You read their blogs, you’ve seen them speak – but do you know what they’re listening to? As a presenting sponsor of Explore Dallas-Fort Worth Feb. 17, Raven Tools wants to give you unparalleled access to the creative brains running this thing. So we asked the event’s speakers (update: and Social Media Explorer head honcho …

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A word to the wise, so-called social media “experts”: We’re on to you. When we announced a contest built around the hashtag #BSsocialmediaexpertssay, we weren’t sure what we’d get. Would anyone get it? Would people think we were jerks? So we were pleasantly surprised to receive an onslaught of tweets skewering – gently – the …

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Ever since we launched our No BS Contest for tickets to Social Media Explorer’s Explore Dallas event Feb. 17, we’ve been buried in BS. In honor of Social Media Explorer’s Jason Falls’ book No Bullshit Social Media, we’ve been asking contestants to tell us the best (worst?) BS they’ve heard from social media “experts” and …

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This week, Raven Tools is at Online Marketing Summit, a global educational event for marketing professionals in San Diego. And we brought along some lucky contest winners, too! We had a few extra tickets to give away, and since OMS is one of the first Internet marketing conferences of the year, we asked: what will …

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Most Internet marketers realize you can never know everything about this industry. The search and social landscape changes every day, and one Google algorithm shift can make a big difference. One way to stay on top of your game? Spend wisely on great Internet marketing conferences like SMX West in San Jose, CA Feb. 28-Mar. …

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It’s a good thing ravens can fly, because February is going to find our Ravens all across the country – speaking, exhibiting at and attending lots of great conferences. Meanwhile, back at home we’ll have no shortage of ways to hang out with us and keep learning how to make the most of the Raven …

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Raven Tools is going to Online Marketing Summit, a global educational event for marketing professionals, Feb. 6-10 in San Diego. And we have a few extra tickets that could be yours! Here’s how to win an All-Access OMS Pass worth more than $1600. Since OMS is one of the first Internet marketing conferences of the …

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“Why are you based in Nashville?” It’s a question we Ravens are asked all the time as we travel to cities like New York, LA and Las Vegas for Internet marketing conferences. We’re pretty used to it by now. Obviously, Nashville isn’t a tech hub like Silicon Valley, nor does it have the concentrated media …

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How’s your 2012 going, everybody? We already gave you a preview of some of what we’ll be up to in 2012 (hooray, your Chrome toolbar is coming!), so here’s where you can find us this month. Affiliate Summit West Raven’s VP of Product Marketing, Taylor Pratt, will be representing Raven at the sold-out Affiliate Summit …

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SMX Social Media Marketing in beautiful Scottsdale, Ariz., just wrapped up yesterday and I have full-fledged conference brain. You know, the kind of mind melt that happens when your head is just too full of great new information and all the conversations you’ve had with smart new friends? Yup. But even in the fog of …

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