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Why SOPA and PIPA are Bad

January 17, 2012

UPDATE! January 20: As of this morning, Representative Lamar Smith, the main sponsor of SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act,) indefinitely postponed hearings on the act, and Senator Harry Reid, main sponsor of PIPA (Protect IP Act) has postponed Tuesday’s vote on that.

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A warning about your Twitter name

January 10, 2012

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of Twitter names that appear to be a random combination of letters and numbers. And no, these aren’t the accounts of spammers!

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What I can do for you in 2012: Writing, editing, social media, marketing communications

January 5, 2012

Give me your words, and I’ll arrange then in a pleasing manner. Give me your thoughts, and I’ll show you how to express them on social networks. If it’s related to words and how they’re arranged, I handle it.

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The Christmas Vacation Facebook Challenge 2011

December 22, 2011

Graphic image of a man seated at his computer with a cup of coffee -- there is a Facebook icon on the screen -- outside the cartoon window is a real photograph of snow-covered trees.

I created the Christmas Vacation Facebook Challenge in 2010. It’s back again, and this time I’ve added activities for business pages. Taking the challenge? Post your results on the A.F.MarCom Facebook Page!

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The Saturday Entrepreneur: More advice for artists! How to make it easy for people to find you online

December 17, 2011

Image of an original art gallery poster sample by angelique of afmarcom

This week’s Saturday Entrepreneur continues the series about marketing advice for artists. Last week we discussed the reasons you should always have business cards on display at your art fair booths. This week our topic is how to make it easy for people to find you online, even if you don’t have your own website.

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How you can tell I’m not Chris Brogan

December 13, 2011

Avatars of Chris Brogan and Angelique with the text How to tell the difference between Angelique and Chris Brogan

At some point in time, you’ll be at a social media conference, and you’ll want to say hi to me, and you’ll want to say hi to Chris Brogan, and you’ll wonder: How will I be able to tell them apart?

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The Saturday Entrepreneur: More Advice for Artists! Hiding your business cards is a huge mistake that can cost you big

December 10, 2011

An ornate, glass business card holder with Angelique's A.F.MarCom business cards

This week’s Saturday Entrepreneur continues the series about marketing advice for artists. Last week we discussed the importance of having a good business card. I was going to move on this week and discuss ways to make it easy for people to find you online even if you don’t have your own website.

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Good and Bad Reasons to Unfollow on Twitter

December 6, 2011

The other day I noticed this tweet from Debbie Akers (@momx3deb): I don’t unfollow people for no reason. I’m pretty easy to get along with. But if you make fun of disabled people in your tweets, I’m done. That’s what I’d call a good reason to unfollow someone:

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The Importance of Twitter Chats

December 5, 2011

This originally appeared in my newsletter. I’m reposting it here because I keep linking to it every time I recommend a Twitter chat to my Facebook followers. You’ve heard me say it before: You can network on Twitter in the very same way that you can at a face-to-face networking event.

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