“Be social to learn social” – College profs learn Social Media 101

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Now that social media is more popular than porn on the Internet, it’s time for everyone to jump on the bandwagon — and that definitely includes our university teachers. That’s why Wiley Publishers invited noted social media expert Erik Qualman to guest lecture a webinar attended by 22 profs and lecturers the first day of [...]

Facebook for Business, Blogging, Posterous and more:

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Twitter is like my personal bookstore, but so is most of Web 2.0 Sharing is one of the amazing benefits of Web 2.0, so it’s no wonder that Twitter is so important to me — both as a source and a repository. Here are some of the articles I read and Tweeted and Re-Tweeted this [...]

Twitter opens new world for SFSU student-mom

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Today’s post is a guest article from Shijia Yu, a 35-year-old mom in my Business Communication class at San Francisco State. Shijia is married, has a four-year-old daughter and lots of housework so her computer time was quite limited until she got the assignment to study Twitter for Business: None of my friends and family [...]

Give your Ideas the Power to Grow your Business

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Why is it that 2/3 of small businesses fail within the first two-three years of operation? One of the major causes for a company’s collapse is inadequate planning upfront, according to business consultant Les Ross, whom I first met this spring when he WOW-ed my SFSU advertising students with his Internet Marketing presentation. Many students [...]

Business will rebound when firms learn and use today’s new resources for marketing

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Everyone wants to work for — or own — a successful company. And we are all looking forward to a positive turn for our global economy. The news, whether from the beleaguered mass media or the intrepid bloggers and Tweeters, continues to depress us with seemingly insurmountable challenges from foreclosures to furloughs to bankruptcies. It [...]

Press Releases and Advertising are Dead

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Social Media is Pushing Dramatic Changes in Marketing TGIF. We’ll make this blog-lite, just in case you haven’t read my first post. Yesterday’s adventure along the SM Revolutionary Road was anything but “lite” – information-wise. Three Bay Area social media players: John Harper, Dean Guadagni, and Pat Kitano visited my SFSU advertising and PR classes [...]

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