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What is Reddit, and Should Your Brand Be Using It?

Hootsuite

Reddit launched in 2005 and sold to Conde Nast less than a year later for $10 million USD. Efficiency hack: Do Reddit research alongside all your other social media management inside Hootsuite with the Reddit app add-on. Host an AMA. Every thread has an OP (original poster) who started it.

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The Future of Community Management

Ignite Social Media

Hopefully this glimpse into the future of community management will provide much-needed guidance on how to plan. Let’s Get Grounded: What’s Community Management, Really? We’re often asked the difference between community managers and social media managers. Engagements will still matter!

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Find a Healthy Work/Life Balance as a Social Media Manager (It’s Possible!)

agora pulse

Social media is always “on.” ” So, does that mean that a social media manager always needs to be “on,” too? Here’s a look at how social media managers can achieve a healthy work-life balance and set boundaries at work. Social Media Productivity Tips.

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#MySMCStory: Social Media Club and Me

Ari Herzog

The prior five years involved senior management roles in state and local government and, despite sending off resumes and applications for full-time positions and being called in for numerous interviews, I decided I wanted to be self-sufficient and make a living in the online industry. Fred Wilson. 300,000+ across 328 chapters in 52 countries.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

In December of 2005, the first “viral video” appeared online under the name “Lazy Sunday.” In my experience, we as social media managers tend to take social media very seriously. While tumbling around in zero gravity aboard the ISS, he even hosted an AMA session on Reddit !

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Stacey is flat-out awesome: Social Media Manager for Vocus/PRWeb as well as serving her country as a U.S. She’s a self-described “social media nerd” who loves “NASCAR, steak, rock music and XBOX360.” She also hosts the talent chat (#TChat) on Twitter Wednesdays from 7-8pm eastern time.

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Social Pros 18 – Ike Pigott, Alabama Power

Convince & Convert

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. ” We started shopping around instantly for some other ways to host our pictures. Eric : Yes, +1 Jay Baer, -1 Eric Boggs.

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