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FOUR TIPS FOR BRANDS GETTING INTO THE PINTEREST GAME

by Rusty Walters, Sr. Social Media Marketing Account Executive on Feb 24, 2012 in Brand Management, Marketing Strategies and Tactics, Marketing Tips, Social Media Marketing, Web Development

As we mentioned in yesterday’s post, “Getting Started with Pinterest,” the talk of the Internet for the last few months has been the social sharing service, Pinterest. The site has exploded into the mainstream leaving many marketing folks asking the question, “how can my brand use it to reach our customers?”
If you are new to [...]

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FACEBOOK ROLLS OUT FEATURED STORIES IN YOUR NEWS FEED

by Rusty Walters, Sr. Social Media Marketing Account Executive on Jan 13, 2012 in Advertising, Social Media Marketing

There have been rumors circling the Internet that Facebook would begin to include Sponsored Stories in users’ News Feeds in addition to the standard ad units already displayed on the right hand side of the page. It appears that these rumors have now come true.
On a recently released page on Facebook’s help site, users can [...]

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IS FACEBOOK TURNING INTO MYSPACE?

by Rusty Walters, Sr. Social Media Marketing Account Executive on Feb 11, 2011 in Brand Management, Marketing Tips, Social Media Marketing

Facebook announced yesterday that it’s rolling out new brand Page features. If you are living under a rock, here’s a quick overview.
Here at MGH, we really like most of the new changes and are excited to see the creative ways that brands will begin using the new picture layouts and integration of iframes into custom [...]

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FOURSQUARE ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO REVOKE MAYORSHIPS

by Rusty Walters, Sr. Social Media Marketing Account Executive on Nov 02, 2010 in Social Media Marketing

Businesses running Foursquare mayor specials have had to contend with cheating by users for some time now. And, up until this point, there has been no sure-fire way to take cheaters out of the running for Foursquare mayorships, despite some notable efforts by the location-based social network. However, it looks like cheating may no longer such an issue on the site.

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FACEBOOK UPDATES LIKE BUTTON

by Rusty Walters, Sr. Social Media Marketing Account Executive on Sep 09, 2010 in Social Media Marketing

Earlier today, Facebook announced a few small, but substantial changes to the way its Like button can be used across the web. This is big news for developers and advertisers, but also for users, as it may complicate what you are actually “liking” on certain pages.

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BUSINESS OWNERS CAN NOW RESPOND TO REVIEWS ON GOOGLE

by Rusty Walters, Sr. Social Media Marketing Account Executive on Aug 06, 2010 in Social Media Marketing, Web Marketing

Earlier this week Google revealed a brand new feature for verified business owners who have Google Places accounts. This new feature allows business owners to personally respond to reviews posted to Google about their business.
This is a huge opportunity for business owners. It will allow them to create personal relationships with some of their best [...]

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