Social Media

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Mass Unfollowing on Twitter – The Disingenuous (?) Trend Continues

by Tim Baran September 2, 2011 Social Media

Two years ago I wrote, Mass Unfollow: Trending on Twitter? The post discussed a lawyer and a couple [...]

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Facebook Happy Birthday Guide

by Tim Baran August 18, 2011 Social Media

It’s the day before your birthday and the Facebook greetings are starting to trickle in. You have over [...]

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The ROI of Social Media is Your Business Will Still Exist in 5 Years

by Tim Baran June 10, 2011 Social Media

The above title is a quote from this terrific 2.5 minute video from Socialnomics, an update from their [...]

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Location Location Location. So Many Ways To Check In and Share

by Tim Baran June 4, 2011 Social Media

I check in on Foursquare then check off the “Share with Twitter” icon. It goes out to the [...]

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Give Me a Chance to Miss You

by Tim Baran April 8, 2011 Social Media

Facebook, Twitter…Social Media.  It consumes us. Is it OK to take a break or ramp down the engagement? [...]

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Social Media Spurs a Revolution in Egypt

by Tim Baran February 11, 2011 Social Media

The revolution belongs to the brave people of Egypt, built on bloodshed in the Square. Unarmed protesters, growing [...]

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Online and Offline Engagement: Finding Balance

by Tim Baran December 31, 2010 Productivity

Exactly a year ago, I wrote, in How Social Media Became My Community of Support in a Year [...]

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Twitter and Facebook: Office Chatter for Entrepreneurs

by Tim Baran November 11, 2010 Entrepreneur

The first thing many people do when they get to work is head to the kitchen for a [...]

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Facebook: Unhide Before You Unfriend

by Tim Baran November 7, 2010 Social Media

How does a person with 839 friends and 322 page “likes” effectively use Facebook?  By hiding most of [...]

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Off the Grid

by Tim Baran October 29, 2010 Social Media

I left my phone at home. Purposely. Okay, it was midnight and I was on my way to [...]

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Twitter’s New “Who to Follow” Feature Rewards Diligent Users

by Tim Baran August 5, 2010 Social Media

Twitter has rolled out a new feature, labeled “Who to Follow” that helps you find others with similar [...]

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Facebook: Tag Amongst Yourselves

by Tim Baran July 31, 2010 Social Media

The Saturday Night Live skit, Coffee Talk with Linda Richman popularized the term, “Talk amongst yourselves” in the [...]

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Happy to Lose Thousands of Twitter Followers by Not Auto-Following

by Tim Baran July 18, 2010 Social Media

I started my Twitter journey in earnest on April 1, 2009. Yes, the date is not insignificant, though [...]

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