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The New (Old) Rules of Networking

by Beth Dunn on April 1, 2010

Making Out

If you’re a new business on Twitter, or Facebook, trying to generate interest in the goods and services you have to offer, the funny thing is that you should try talking about those goods and services very, very sparingly.

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Bronte, Austen, and Eggplants

by Beth Dunn on March 29, 2010

Beth Dunn

If I know you in life, or you follow me on Twitter, then chances are you already know about the side projects that have been consuming such a vast amount of my free time. But in case you haven’t heard, I’m very pleased to announce two new website launches.

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Building your online marketing muscles

by Beth Dunn on October 21, 2009

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If you know you might benefit from working a little internet marketing magic, building relationships on the web and translating them into a stronger business, but you don’t know how to justify the time involved, this post is for you.

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How to Overcome Writer’s Block

by Beth Dunn on August 31, 2009

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I’ve got three methods that help bloggers overcome the curse of writer’s block: Create an editorial calendar, Create a topic bank, and Create a style bank.

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How to Start Blogging

by Beth Dunn on August 20, 2009

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When starting your first blog, be clear about your goals, and look closely at your fears. Your goals will guide your writing, and they will usually shut down your fears, too.

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and here's the play at the plate…

by BethDunn on July 7, 2008

I’ve got very little time to spare these days and for the next little while, as we are fast approaching the date of my organization’s major event on Sunday, August 3, at the same time as we are getting ready to launch our new website (about to launch in beta in about ten days – [...]

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more blogs about buildings and food

by BethDunn on April 19, 2008

Blahg Blahg Blahg I gave a presentation on blogging — should you blog? why and how? — at Geek Girl Camp Cape Cod Thursday night. It was a first-time event, this Geek Girl Camp thing, and so it was hard to know quite what to expect. I knew that it was sold out. There were [...]

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the organizational social media policy

by BethDunn on April 11, 2008

More organizations are making the move into social media, either by starting a CEO blog, a customer Facebook group, or just by allowing employees to blog openly about their work lives. As a result, more organizations are finding it necessary to draft a social media policy, or at least a set of principles, meant to [...]

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hiatus

by BethDunn on March 22, 2008

I took a week off from writing, for several very good reasons, and now I’m back. Miss me? Of course you didn’t. One of the reasons I took a brief sabbatical was my reaction to this post by Chris Brogan on what it felt like to not have a blog for eight days. In it, [...]

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social media adoption and its discontents

by BethDunn on February 16, 2008

Check this out from Marshall Kirkpatrick over at ReadWriteWeb: “Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond” 1. I suffer from information overload already. 2. So much of what’s discussed online is meaningless. These forms of communication are shallow and make us dumber. We have real work to do! 3. I [...]

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