Practical Simple Marketing In The News - 1/11/11

Happy 2011! Here are this year's first links and resources shared on Twitter and tagged #practicalmktr grouped together in Practical Simple Marketing In The News.

[If you are interested in the retail experience, I've been doing something similar on Flooring The Consumer with Retail Experience links #retailexp.]

Simple & Practical Marketing Data

• Fascinating analysis of how top retailers used Twitter on Black Friday http://ow.ly/3nIfi #practicalmktr 
• Pew Research: older gens catching up on web http://ow.ly/3qhZK #retailexp #practicalmktr
• Imagine! Top 143 location-based articles of 2010 from @waynesutton http://ow.ly/3pazq #practicalmktr
• Thank you @JasonFalls for ~101 head-spinning social media stats http://ow.ly/3t8Av #practicalmktr
• Good Reference: 290 email spam trigger words to avoid fr @mirnabard http://ow.ly/3twgZ #practicalmktr 
• Love these infographics examples from #CMI: http://ow.ly/3x6CL #practicalmktr
•  Fascinating! Fr @briansolis How Twitter is changing http://ow.ly/3tOG3 #practicalmktr

Practical Marketing Advice

• 10 ways to build your Facebook Fan base fr @gloriarand http://ow.ly/3rANm #practicalmktr 
• Bookmark this: Metatags 101 fr @ConvergentWorld http://bit.ly/haOmqL Nice @pegmulligan! #practicalmktr 
• Care to add video to your LinkedIn profile? Here's a @reelseo tutorial: http://ow.ly/3twse #practicalmktr
• Mashable advice on how 2 make web video: keep it simple, 2 min max, etc. http://ow.ly/3ASww #practicalmktr 
• Have you read about this #practicalmktr solution to airport scanners and private parts? http://ow.ly/3xMar
• Dealing w nastiness on your newsroom facebook page fr @journalistics http://ow.ly/3twic #practicalmktr
• 5 tips of using social media to enhance your trade show fr @crttanaka http://ow.ly/3tQck #practicalmktr
• Need ideas for cool + #practicalmktr computer tools? Lk no further! http://ow.ly/3xZSg fr @tedwhittemore

Simple Marketing Inspiration

• How homeless DC man uses FB, social media to advocate for the homeless http://ow.ly/3tQ3b #practicalmktr
• Why now is best time to start blooging fr @abrahamharris http://ow.ly/3x6VH #practicalmktr 
• Fun ideas in 6 ways to rebrand your biz using social media http://ow.ly/3rAJy #practicalmktr
• Lots interesting ideas here: how social media empowers women in workplace http://ow.ly/3rGmO #practicalmktr 
• 3 persona-types for killer content w examples fr @MitchJoel via @cspenn http://ow.ly/3t81f #practicalmktr
• When social goes wrong - Customer Relations Fiascos http://ow.ly/3z7E5 #practicalmktr

Brands Being Practical With Social Media

•  Why we have too few women leaders @TEDWomen talk w Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg http://ow.ly/3t7yS via @VirginiaMiracle #practicalmktr
• Here's how Northwestern Mutual is using Social Media 2 'provide financial security over a lifetime" http://ow.ly/3pKYE #practicalmktr 
• Fabulous use of social media during blizzard emergency fr @CoryBooker: http://ow.ly/3vXFJ #practicalmktr 
• Salvation Army took bell ringing online this holiday http://ow.ly/3x6Lp #practicalmktr 
• CocaCola's social media project includes fascinating local angles fr AdAge http://ow.ly/3xt8x #practicalmktr
• Major brands embrace organic Twitter trends http://ow.ly/3tPCF #practicalmktr 

Here's a link to previous editions of Practical Simple Marketing In the News.
 
Thank you for reading!

Best,
C.B.

Image credit: “#PracticalMktr” Wordle by CB Whittemore