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  • Richie Norton: The Power of Starting Something Stupid

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    Richie Norton, author of the new book The Power of Starting Something Stupid, shares a few stupid, crazy ideas that worked for Ebay, Apple, Virgin Airlines, Newman’s Own, Google, Disneyland, Twitter, Ford Motors, William Shakespeare’s plays, Skype, Instagram, Foursquare, Pinterest, Groupon, and Facebook.

    The Power of Starting Something Stupid: A few stupid, crazy ideas that worked for Ebay, Apple, Virgin Airlines, Newman's Own, Ford Motors, William Shakespeare's plays, Skype, Instagram, Foursquare, Pinterest, and Facebook

    The Power of Starting Something Stupid by Richie NortonWhat if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don’t? (They do.)

    What if they know that in order to achieve success, they will sometimes have to do things that others may initially perceive as stupid? The fact of the matter is that the smartest people in the world don’t run from stupid, they lean into it (in a smart way).

    In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as we know it, demonstrating that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid.

    What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas?

    Richie Norton has written a book about courage. The courage to do work that matters and to do it with your heart and your soul. Go make something happen. — Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception

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    Give Kids the World Village is a 70-acre storybook resort located near Orlando’s most beloved attractions. It’s a place where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families are treated to weeklong free fantasy vacations. Learn how to help here: http://www.gktw.org/help.

    Curator: John Kremer


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  • Happy Birthday YouTube: From Zero to 4 Billion Videos a Day

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    YouTube History on its YouTube Birthday

    To show appreciation for YouTube on its birthday (Valentine’s Day), Shorty Media created a wonderful infographic documenting the journey of the YouTube over the past eight years.

    YouTube History

    YouTube was founded on Valentine’s Day, 2005.

    The first YouTube video was titled “Me at the Zoo” (April 2005).

    Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in October, 2006.

    YouTube broke 1 billion video views a day in October, 2009.

    The first full HD was released in November, 2009.

    YouTube broke 2 billion video views a day in May, 2010.

    Trueview ads were launched in 2010.

    YouTube broke 3 billion video views a day in May, 2011.

    YouTube reached 4 billion daily video views in December, 2012.

    Gangam Style – PSY was the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views.

    YouTube Today

    800 million+ unique visitors hit YouTube every month.

    72 hours of video are uploaded every minute.

    YouTube is the #2 search engine (larger than Bing, Yahoo, ASK, and Yahoo combined).

    46,296 YouTube videos are viewed every second.

    4 billion hours of video are watched every month.

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    In celebration of American Heart Month (February) . . . The American Heart Association works to teach people how to identify heart attacks and strokes as well as funds research and treatment for heart disease. Donate via http://www.americanheart.org, or by calling 800-242-8721.

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  • The Best and Worst Times to Post on Major Social Networks

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    Best Times to Post

    This infographic showcases the best times and the worst times to post on the major social networks: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Pinterest.

    These general guidelines are based on Internet users as a whole. The best times to post for your specific target audience could well be different. But this infographic is still a good starting point for deciding when you will post.

    Be sure to keep track of your analytics to verify that the times you post are really the times your audience want and expect you to post.

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    National Children’s Alliance has nearly 700 advocacy centers nationwide which help with the process of reporting and recovering from abuse. To get involved, go to http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org or call 800-239-9950.

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  • 20 of the Most Memorable Marketing Moments in 2012

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    20 Memorable Marketing Moments of 2012

    HubSpot put together a list of 20 memorable marketing moments in 2012 that they thought represented some monumental strides in online marketing. And then, because they are marketers, they made them into this infographic.

    January 10 – Google announce a shift in personalization, pushing Google+ social data and user profiles to search engines.

    February 14 – Pinterest reaches 11 million unique visits per month.

    February 27 – Brad Keselowski tweets from his car during a race at NASCAR’s Daytona 500 – and gains more than 100,000 followers.

    March 5 – The Stop Kony campaign launces and goes viral with 94 million YouTube views.

    April 9 – Facebook buys Instagram, a sign that visual content rules the Internet.

    May 1 – SEOmoz announces $18 million in funding with a meme-packed press release.

    May 18 – Facebook goes public

    June 29 – Twitter and LinkedIn disable automatic posting of tweets to LinkedIn.

