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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

His topic, the year the Internet fought back, focused on how a genuine grassroots movement, fuelled by social media, impacted the Canadian Federal government’s digital copyright law. It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. Using social media for research.

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Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. Understand Your Role I use social media both personally and professionally.

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How to get Yelp reviews & improve your online standing

Sprout Social

Founded in 2004, Yelp’s platform has evolved to be a go-to site for consumers to research and express their opinions on the businesses they frequent. How to get Yelp reviews without violating policies. Alongside your social media icons, place the Yelp logo so customers know that you are present on the site.

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On Moving On

Ari Herzog

Kirsten Wright quit her sole proprietorship and joined Social 5150 as its social marketing director. Tyson Goodridge quit his sole proprietorship and joined Acsys as its social media director. Co-authored a survey on social media in government usage and created one of the first Twitter lists of U.S.

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Start Listening NOW!

SocialFish

Back in April 2010, my post for SocialFishing The Role of Crisis Communications in Your Social Media Strategy explained the importance of incorporating social media into your crisis communications plan. Your association’s reputation is at risk, even if you don’t use social media.

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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This isn’t a real post about social media strategy, but it’s an important issue that follows from our social media behavior online. Facebook revisited its policies in 2009 and set its privacy controls to “everyone.&# For most, it was a welcome change and new friendships and connections were made.

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The Lance Armstrong Effect

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Many know Livestrong (Armstrong's foundation to help battle cancer) for the 2004 launch of the Livestrong bracelet. Due to the rise of social media, consumers have an expectation that companies will not only respond to their needs, but become active participants in the global community. " The silence online is deafening.