In the Archives
The $1 Million Dollar Facebook Post
01 December on Facebook, Featured, SoMoLoA Facebook user Nolan Daniels posted a images of himself holding what appears to be the winning lottery ticket worth $588 million dollars. At the time of this post, Powerball has yet to declare the winner from Arizona. Huffington Posts …
Facebook Promoted Posts Work!
19 October on Facebook, Featured, SoMoLoI think… At least at the rate of $7.00 it was worth the test! I took the opportunity to promote my friend Dave Cooke’s Kickstarter campaign, 100PedalsRide.com – If you have a moment, please go and check it out! – …
The Relationship Status
05 September on Facebook, PassionA fun tool brought to my attention by Josepf Haslam called Wolfamalpha Facebook Analysis. It takes a nice statistical look at your profile and breaks your friends down into various demographics, tells you your most liked picture is and event …
Bullshit Social Media Tactics
11 August on Business, Facebook, Marketing, Mobile, SoMoLo, TwitterSome of these are getting ridiculously out of hand. Vote for your favorite (most hated) and feel free to add your own!
Father’s Day Best
17 June on Advertising, Facebook, MarketingDurex released a series of great images on Facebook, this is the best…
The Social Footprint of Your Children
16 May on Facebook, SoMoLo, Tumblr81% of two-year-olds have some kind of digital footprint. Starling? A Study published by Internet security firm AVG found that 5% of babies under 2 have social media profiles, while 7% have an email address. What are these little guys …
BING! A great social idea.
16 May on Facebook, Google+, Passion, SoMoLoAll site links from this page lead to “Bing.com” – minor glitch, working to figure it out. To navigate the rest of the site please type MerlinUWard.com in your browser Bing launched their “new Bing” this morning. It’s intriguing – …
You’re Nobody Until You Have A Kid
10 April on Facebook, SoMoLo, Twitter, YoutubeAnonymous letter from a Dad: “My wife and I, connected through Twitter and both social media geeks, got married 3 years ago and we thought it would happen fairly quickly. But after the first year it hadn’t happened yet, so …
5 reasons why Facebook Timeline for business is GREAT!
07 March on Branding, Business, Facebook, SoMoLoFacebook is forcing all pages to move to the timeline format by March 30th. There has been a lot of backlash to the change; Even Jay Baer has taken a stand. Its been said that the changes are unfair and …
Pinterest: The Want Network
28 February on Facebook, Pinterest, SoMoLo, TumblrThe internet is taking a huge swing towards visual media. First we had blogging and websites – text text text text text. Video emerged, but that takes time to watch. Platforms like Twitpic and Facebook albums emerged. Now we’re accelerating …
About Merlin
I love beer, funky socks and strategy. A true geek and marketeer at heart. I work by the philosophy "marketing is a part of everything." The idea marketing is part of every process in business. 
Merlin U Ward is an passionate marketeer and strategist. As a serial entrepreneur he has built multiple companies in a variety of industries including tourism, nightlife, video, business networking and marketing.
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