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Using social media across cultures

Janet Fouts

However, the majority are still only focusing on major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Xing has been dubbed by some as the “European LinkedIn” due to its popularity in countries such as Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Around one in ten registered users, for example, are thought to be from France.

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5 Steps to Launch Your International Social Media

Convince & Convert

Launched in 2001, Lingo24 has clients in over sixty countries, and translated over forty million words in the last year. Even though Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google are American companies, social media doesn’t begin and end at the shores of the USA. Orkut – the major player in Brazil, also very popular in India.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First (Real) Stop: Friendster In 2001, I took the plunge into Friendster , and as an early adopter, I befriended just about anyone I had some sort of association with and reciprocated every friend request. For example, one of my Friendster aliases is Times Square. LinkedIn is a industry tool.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Facebook ads today remind me of Google AdWords in 2001 with low CPC’s on topics and segments many marketers will want to reach. Years ago we talked about how we didn’t want Mobile ads popping up just as you walked in front of Starbucks for example. Share this on Linkedin. Mark it down people. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Social Pros 23 – DJ Waldow, Waldow Social

Convince & Convert

Read on for insights from DJ and some social media news from Eric and Jim ( this week : LinkedIn and Twitter break up). Eric : So Jim, today I figured we’d start off the show discussing the recent news of the LinkedIn/Twitter breakup. I think it was more of a LinkedIn saying, “It’s not you. Listen Now.

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Web Worker Daily " Archive Busyness vs. Burst: Why Corporate Web Workers Look Unproductive "

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Twitter’s a good example of this. It’s ironic to me that web design jobs, for example, are mostly paid by the hour. s recent post and with a nod as well to Anne Zelenka, I want to try to give a concrete example of how a traditional enterprise workflow (closing a deal) [.]. Xobni Adds LinkedIn. Tom Mandelâ??s

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Hawaii Officially Dips Toes in the Waters of Social Media

Bare Feet Studios

I tripped across this article from 2001 (!) It is a dramatic example of the concept of “the more you give, the more you get.&# Caveat: I know Christine Lu and several of the bloggers personally and have been trying to persuade various tourism entities to learn more about the social web, Here’s just one recent example.