True Formula, Jim Cavale, Intensity, And Kind

What kind of legacy will you leave behind? In this personal and motivating talk, Jim Cavale modifies a tried and true formula for intensity to build the case……

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Why Social Is the New SEO

By Neil Patel

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In January of this year, Matt Cutts released a video explaining that social signals do not impact search engine result rankings. For a long time, every SEO behaved as if they did. If this is true — that social signals don’t affect search rankings — what do we do now?

I’m making the case that social is the new SEO. But I need to explain the new social/SEO territory that we’re in, specifically in the wake of Cutts’ announcement.

So, what has changed with social media and SEO? Read More …read more    

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Google Plus, Facebook Posts, Twitter Posts, And Marcela De Vivo

Brands? Google Plus posts generated nearly as much engagement per follower as their Facebook posts ? and almost twice as much engagement per follower as their Twitter posts.
Even for those who are “in the know” about the benefits of Plus, many have difficulty learning how to use Plus effectively.

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Removing Blog Comments: The View So Far

By Jerod Morris

Shockwaves.

That’s what this post by Sonia Simone sent through the Copyblogger community.

The post, you’ll recall, announced our decision to remove blog comments and gave the reasoning for why we decided to do so — reasoning that some accepted at face value, others parsed for hidden meaning, and the rest ignored before ZOMG’ing to …read more    

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Social Pros All-Stars, Social Pros Podcast, Social Media, And All-stars Collection

Gum is the only thing missing from the first-ever collection of Social Pros All-Stars, which I released on March 31 in connection with Opening Day of baseball season.
I’m on about episode 110 of my Social Pros podcast, where each week we interview a social media manager, usually from a big brand….

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