Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Apr 5, 2011, 10:10 am
I tried Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake pizza for the first time recently. There is a new location near my home and they mailed coupons. I decided to give them a try and went there with my daughter. We ordered a Chicago-Style Stuffed™ and my daughter asked if we could get it without onions. It seemed ...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Mar 25, 2011, 1:05 pm
I got to eat from a new food truck for lunch today. It was the first time I saw The Fast Italian and I am so glad I gave it a try. They have great service and I really enjoyed the food. It was also the best deal I've had for lunch in quite a while. For only $5.75 I got a sandwich, potato salad, chip...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Mar 21, 2011, 1:10 pm
I've been waiting for Google to make a big splash in the social space. In fact, the original inspiration for this blog was iGoogle Social Features. What seems to be working for Google isn't the big news items like Wave or Buzz. Google has put several pieces together and until recently I didn't see t...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Mar 16, 2011, 10:50 am
You can find information on what is happening and how you can help through this page at Google Crisis Response: 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Mar 11, 2011, 10:49 am
Thanks to Adaptu and Man vs. Debt I have crushed $1,000 of debt. I think I signed the pledge just because I like the way it sounds to crush debt. Had I been asked to pledge to payoff debt or reduce debt it may have gone unheeded. To crush debt, now that sounds more like it. How I Crushed DebtI sign...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Mar 4, 2011, 2:15 pm
Tomorrow I coach my first soccer game. I have coached before but I wasn't the head coach. I used to help out as an assistant coach. There have been a couple of games when the head coach wasn't available and I filled in. So I have coached other times. Still, tomorrow will be my first game. The Most ...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Mar 2, 2011, 10:58 am
I was reading a post from a personal financial blog and noticed an ad from Adaptu. The ad caught my attention because it was asking for a pledge to eliminate $1,000 in debt. Seems like a good thing to do but why is it a good thing to spend money to advertise? I was shocked when I clicked through to ...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Feb 27, 2011, 4:52 pm
What happens when an electrical transformer in your front yard faults? In my case they show up less than two hours later with a new one.
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Feb 25, 2011, 10:07 am
I saw that Google has revised their search algorithm in an effort to decrease the significance of content farms. I didn't expect this to have much, if any, impact on my quest to be the number one Ed Tennant but I checked anyway. I don't credit it to the algorithm change but I have moved up a spot. T...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Feb 16, 2011, 11:33 am
Today Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Everybody points the finger at Amazon when a brick-and-mortar book retailer has trouble. It seems to make sense to blame virtual stores when physical stores fail. I'm not sure whether it is electronic commerce or the electronic book that has ...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Feb 14, 2011, 10:15 am
I just discovered a great reason to write online reviews. If you forget which service provider you used in the past you can find them again through your own review. I need someone to look at my clothes dryer. It makes a horrible racket and is getting louder every time I use it. Problem is I use it o...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Feb 8, 2011, 3:18 pm
Competition for local advertising is increasing at a remarkable pace. A small business owner can have a mobile ad campaign with little money and almost no effort:  Google Boost: Now Appearing On Mobile Phones - Google Small Business. I don't know if he invented it but Joel Spolsky was the first I h...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Feb 4, 2011, 2:14 pm
Introducing the Android Market website - Official Google Mobile Blog Sometimes when there is a gaping hole and it gets filled the fix seems to leave some room around the edges like it wasn't quite enough. Not so with the new web version of the Android Market. It worked perfectly for me the first tim...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Feb 3, 2011, 2:29 pm
Blogger released an Android app and this is the first post from my phone.
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Jan 10, 2011, 12:14 pm
I searched Google for Ed Tennant to check the progress of my SEO experiment. The results were shocking. Out of nowhere my Google profile page ranks higher than this blog. My Google profile isn't even filled out. I don't remember seeing my Google profile page in the previous results. Now it ranks num...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Jan 7, 2011, 12:01 pm
Where can you find one restaurant with both Collards and Spiedies on the menu? Or how about Shrimp and Grits plus Bangers and Mash? I'm not sure how they pull it off but it all comes together wonderfully at Wakefied Tavern. Although it took a long time they are finally open. They redecorated the spa...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Jan 5, 2011, 9:16 am
Chick-fil-A gave me one of their new spicy chicken biscuits this morning for free. It was very good. As enjoyable as the biscuit was there is more to pay attention to in this promotion. They have done a better job at giving away a lot of free food than some of their competitors. It is nice to see a ...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Dec 22, 2010, 12:36 pm
I read a great blog post that motivated me to work on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Neil Patel's post, The Secret to Learning SEO, reviews Free SEO Report and explains the result very well. I tried it myself and the report is impressive. In my case it was also disappointing. I am Ed Tennant but ...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Dec 21, 2010, 1:11 pm
If you happen to be in the Triangle area of NC keep an eye out for the Slippin' Sliders food truck. You can't miss the bright blue truck and you don't want to miss the great food. You can check out the Slippin' Sliders website for some of their small sandwich creations but to find where the truck is...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Dec 20, 2010, 11:30 am
A new mobile template has been enabled for this blog. Check out how great it looks on your Android powered phone. At least it does on mine. Did I mention I have a new Samsung Galaxy S phone? So far I am really happy with it and hope to do more in the mobile space now that I own an Android phone.
