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Posts Tagged: Facebook
CRAP: How to Get More Facebook Likes
07 June on Experience, Facebook, Marketing, SoMoLoFirst of all, who cares about “Likes” on a post? FB engagement is the low hanging fruit in the social world. It also doesn’t mean ANYTHING unless you have a specific goal in mind for the stories it generates about …
Facebook Ruined Blogging… New Ads
07 June on Business, Facebook, Featured, SoMoLoYesterday evening, Facebook announced that it will be changing the they way and types of ads that its offers on the platform. I had a really great four-part blog series on Facebook ads and strategy planned for the next 3 …
3 Rules for Delivering Your Passion
28 October on Advertising, Business, Customers, Featured, Marketing, SoMoLo, TwitterEveryone has a passion and often times we want to share this passion with others. Your message is important to you, but when you are delivering your message to others, you must consider where you deliver it, to whom you …
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!
Kotex Launches FIRST Pinterest Campaign
09 April on Business, Customers, Experience, Marketing, Pinterest, SoMoLoKotex and Smoyz, an ad agency from Israel, launched the first Pinterst campaign targeting 50 influential users. The results were interesting… The campaign only garnered 684,853 total impressions, which seems awfully low for what a campaign like this would cost. …
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 …
The Day I Had A Tablet
18 January on Experience, PassionI had one, for a day – barely 24 hours – and this is why… It was that time… you know, the crossroads in your life where you need a specialized piece of technology to fulfill your techie needs. I …
Your 2012 Marketing Todos
03 January on Marketing, SoMoLoIt’s a new year and restart of the seasons, but that doesn’t mean you have to use the old plan from last year! Start fresh! There is poorly charted territory for the taking and tools you can put into your …
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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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