    August 8 – American gymnist McKayla Maroney’s scowl becomes a meme legend from the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    August 28 – Hubspot hosts the world’s largest inbound marketing event, InBound 2012 (self-serving listing).

    September 16 – HootSuite acquires Seesmic Twitter management tool.

    October 4 – Facebook signs up its 1 billionth user.

    October 22 – Yahoo! announces that it will transform into a mobile and technology focused company.

    October 28 – The San Francisco Giants engage social media so effectively during the baseball World Series that received a 99 Klout score.

    November 4 – HubSpot raises $35 million in additional funding (self-serving listing).

    November 6 – The U.S. presidential election was the most tweeted political event in history (with more than 20 million tweets).

    November 6 – The photo of Obama hugging Michelle was the most popular image ever posted to Facebook or Twitter.

    November 12 – The Oxford American Dictionary names GIF the word of the year.

    November 24 – Psy’s Gangnam Style becomes the most watched video ever on YouTube with more than 800 million.

    December 31 – After 80 years as a print magazine, Newsweek switches to online only.

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    The United States Olympic Committee invests in activities to help Olympic caliber athletes to reach their fullest potential. To contribute to the success of American Olympic athletes, go to http://support.teamusa.org/give or call 888-222-2313.

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  • Twitter Hashtags: What You Need to Know

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    How to Use Twitter Hashtags

    The hashtag (#) is used to highlight keywords or topics in a tweet. Originally created by Twitter users as a tool for categorizing messages, the hashtag is now also used by members of Pinterest, Facebook, Google+, and other social networks.

    Here are a few good reasons why you should be using hashtags in your tweets, pins, and Facebook posts.

    Hashtags featured keywords that help you find your target audience.

    Hashtags enable you to drive interested people to your content.

    Hashtags allow users to engage in targeted chats focused on shared interests.

    Tweets that include hashtags receive two times more engagement than tweets without hashtags.

    24% of tweets contain hashtags.

    Tweets with more than two hashtags have a 17% descrease in engagement.

    To locate the best hashtags to use, check out http://www.hashtags.org, http://www.twubs.com, and http://www.tagdef.com.

    See also: Social Media Hashtags for Book Authors – http://bookmarketingbestsellers.com/41-social-media-hashtags-for-book-authors

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    Rainforest Alliance helps to protect the forests, wildlife, and people of the rain forests. Also works to provide education and healthcare to children of the rain forests. To learn more about small actions that can lead to big changes, go to http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/smallactions.

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    John Kremer on Google+


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  • Infographic: Social Network Use in the United States

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    Social Network Use in the United States

    This infograph showcases monthly use of social networks in the United States: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Google+, and MySpace.

    Facebook gets 167 million unique visitors every month. Those users spend an average of 6 and 1/3 hours on Facebook.

    Twitter gets 39 million unique visitors every month who spend a little over 20 minutes on Twitter per month.

    Pinterest gets 12 million unique visitors every month who spend over an hour per month on the network.

    Americans spend more than 100,000 years every month on Facebook.

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    Scholarship America is the country’s largest provider of college scholarships and financial aid to students. They have awarded $2.9 billion to 1.9 million students over its 54 years. Its Dollars for Scholars program has almost 1,100 local chapters. To donate, go to http://www.scholarshipamerica.org.

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  • A Look Back at YouTube: The Most Viral Brands of 2010

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    A viral YouTube video can increase sales and take a brand from unknown to a superstar. So what brand-based videos went viral in 2010? Check out this infographic from the Viral Ad Network.

    Some of the most viral brand videos of 2010: Will It Blend? iPad / The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Preview / Old Spice Questions / FIFA World Cup / Adidas Originals / Nike Write the Future

    Facebook generates 10 times the number of shares as Twitter.

    Most viral videos have a shelf life of one to two weeks and then taper off quickly.

    The most viral brands: Nike, FIFA, Old Spice, Twilight, Blendtec, Apple, Google, Call of Duty, Adidas, and Adobe.

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    Charity Showcase

    CARE Partners for Change is a monthly giving program to feed children and provide safe water for families around the world. Their motto: Defending dignity. Fighting poverty. To donate monthly, go to http://www.care.org/partners.

     


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