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API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

Companies that open their business databases and stream that data out, can have an army of hundreds of thousands (mostly) unpaid developers creating Facebook apps, iPhone apps and blog widgets to help sell their products and services. 60,000 developers in 2005 creating apps using the APIs and forming an ecosystem of development.

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Hawaii Tsunami Proves Social Media Power Again: Information is a.

Bare Feet Studios

via @KaimanaPine ) Extended Family: Online communities like Twitter and Facebook serve as extended families – smart and caring to boot! The tag #hitsunami was quickly created and spread among the community, and moved to the top of Twitter trends in a few hours. People also share support and help dispel rumors that create anxiety.

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Facebook will surge ahead in India

The Marketing Blog

If you trackback to 2005-2006, you hadn’t even heard about Facebook. The story which quotes data from Vizisense.com , predicts that inside 7 months Facebook should be able to overtake Orkut. There was a time, when Orkut was a dominating force in India.

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Social Media: Making Business Fun Again | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Mailing a Package Becomes a Video Tutorial Shane and I are developing KnowHow Cafe , an online learning community. Too bad they don’t fly to Hawai?i… i… 3. I save snippets of things all the time, for future Quick Tips and tutorials.

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Things to Learn from Hawaii Musicians Using Social Media | Bare.

Bare Feet Studios

Use the podsafe music communities to share your music with podcasters. Make a really good demo ! You will instantly stand out from the crowd. We can’t rely on mainstream radio – we have to market ourselves. This is a way to share networks and offer mutual support.

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Why I Rarely Answer My Phone | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

It is simply another trending practice that all marketers would be wise to note: Interruption of any kind is increasingly irritating and unnecessary in today’s world of technology and community. Consider this yet another free tip from your early adopter, Rox. Meaning – completed, finished, to-do item checked done.

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Keynote: The Social Web Is More Than Tweets the Eye | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Here are the presentations from my colleagues that have been posted; I will update as I get more: Dan Zelikman, on Communities and Advertising Andy Beal, on Reputation Management Aloha, Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading! You can look at the Twestimonials in our sidebar – it shows the tweets I favorited and for which I am so grateful!