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Getting Started on Facebook

March 9, 2010 – 11:02 am

by Curt Mercadante
The video excerpt below is from my presentation last month to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, in which I discuss getting started on Facebook. Please also click here to get a free copy of our new e-booklet: The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build [...]

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Twitter: The Online Cocktail Reception, Part II

March 2, 2010 – 8:21 pm

Following is Part II of Curt Mercadante’s explanation of the “ins and outs” of Twitter — excerpted from his recent presentation to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber Business Expo:

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Twitter: The Online Cocktail Reception?

February 26, 2010 – 1:42 pm

In this brief video, taken from our recent presentation to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber Business Expo, Curt Mercadante explains the ins and outs of Twitter — and how to get started using this online tool effectively.

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Getting started on Twitter

February 25, 2010 – 9:41 am

by Curt Mercadante
The following post is taken from our new, free booklet, The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build your Business, Non-Profit or Campaign.
Have you ever walked into a cocktail party full of people you don’t know and cringed at the mere thought that you’d have to break into one of [...]

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Is the press release dead?

February 24, 2010 – 6:50 am

The video excerpt below is from my presentation last week to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo.  In this excerpt, I deal with the question, “Is the press release dead?”  Please also click here to get a free copy of our new e-booklet: The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools [...]

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Email as social networking tool? Absolutely.

February 23, 2010 – 1:23 pm

by Curt Mercadante
The following post is taken from our new, free booklet, The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build your Business, Non-Profit or Campaign.
When we use the terms “social media” or “social networking” most people immediately think of Facebook or Twitter or MySpace.
They rarely think of email.
But the truth is that [...]

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Get Your Free Copy of “The Press Release is Dead”

February 22, 2010 – 2:53 pm

Last week, at the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, we released our new free online booklet, entitled, The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build Your Business, Non-Profit or Campaign.
Some have referred to the new booklet as “Social Media 101 ” guide … while others have billed it as [...]

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What is ’social media’?

February 22, 2010 – 10:15 am

The video excerpt below is from my presentation last week to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, entitled, “The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build your Business, Non-Profit or Campaign.” In this excerpt, I deal with an overview of the term “social media”.

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Presentation from the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber Business Expo

February 19, 2010 – 7:06 am

by Curt Mercadante
Following is the PowerPoint I utilized during my presentation to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo on February 18, 2010.
The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build Your Business, Non-Profit or Campaign
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Chicago Tribune Highlights Our Client’s Online Efforts

February 4, 2010 – 4:19 pm

The Chicago Tribune today highlighted the online efforts (which we coordinated) of our client Jason Plummer, who won the Republican nomination for Illinois Lt. Governor earlier this week. The Tribune article sites Jason as:
“part of a ‘new breed of Republican politics’ — a young, energetic politician who tapped into social networking and worked hard [...]

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