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socialmedia social-media timeline facebook pages | Social Media | Wednesday March 21, 2012 | By Bob Bertsch
On March 30, 2012, Facebook will convert all Facebook Pages to the Timeline format. Timeline has been around for a while for individual Facebook profiles. Facebook Page administrators have had the ability to convert their page to Timeline on their own for some...
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signature email outlook icons social-media | Social Media | Thursday February 02, 2012 | By Bob Bertsch
One of the things I do to promote my activity in social media, is to include icons and links to some my social media pages in my email signature. Here's what my email signature looks like with the icons: If someone only connects with me one or two...
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pinterest social-media | Social Media | Monday January 30, 2012 | By Bob Bertsch
I've received quite a few questions lately about the social media site Pinterest. Interest in and use of the social "pin board" is growing quickly. In December 2011, Pinterest received 11 million visits in a week – a 400% growth in just six...
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facebook administrator social-media social media | Social Media | Tuesday January 24, 2012 | By Bob Bertsch
If you have a Facebook Page for your office, department or project, you probably know that you can log on to Facebook as yourself, go to your page and create a post that appears to come from your page instead of from you personally. You may not have known that...
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social network workplace social-media learning | Social Media | Tuesday January 03, 2012 | By Bob Bertsch
As we start the new year, NDSU Agriculture Communication Web Services is undergoing a number of changes. Our personnel is changing. Our Ag Content Management System (Ag CMS) template is changing. We will be upgrading our Ag CMS software, and changing our...
Ag Communication Web Services
facebook email twitter online social-media | Gadgets | Friday August 05, 2011 | By Julie
So you think social networking isn’t for you? Sorry. Wrong answer. What’s critical with social networking, your online presence, and pretty much everything else, is what your customers/clients/constituents want. It’s not about you. This is lesson...
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websites social-media | Software | Wednesday July 13, 2011 | By Julie
Many websites, including some of our Ag CMS ones, have the option to “tag” entries. What does that mean and why would you want to do it? Tags are like topics/categories/keywords associated with an entry. They can tell you a bit of what that entry...
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social-media news facebook curation | Social Media | Wednesday June 22, 2011 | By Julie
I write this as I’m watching news coverage of the the river over-topping the dikes in Minot, ND. While it’s coming from a traditional new source (KXMC TV), it’s interesting to see how they are reaping their information from Facebook. And some of the...
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social ted media online youtube anderson video chris social-media | Social Media | Tuesday June 21, 2011 | By Bob Bertsch
Please take some time to check out this video, http://youtu.be/X6Zo53M0lcY . It features TED Talks co-founder Chris Anderson talking about crowd accelerated innovation fueled by online video. It’s only 19 minutes but, like many TED Talks, it...
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innovation johnson ideas steven twitter social-media kevin kelly | Social Media | Tuesday June 07, 2011 | By Bob Bertsch
As someone who uses and love Twitter, I've spent quite a bit of time responding to the criticism that Twitter is filled with self-absorbed people sharing the minutiae of their daily lives. When someone tells me they don't want to try Twitter because they don't...
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