50 Signs You’re Addicted to Social Media & Twitter

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It’s Saturday morning. You wake up out of the fog. You manage to open one eye and reach for the iPhone. You push the little round button so you can say good morning to your friends. Since the rest of the family is still asleep you think “hmmm… I’ll just go into my office and send a few tweets, see what’s circlin’ on Google+ and upload the photos from the seminar this week to Facebook.

Well, that was at 7:00 am. It’s now 11:00 and you are still in your jammies with messy hair. Your significant other has made breakfast. The kids are watching cartoons & fighting and the house is a mess. The big plans of mowing the lawn, cleaning the garage and hittin’ the gym all before noon are history. You would much prefer to stay in the safety and quiet of your little tweet heaven just for one more hour.

Get Real Time: 44 Signs Social Media Is NOT Working for You!

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So you are a self proclaimed social media expert, guru, community manager, analyst or anything with the word social media in front of it. You have been doing social media for at least a year. You are doing all the right things.

You have followers. You have likes. However, nobody talks to you about business, reads your blog and your phone is definitely not ringing with leads wanting to buy from you.

Get Off The Hamster Tweet Wheel & Be Inspired – 20 Learnings from Social Fresh Tampa

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Getting out into world, learning from new perspectives, enjoying the company of others is the spice of life.

So why in business do we find this so hard to accept? Why do we think we’ll accomplish more if we stay inside our corporate and virtual home offices as we fervently turn in our social hamster wheels of marketing strategies, business plans, engagement approaches, audience research, websites, Facebook pages and suites that hoot?

Yes, the economy stinks. However, that doesn’t mean we need to work the hamster wheel 24/7. It actually should drive the opposite behavior.

Twas the Night Before Christmas with St. Twit

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Tweetville

Not a tweeter was tweeting, not even the high Klouts.

The iphones were hidden by Santa’s little elves,

In hopes that the Tweeters would do something else.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of daddy without social media danced in their heads.

Social Media Weekend Challenge: Don’t Tweet it Away!

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What is a weekend anymore? We look forward to them, but why? Are we enjoying them? When we are lucky, weekends are a time for us all to enjoy some down time with family and friends. Regardless of your role; business leader in corporate, an entrepreneur, small business owner, intern or worker bee… it is easy for us to lose track of why we are doing what we do.

Follow Your Dreams!

Follow Your Dreams!

So it’s official! The word is out. As most of you know we have a couple very exciting launches coming up, two of which are book launches! So yesterday Mari Smith launched the official Web page, Facebook page, Twitter Account. More to come on this.  Not a lot of time today so here is a short [...]

Social Media Survival 101: Take a Weekend!

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..often times we get so busy and caught up in the moment we forget what really matters.

Pam Moore CEO & Founder Fruitzoom, Inks Publishing Deal with CelebrityPress to Co-Author Social Media Book with Mari Smith & Other Experts

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I Love My Twitter Tweeps! Poll: Why do You Love Twitter?

I Love My Twitter Tweeps! Poll: Why do You Love Twitter?

As I sit in front of my computer after a great week and excited to TWEET… part of me thinks…”have I lost my mind”? The other part thinks “am I dreaming?”  The real self knows… “YOU ARE STARTING TO LIVE YOUR DREAMS”. I am surrounded by so many people face to face daily as well [...]