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The Week That Was in Abstrakt Blogs (1.23—1.27)…

Posted by: Sean | Posted in: Lead Generation, Social Media | Posted on: January 28th, 2012

A full slate of blogs while wondering if tweeting this blog faces possible censorship

What Can Red Do For You? Abstrakt is Hiring! — “Girl Talk” on the stereo? Taking part in Nerf dart tag wars at any given time? You know you want to read, click and apply.

The White House is Down with Google+ — It’s an election year: what better way than to use a social media platform to reach out to voters? The road to 1600 Pennsylvania runs through Google+ next week.

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Everyone’s a Critic: Google’s Privacy Policy Irritates Users

Posted by: Melanie | Posted in: Social Media | Posted on: January 26th, 2012

Let’s make this introduction now so it’s out of the way: Gmail meet YouTube; YouTube meet Google+’ Google+ meet Chrome; and Chrome, meet the other 50 plus services you’ll be connected to. Exhausted? You should be.

If you haven’t read up on the privacy policy changes Google’s implementing, you may want to check your Gmail inbox. For any of you who weren’t aware: Google will now be combining data from all Google services when a Google accounts user is signed in. What a nice surprise! Read the rest of this entry »


The White House is Down with Google+

Posted by: Melanie | Posted in: Social Media | Posted on: January 24th, 2012

It’s that time of year again and we’re not talking about football. Tonight the world will tune in to watch the 2012 State of the Union Address. Many of us will stay glued to our televisions or computers to both watch the address and be among the first joining in conversations following it. There’s no doubt that Twitter and Facebook will be “blowing up” with status updates and trending conversations.
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The Week That Was in Abstrakt Blogs (1.9—1.13)…

Posted by: Sean | Posted in: Lead Generation, Social Media | Posted on: January 14th, 2012

A collection of Abstrakt blogs to read while Facebook counts down to their billionth user

Three Ways to Clean Up Your Facebook Profile in the New Year — Why wait until spring to go through your Facebook profile to update and change things? The flip of the calendar offers a great opportunity to make those changes.

Google Maps Meets the Stationary Bike — New Year’s resolutions usually consist of creating new habits like hitting the gym to get into better shape. Jumping on that stationary bike gets boring over time. No worries: Google has the answer to kick things up a notch with a stationary bike that’s integrated with Google Maps. Who doesn’t want to hit the streets of San Francisco from the comfort of your local gym?

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