalty or reduced modifier to websites with a traditionally higher percentage of Alexa toolbar users than average, predominately technology and webmaster focused sites who found the Alexa data useful, or who actively evangelised Alexa toolbar use as it is often a major
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Of all the great news and views from this past week, by far our favorite is the announcement of Brendan Picha (from Squareoak) joining the Collective Thoughts team (welcome aboard Brendan)… Beyond that we have funnies, tri-dimensional conversations and hyper-connectivity to keep the head spinning and the belly aching. Also new this week is Tim’s
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If you’re selling crap, if your website sucks or your customer service is non-existent, then you are likely making your marketing efforts much harder than need be. This is never more true than when talking about social media marketing. If you’d be so kind, allow me to elaborate. Recently the masochists here at Collective Thoughts
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