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Howdy! Yes, Friday is on us once again. Be honest—are you looking to fill the hours before heading home for the weekend? We’ve got something to keep you occupied for a few minutes. It’s a new edition of The Friday 5: Five Headlines from Social Media, Inbound Marketing, SEO, and Web Design, a weekly roundup for ideas and news that you can use. This is what’s on tap for this week:

It’s Friday? Already? Hey, we’re not complaining, and we’re betting you feel the same. But, until the whistle blows and you punch out we’ve got a new edition of The Friday 5: Five Headlines from Social Media, Inbound Marketing, SEO, and Web Design, a weekly roundup for ideas and news that you can use. (Hey! That rhymes.) This is what’s on tap for this week:

Howdy! It’s time once again for The Friday 5: Five Headlines from Social Media, Inbound Marketing, SEO, and Web Design, the weekly roundup for keeping you current with the latest news, trends and tips that affect us all.   In this this edition:

Happy Friday to ya’ll! We almost didn’t sneak this week’s post in on time for today. Better late than never. And here’s what’s on the list in this edition of The Friday 5: Five Headlines from Social Media, Content Marketing, SEO, and Web Design, keeping you up to date with the latest news, trends and tips from the past week.   

Happy Friday to ya’ll! Short and sweet, here’s what’s on the list in this edition of The Friday 5: Five Headlines from Social Media, Content Marketing, SEO, and Web Design, keeping you up to date with the latest news, trends and tips from the past week.  

Happy Friday to ya’ll! We almost didn’t sneak this week’s post in on time for today. Better late than never. And here’s what’s on the list in this edition of The Friday 5: Five Headlines from Social Media, Content Marketing, SEO, and Web Design, keeping you up to date with the latest news, trends and tips from the past week.   

Happy Friday to ya’ll! Only a few hours until the weekend. Hang in there. Here’s what’s on the list for this week in The Friday 5: Five Headlines from Social Media, Inbound Marketing, SEO, and Web Design, keeping you up to date with the latest news, trends and tips from the past week.   

I’m a bit of a history nerd. There’s a pile of 5-inch books on my desk, and I can't keep from talking about it whenever an opportunity arises. In fact, at social gatherings my wife has to nudge me because I don’t realize my audiences’ eyes have glazed over as I spout off facts about Theodore Roosevelt’s cattle ranching days in the Badlands. Fascinating stuff!

I am a radical urban chicken farmer. Our homeowner’s association rules mandate 1. No chickens and 2. No fowl. Seriously! They are so opposed to on-site chicken ownership, that they covered their bases twice. What makes me a true radical is that we built our hens a McMansion (this is Texas after all) which is fully visible from the street.

Are white papers and ebooks among your content offerings for generating leads? If not, then they probably should be. According to the Content Marketing Institute’s 2013 Benchmarks for Content Marketing Report, 61% of B2B companies utilize white papers and 32% are using ebooks. Furthermore, in the B2B Content Marketing Trends study conducted by the B2B Technology Community, marketers indicated that white papers were one of their top offerings, 73% of whom claimed it to be an effective tactic.