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Attention Spans in the Social Media Age

Doctor Spin

Are our attention spans shrinking due to social media? We often hear that social media is rotting our brains, that our attention spans are shrinking faster than a TikTok video ends, and that we are now incapable of focusing on anything that isn’t accompanied by a barrage of likes and comments. 2019, April 15). 8 Ophir, E.,

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Maxim Behar: "Write books only in case you have something to say.”

Maxim Behar

I started writing back in my high school years when I accidentally came across a typing machine. Mostly I write about business because that's what I do. It seemed quite extravagant to me that something written on social media would then be published in a book, but it worked out. This comes spontaneously and never fades.

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What Social Media Marketing Can—& Cannot—Do For Your Business

Polaris

I remember when I first adopted social media marketing as a way to promote my business. It was January 2009—just over 5 years ago so the memory is fairly clear. At the time, I knew intuitively that social media would be useful, but I didn’t have a good handle on my goals. So I recruited a social media pro to help.

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Study: Big Companies Lag at Blogging, Social Media

Sword and the Script

Barnes to forgive me the editorial liberty I’ve taken with this headline, but that’s my takeaway after finally reading the UMASS Dartmouth Study: The 2014 Fortune 500 and Social Media: LinkedIn Dominates As Use of Newer Tools Explodes. 500 Social Media Study. Infographic: Millennials and Social Commerce.

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Just Write

Waxing UnLyrical

Rather, it’s to share how intimidated I was by this new world inhabited by “social media people.” These metaphorical Amazons of the PR, social media and measurement universe thought I was good enough to sit among them … and had no problem proclaiming that to the world. Just write.

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4 under-the-radar tips for finding a job on LinkedIn during COVID-19

Communications Conversations

Do it in a fun, narrative-type way instead of writing it like your the CEO of a financial services company. For example, here’s what I would write if I were looking for a job right now: “Hey, my name’s Arik. Then, in 2009, I started my own consultancy focused on social media marketing.

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Maxim Behar: Brand is what people talk about you when you are not in the room

Maxim Behar

If we go back 15 years ago, we can all see that today's world is literally turned upside down - in how we carry out our projects, write press releases, host events, and press conferences. We might be 55th in the market tomorrow if someone takes to social media and starts spreading falsehoods about us. Third, we are reporters.

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