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Taco Bell Meat Debacle: Brand Reputation Management w/ Facts

As many of you have heard, Taco Bell is in a spicy legal debate over its taco meat filling, and false allegations are spreading throughout the Internet like wild fires. Instead of ignoring the issue or coming up with an outlandish excuse, Taco Bell has taken an offense, fact-infused approach.

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Social Media in my Refrigerator: Newhall Coffee Roasting Company

Newhall Coffee Roasting Company has done an excellent job of integrating Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook into their coffee’s packaging. The logos are quite large, easy to read, and reside on the side of the package towards the bottom, which makes them very noticeable as you can see from the photos above. Nice work!

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#FollowFriday: An Exposure-Inducing Twitter Holiday

Ever since the #FollowFriday trend took off back in 2008, it has become one of the best days to increase followers, receive mentions, boost Klout and spur conversations. The idea is to hand-pick influential Twitter users and suggest them to your followers, which serves as a third party recommendation. This is worth its weight in gold.

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Social Media Marketing Without a Blog = Big No No

When it comes to social media, or what I like to call digital gold, blogs serve as corporate spoons — dishing out information that thrives on social channels. Without a blog, how can companies push information outwards? With 140-character Tweets? I don’t think so.

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