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ChirpUp Interview in Dealer Marketing Magazine on Social Media

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Mark Bradford, of ChirpUp.com discusses new social media opportunities for auto dealers with Alex Bravy of Web2Carz in the May, 2009 auto Dealer Marketing Magazine. Local Dealers Should Upgrade to a Modern Website Modern websites don’t wait passively for visitors. They are marketing machines featuring built-in search engine optimization and technology that constantly pushes a [...]

ChirpUp at GasPedal’s Word of Mouth Crash Course

Monday, April 27, 2009

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ChirpUp at GasPedal’s Word of Mouth Crash Course

Last Thursday ChirpUp had the pleasure of attending GasPedal’s Word of Mouth Crash Course. For us, as a Chicago based interactive marketing agency, this was an amazing workshop. We are big fans of Andy Sernovitz and his book. GasPedal’s one day course reinforced and clarified how to use WOM fundamentals for ourselves and our clients. [...]

May 21, ChirpUp & C.H.I.P’s: How to Market Your Business with LinkedIn

Saturday, April 25, 2009

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ChirpUp & C.H.I.P.'s present show how to use LinkedIn to market your business. Join us May 21st 6PM in Chicago.

Scheduling Posts in WordPress for Maximum Exposure

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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Scheduling Posts in WordPress for Maximum Exposure

WordPress makes it relatively easy to schedule when your posts are published. But the first time you schedule a post, it is easy to get tripped up, resulting in the post not going live when you want it to, or worse, not going live at all. The tips below should help you avoid WordPress scheduling [...]

Apr 21, ChirpUp @ BNC IT Networking Luncheon

Sunday, April 5, 2009

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Apr 21, ChirpUp @ BNC IT Networking Luncheon

Overview of new era (“social”) media as a “democratizing force” and tools & services like blogs, LinkedIn and Facebook.

May 14, Using Social Media to Brand & Market Your Company

Sunday, April 5, 2009

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Thursday, May 14, 2009, at Wachovia Securities in Chicago, Mark and Rob of ChirpUp present an overview of new media marketing techniques

Amplify Municipalities with New Media & Web 2.0

Thursday, April 2, 2009

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Amplify Municipalities with New Media & Web 2.0

Municipalities have an opportunity to apply many of the same open source technologies and methods being used by new entrepreneurs to connect with customers. In an era when communities need help, governmental transparency expectations are high and budgets are scarce, municipalities have a chance to get creative and find new ways to humanize interactions with [...]

Part 4.3 – LinkedIn Marketing Etiquette

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Think of LinkedIn as a nuclear Rolodex with over 35 million users. It’s easy to use and has a ton word-of-mouth marketing power. LinkedIn is useful for brand building, collaboration, group organization and business development. As with any new medium, the best way to learn and get comfortable is to just get in there and [...]

Why We Love WordPress

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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What is WordPress? WordPress (http://www.wordpress.org) is a powerful open source content management system (CMS) and blogging engine. WordPress is arguably the most popular web publishing platform on the planet; it powers ChirpUp.com and millions of other websites. Open Source WordPress is open source software. This means that you can use it with no licensing costs. [...]

Part 4.2 – Twitter Marketing Etiquette

Friday, March 20, 2009

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Pay attention to Twitter! With approximately 5 million users and growing fast, Twitter is becoming a powerful media force. Here’s a crash cultural course and a few mechanics to get started with Twitter. Unlike other well known social media sites, it’s okay to follow folks you don’t know. If you find someone interesting by browsing [...]