Klout is now kaput. ​Effective, May 25, 2018, Lithium.com has sunset the Klout service and its website and service are now closed. The Klout acquisition provided Lithium with valuable artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities, but Klout as a standalone service is now closed.  To the loyal Klouters – …

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[VIDEO] Glimpse of Social Media Day with over 500 people showing up, live and in-person (are they ever noisy while having fun!)   “Why do people show up for Social Media Day in physical person? Isn’t this kind of missing the point?”  These questions were posed by Sev Onyshkevych on …

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Happy Social Media Day June 30, 2012! 453 Cities and communities have officially recognized June 30 as Social Media Day.  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada was the first city to recognize Social Media Day when it started in 2010 by Mashable.com When Pete Cashmore of Mashable started this two years ago, …

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Likes UP: Google+ Events Just in Time For Friday’s Webinar Google’s latest addition to its suite of features is events.  It syncs with Google calendar. There are several options to choose from for themes,  fields of information to be shared, and the best is adding a YouTube video link. You …

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Likes UP: 7 Ways to Create a Seductive Webinar Title Webinars with seductive titles attract more people. The most useful information on a webinar will not be seen or heard if the title of your webinar is boring. This is basic copywriting 101 starting with a powerful headline. Here are …

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Guest Post by Denise Wakeman Where will your online business be in 3 months? Take a moment and remind yourself…how many followers and friends do you have on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter? How many visitors do you get to your blog and amazing articles? And, how many of those visitors …

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Facebook Messenger Takes Over Your Desktop   Facebook is attempting to take over.  Take over all your devices from desktop to mobile.  The upside is more Facebook. The downside is more devices equals more distraction.  Messenger is a new app that brings Facebook to your desktop. Join the multi-taskers and …

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Why Crowded Coffee Shops Fire Up Your Creativity New research shows that the moderate noise level in busy cafés also perks up your creative cognition. And, yes, caffeine helps. PROBLEM: To optimize creativity, how quiet or noisy should your workspace be? METHODOLOGY: Researchers led by Ravi Mehta conducted five experiments …

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Likes UP: Facebook Now Lets You Edit Comments Google Plus as always let you edit comments.  Immediately or weeks later. That has been a big plus for Google+. Now Facebook lets you edit comments and it is big news. You could edit Facebook posts with photos before today.  You could …

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“Zero-Cost Marketing Secrets” July 18 11:00 PST/ 3:00 EST WEBINAR registration link: http://like2.us/registerfree Many years ago, when Rhonda Byrne released ‘The Secret’ she turned to Dan Hollings and said, “I have no money and no budget. Can you help?” Well, who doesn’t know the story of The Secret by now? …

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