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Mark Traphagen
Role: Director of Social Media
Dept: Social Media
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Russ Jones Content Title Ideas
I was perusing Portent’s new “tool,” the Content Idea Generator, and wondering for what awesome purpose I could use it. For what topic do I ...
Google+ For Business: Three Experts Give Their Take
I was featured this week in this infographic about Google Plus for Business, created by Jeff Machado of Fiore Communications. Original at http://fiorecommunications.com/2013/02/11/expert-advice-on-the-value-of-google-for-business/
On Being an Artist Playing an Infinite Game
Recently my friend and co-worker Phil Buckley posted on his personal blog “Graduating from Enthusiast to Professional.” In it he ponders where the line is ...
Google Author Rank: Has Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Now Confirmed It?
Wherefore art thou, Google Author Rank? This past weekend The Wall Street Journal published excerpts from an upcoming book by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Among ...
Is Social Media Influence Building a Zero-Sum Game?
This past week I published what has become my most widely read and re-shared post ever, and in many ways I think my most important ...
Letter to a Young Spammer
Over the past few days I’ve had an interesting exchange with a young man who had sent me several unsolicited commercial messages via Google+ notifications. ...
How to Share Vine Videos to Google Plus
Vine was the latest app craze, creating tons of buzz across social media this week. What is Vine? Vine is an iOS (iPhone & iPad) ...
Google Plus X-Person Challenge: Are You a Google Plus Mutant?
Are you one of us? Once, we were few. And we were lonely. We had Google+ powers far beyond those of “normal” users. Some called ...
Facebook Graph Search, Search Quality, and the Meaning of Like
Facebook’s new Graph Search feature promises to revolutionize our searches by tying together the social graph of our friends and Liked pages. At first glance, ...
Google Plus Post Rank Hijacking
Somebody at Google likes me. I swear, I’m not paying them anything! Back in June of 2012 I first posted about what I saw as ...
Google Plus Post Links Now No Followed by Google
According to Dan Petrovic of Dejan SEO, as of 5 January 2012 Google stopped following (for link juice purposes) links placed in posts on Google+. ...
The Best of Inbound Marketing 2012
There is simply no better source on the web for discovering the best inbound marketing content than Inbound.org. Members contribute links to articles they find ...
Google Plus Pages Can Now Act Like Real People
Beginning yesterday (27 December 2012), it appears that Google+ has been rolling out to brand Pages the ability to comment on, +1, and re-share posts ...
Google Plus Ads: Will There Be Any & What Will They Look Like?
When Google+ enthusiasts brag about their favorite social network, one of their top talking points is “no ads!” This has been fueled by a persistent ...
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