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Trends from Randi Zuckerberg, Former Director of Marketing at Facebook

Brian McDonald — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:25:26 +0000

Last month I had the opportunity to meet and hear Randi Zuckerberg speak at Meredith College. Randi was visiting the campus to receive the President’s Award and deliver the 2012 Woman of Achievement Lecture. Prior to the event I was able to attend the VIP reception thanks to my wife (@mcdezigns) who won the Meredith [...]

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Rein in Your Event Hashtags

Brian McDonald — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:39:54 +0000

I saw the program for a social media conference recently that had 16 unique hashtags peppered throughout the agenda program. My first reaction was why? Some of the hashtags were the city and state name of the event location while others were plain generic like #Day1 and #blogging. The event had a unique name that should have [...]

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Remember Plurk, Plaxo and Poken?

Brian McDonald — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:49:33 +0000

With a new social media site being announced every few days I wanted to go back to some of the sites that were abuzz a jew years ago. After the initial launch and buzz what happens to these sites if they don’t attract critical mass? I decided to look at three sites that I have [...]

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Five Tips for Improved Intra-Office Communication

James Adams — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:47:42 +0000

A business that improves communication between workers in an office will improve morale and boost productivity. Ultimately, a large office with poor communication will pay the price because miscommunication usually affects the bottom line. Fortunately, however, the digital revolution has resulted in numerous online communication services that can make intra-office communication drop-dead simple. Here are [...]

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10 Tips for Searching for Jobs Online

James Adams — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:04:47 +0000

Employers are leaving the world of print media behind by posting their jobs exclusively online. They are advertising on message boards, through social networks and on huge job posting sites. Businesses also advertise on their own websites where applicants from all over the world can vie for the best positions. Here are some tips to [...]

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Lunch With The Leaders

Brian McDonald — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:05:33 +0000

Approximately six weeks ago the first Raleigh Media Leaders event was held at The Busy Bee. Over 150 professionals from marketing, advertising, media and technology gathered for an evening of interaction and stimulating conversation. The event was unique in that there was a grand prize for the evening, a drawing for “Lunch with The Leaders,” [...]

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Ignite Raleigh Top 10

Brian McDonald — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:57:27 +0000

Last night was the second Ignite Raleigh held at the Lincoln Theatre in downtown Raleigh. Ignite is a unique event in that it is an idea exchange where presenters have 5 minutes and 20 slides to communicate their message. I thought last night was better than last year’s event in many ways and have compiled [...]

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How to Interact With Social Media Rock Stars…and Others

Brian McDonald — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:54:00 +0000

I had a great networking opportunity last night when I was able to meet Chris Brogan, a leading social media marketing professional (and most will say the top person in his field) and author of the book Trust Agents. My good friend Dave Thomas, Social Media Manager at SAS invited myself and some local social [...]

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How Important is Your Online Brand Reputation?

Brian McDonald — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:42:00 +0000

SEO Meetup had another great meeting last night at Media Two on Your Brand Presence & Managing it Online. Phil Buckley @1918 and Morgan Siem @morgansiem presented some timely and relevant examples on the topic. Phil began with the concept of that with social media and powerful search engines like Google, our lives are online [...]

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