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Posted by Dustin on January 11, 2012 in
Events,
Photography |
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I’m just finishing up a great trip to Washington DC where I came out to manage the production of a CredibiltyLIVE event with the President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau.
Since I mentioned how much I enjoy taking and editing photos with my iPhone 4S in my last blog post, I thought I’d share some of my favorites from this trip.

U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial

"In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever"

Lincoln

Lincoln Memorial

Behind the Scenes with the AP Video Production team

Hutch Hutchison & Steve Cox on CredLIVE

Washington Monument #1

Washington Monument #2

Smithsonian Castle

White House
Tags: AP, bbb, credibilitylive, credlive, DC, flag, lighting, lincoln, marines, monuments, photos, rain, streaming, video, Washington DC, washington monument
Posted by Dustin on January 8, 2012 in
Photography,
Technology |
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Thanks to Microsoft, I recently had a chance to test out a Windows Phone (Samsung Focus) for about a month… and the timing couldn’t have been better since it arrived on the day I returned from a vacation to Paris where my iPhone 4s was stolen. The Sumsung Focus with Windows Mobile is a tight [...]
Tags: 4s, apps, camera, focus, iphone, klout, phone, photo, review, samsung
Posted by Dustin on January 6, 2012 in
Marketing,
Twitter |
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Not too long ago, Wendy and I were spending some time trying to figure out what she should choose for her Twitter handle. Her previous handle was associated with her company and she needed something that would do a better job representing her. Not surprisingly, picking out a good Twitter handle is not easy… [...]
Tags: blog, choosing, handle, handles, name, picking, twitter, used up, username
Posted by Dustin on January 4, 2012 in
Facebook,
Presentations |
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Earlier today, I gave a talk to DandB employees where I shared what they should know about Facebook Timeline. I got some great questions (and feedback) from the folks who showed up and the talk inspired my latest blog post on the Credibility Insights: 5 Things to Check Before Making Your Facebook Timeline Public. (and [...]
Tags: presentation, talk, timeline
Posted by Dustin on January 3, 2012 in
4realz,
Blogging |
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In college I had a friend who was very much into hopping freight trains. So much so that he wrote his thesis for his Cultural Anthropology major on the hobo lifestyle… (and if I remember it right, he was the editor of a popular ‘zine for hobos.) I learned one really valuable lesson from this [...]
Tags: 2011, 2012, blogging, freight trains, hobos, new year, stories
Posted by Dustin on June 29, 2011 in
Strategies,
Twitter |
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No doubt I’ve got all kinds of theories on how to measure online influence, and even went so far as to outline them a bit in this comment, but for now, I just thought I’d just share my excitement that Sarah Needleman of the Wall Street Journal wrote a great article about one of the [...]
Tags: influence, small business, smallbiz, twitter, wsj
Posted by Dustin on March 30, 2011 in
Facebook,
Spinnio |
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I may have been a bad blogger here at 4realz over the past few months, but have been working away on some projects with the Dun & Bradstreet Credibility team that are just now coming to fruition… and so I thought I’d share some of what’s been keeping me so busy. While working with [...]
Tags: credibilitylive, credlive, dandb, dnb, Facebook, john assaraf, live, paul chaney, q&a, robert berklman, Spinnio, streaming

Just walked out of the first Fusion event put on by the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate crew… So much fun! I had a great time on stage yesterday with Jeff Turner, Gahlord Dewald and Wendy Forsythe talking internet marketing, building online influence, tracking and measuring results and the real value of conversations. Also [...]
Tags: apps, bhgre, bhgrefusion, Events, influence, iphone, Marketing, real estate, speaking, vegas

*** UPDATED *** Even better than the slideshare presentations, NAR just published the video recording of my Getting Started with WordPress presentation. If you’re interested in learning about why and how to get involved in using WordPress for your business website, I did my best to explain here: ********** It’s been a busy few weeks since [...]
Tags: abc, gist, NAR, nardigras, Presentations, real estate, slideshare, strategy
Posted by Dustin on October 19, 2010 in
Blogging,
Facebook,
SEO,
Social Media Strategy,
Twitter |
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Check out the SEO article I just posted on socaltech: 21 Strategies for Generating Irresistible SEO Benefits (and add to the conversation!)
Tags: photos, SEO, slideshow, socialseo