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50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students | Educhoices.org

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Counselors Corner > May 2008 > 50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students 50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students. The site has encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, maps, calculators, converters, quotes, a fact checker and much more. Other site features include a blog and a community forum.

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Interview with Alex Brown, Author: Great and Goodness Barbaro And His Legacy - Part 1

Diva Marketing Blog

Diva Marketing/Toby : To help frame our interview, would you tell us the back-story of why you created a site for/about Barbaro? Alex Brown : I was already running a web-site for a racehorse trainer, and friend. So let’s turn the clock back to 2005 – 2008 when you were Sr. How was that relationship structured?

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

On the other hand, Whole Foods CEO really crossed the line by posting on stock message boards under an alias name , attempting to influence the stock price of an acquisition. Shill bidding, found on many auction sites such as eBay, is punishable by law and may result in fines and or prosecution.&# Flogs – aka Fake Blogs.

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How Social Media can Fix the Troll and Bullying problem

Laurel Papworth

The fallout: Internet message-board commenters went even crazier than usual , posting Fowler’s home address, which in turn prompted him to threaten to sue the website where it had appeared. In 2008, a girl called Zhang Ya (??) Someone launched stephenfowlersucks.com. Ok, maybe don’t. The Register ).

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Is it easy to tell if you are a scammer or straight-shooter?

Bare Feet Studios

I was approached (via several urgent phone calls over the weekend), to become an affiliate of a new web site and to also have this company make a presentation at our upcoming Social Media Club meeting. “We launched our Site 10 day’s ago and according to Alexa Rating we surpassed twitter in 3 days.&# “That was easy!&#

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Changes in News Delivery Give New Power to Press Releases

Proactive Report

While there were vigorous conversations going on in forums and message boards, there were no social networks. Blogs and social sites are tools for news-gathering and dissemination; for investigation and crowd-sourced fact-checking. No one was wirelessly connected. Fast forward to 2010: 79% of adults use the Internet.