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Running An Online Video Contest

July 14, 2010 Social Media

Starting a video contest can seem like a daunting task. There isn’t much information out there on the subject either. I recently researched and help launch a video contest with the National Outdoor Leadership School. Here are some of the things I learned. Picking a Platform YouTube – Gathering information on video contests through YouTube [...]

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William and six others like this.

April 23, 2010 Social Media

Facebook recently rolled out new features to allow social integration for third-party sites. Pictured here you will see ‘the like button‘ plugin in action. To implement this button on your website you just have to copy and paste a snippet of code, super easy, and now you will have a like button that, when clicked, [...]

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Do I need to buy Google ads to get a job?

February 7, 2010 Personal

Search William Roth on Google and you can learn all about the late Senator from Delaware, whom the Roth IRA is named after. The problem is that William Roth is my name too – and I don’t show up until page 2, or Goo. People in social media need to have a front page presence [...]

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NOLS Facebook Page Hits 7000 Fans

September 4, 2009 Social Media

It was great to sign on to my computer today and see that our facebook page has reached 7000 fans. For over a year we have been posting stories, recipes, pictures, and videos, interacting with the NOLS community, and answering questions from prospective students. A few recent highlights from the facebook page: ●Post about Annual [...]

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NOLS – Social Network Engineer

August 26, 2009 Social Media

I am the Social Network Engineer for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). I manage the School’s presence on social networks throughout the web. Here is a current list of networks I administer: Facebook – 10,000 members across different fan pages and groups Twitter – 1000 followers across 3 accounts Flickr – 50,000 photos tagged [...]

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