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About inkstainedknuckle

I'm a social media specialist with a fresh outlook and keen sense of diction. The world is my walnut.

Becka gets her Swing on with Fire Hoop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC2Iac5Qmv8&list=UU-sJ9eTQtc86ourKwXr8IsA&index=1&feature=plcp

Swing music is great for working on transitions, because the music changes are fun and predictable.

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Using Internet Memes for Marketing

Internet memes are about fun. If this is suitable to your organization’s culture, have at it. You’ll find it a lot more entertaining than drafting a press release. Continue reading

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Mobile Tweeting, TweetCaster You Win

TweetCaster’s interface makes controlling multiple accounts much easier, as it puts more distance between them, with options for each one listed on separate screens, rather than tossing them together in a tabulated stream. However it is still just as easy to tweet from multiple accounts at once, because every tweet box has the same multiple account selection feature that HootSuite uses. The system makes much more sense for a cell phone. Continue reading

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Make a (Facebook) Friend Before You Need One

A former professor of mine used constantly drill into our impressionable minds this phrase: Make a friend before you need a friend.  The idea behind this piece of genius advice is to be on good terms with your audience before … Continue reading

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Why Yelp Pretty Much Owns (in every way but one)

It seems like there are as many online review sites as there are pores on your face, and Yelp has been the king of them for some time. Why is that? The developers must have been extremely insightful, as they … Continue reading

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How To Grow a *Local* Twitter Following

Twitter’s basic etiquette is generally follow-me and I-might-follow-you, so you must be following people who have some interest in your product, and they might just return the favor. So really the trick is to *find* local followers. And I’ll tell you how. :) Continue reading

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Google+: You’re Probably Missing the Point

It’s alright if you are; I had to scour the blogosphere to figure out what the devil was so special about Google+, other than the fact that it is operated by my favorite company and is a major threat to the arrogance of Facebook. But I’m going to break it down for you right here so that you don’t have to comb the interwebs in search of it. Continue reading

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If Social Networks Were Your Boss

If these social networks were your boss… …Facebook would -make you fill out 189 pages of paperwork before you’re hired -tell you what a good idea you had, and then tell everyone else what a good idea he had. -hype … Continue reading

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Dear Facebook: Quit Zucking Everything Up

Really I guess it’s Mark Zuckerberg that I don’t trust. Maybe it’s the profuse sweating he does when asked about privacy issues, or maybe it’s the obscenity he used to describe those who trust him with their information. It could have something to do with how he paid to spread lies about darling Google. But still, Facebook was a good idea, even if it wasn’t Zuckerberg’s idea. Continue reading

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Social Networks are Like Boyfriends

In the beginning, you fall in love with a punk rocker named MySpace, the singer of a local emo band, in fact. He’s wild and free, very much into self-expression and the music that he loves. Life with MySpace is a continous party. But after awhile, you get tired of seeing sluts all over him constantly, and he refuses to do anything about it. Continue reading

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