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Dec 8, 2010, 11:20 am
A week ago I flipped my Demotivator® calendar over to the new month. For December the wise people at Despair, Inc selected “Worth”. The next day my closest colleague, and a couple hundred more, lost his job due to a reduction in force.
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Dec 7, 2010, 2:08 pm
This blog started as a place to record my discoveries in the area of Social Media. At work I was helping to establish an internal social network. I was a great project. Then it stalled. So the role of community manager that I was looking forward to filling never happened. This blog sat idle for some...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Nov 24, 2009, 12:56 pm
How can you tell if your social network is working?There can be many measures of success for social media. It can make a connection that helps you land a job or make a sale. It can be a channel that enables you to help others. It can build your personal or corporate brand. For a business it can be a...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Nov 24, 2009, 12:56 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Nov 13, 2009, 11:31 am
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Nov 13, 2009, 11:31 am
The 7 Harsh Realities of Social Media Marketing I read a great post on Copyblogger and it was wonderfully enhanced by one of the comments. “Unfortunately, there are a few faux gurus selling the equivalent of social media sea monkeys. Just add water, makes its own success!” It is actually the au...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Nov 10, 2009, 1:49 pm
This Blogger NavBar item sounds much more useful than it used to be. I'm looking forward to using the new feature to discover blogs like mine. Blogger Buzz: Coming up Next...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Nov 10, 2009, 1:49 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Oct 23, 2009, 8:21 am
Today I hit an inflection point. I’m OK, It didn’t hurt. I connected with someone on LinkedIn who is really connected. Since my post, LinkedIn to More Than a Million, I’ve been watching my LinkedIn network creep up from 1,000,000 people to almost 50,000 more.  Today I am connected to 1,814,10...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Oct 23, 2009, 8:21 am
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Oct 16, 2009, 1:44 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Oct 16, 2009, 1:44 pm
Moe's Southwest Grill did something right. I just had a new junior size burrito for lunch and it was great. With their regular size I would end up eating just a little too much because I didn't want to waste the last few inches of my burrito. I noticed ads for the new size and today I had the opport...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Oct 2, 2009, 3:59 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Oct 2, 2009, 3:59 pm
Forrester Research, Inc. uses a methodology they call POST to help clients properly formulate their social media strategy. Briefly summarized on the Forrester site: Forrester's POST methodology enables you to make smarter marketing decisions with social technologies. POST is a four-step process: Peo...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 30, 2009, 10:30 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 30, 2009, 10:30 pm
Thinking of the big picture makes enterprise social software very intimidating, almost overwhelming. What do we need? How will it work? Who can we trust? Like any project, it is vital to understand the goals you want to accomplish. The Purpose of Enterprise Social SoftwareThe primary reason to use s...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 24, 2009, 8:20 am
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 24, 2009, 8:20 am
I noticed recently that I am linked to more than a million professionals on LinkedIn. The number of people in my network has been growing since I began using LinkedIn years ago. However, I noticed that within the past few months it was growing at a faster rate and even approaching 1,000,000. I plann...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 17, 2009, 11:34 am
I happened to fill out an additional field on my Blogger profile. After adding a couple of items to the interest field and saving the update it refreshed to the view profile page and my interests were displayed as links. By clicking on the links, Blogger let me know how many other users had the same...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 17, 2009, 11:34 am
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 14, 2009, 3:46 pm
During my morning commute the DJ mentioned his Twitter account. It shouldn’t have surprised me, he’s always talking about texting and he seems to keep up with technology in general. For some reason it still came as a surprise. He is from old established media, what is he doing using social media...
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 14, 2009, 3:46 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 8, 2009, 1:17 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 4, 2009, 1:32 pm
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Ed Tennant posted an article on Social Media at Work - Sep 2, 2009, 12:34 pm
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