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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Recently, at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, one of the nicest guys in Silicon Valley, Michael Brito , shared some of the principles he feels are central to effectively using social media for business. Your turn: Which brands or companies do you see “doing social media&# right? All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. What do you think will be seen in 2010? Check it out at [link] Reply Jean-Hugues January 12, 2010 at 3:16 am Nice list! We’ve run one challenge for the fNIH.

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JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. That’s not really convincing social proof. Let’s take a look at the similarities.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

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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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

A key part of a successful social media business strategy is identifying those with influence and an interest in your brand, and then finding a way to engage them turning them into fans and evangelists. To learn more about how Cirque du Soleil is using social media, I spoke with Cirque Social Media Manager, Jessica Berlin.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. That’s why social media is important. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us. The best part?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering. Email is all about actual audience.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Step 1: Be a Consumer Posted by Irene Koehler in Blogging , Branding , Business , Social Media , Tips on October 20, 2009 | 3 responses In the last post, you heard Chris Brogan describe how important having a blog can become in the quest to be found more readily online. 3 Responses to “New to Social Media?

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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. It’s on JaneNation. Is this the future of agencies?

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MAY 13, 2010

While my social media speaking engagements vary enough that I alter my material quite a bit from event to event, there is definitely a batch of one liners that I tend to incorporate. Everyone says social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. However, for marketers, a social media address is insufficient to manage that channel.

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Almost Savvy

APRIL 22, 2010

One Response to “How to: Turn On/Off LinkedIn Notifications&# uberVU - social comments says: April 22, 2010 at 3:56 pm Social comments and analytics for this post… This post was mentioned on Twitter by irenekoehler: How to: Turn On/Off LinkedIn Notifications [link]. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Real Life Friends Facebook Tip: How To Choose Who Can See Your Friends New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter Social Media Stats – It’s Raining Content! 7 Responses to “How-to: View and Organize Fan Pages on Facebook&# Adam Helweh says: March 4, 2010 at 12:48 pm Great trick Irene!

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Josh S Peters

JUNE 11, 2010

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Social Media » Engagement is Mantra of Social Media, Why Not Mantra of Schools, too? Engagement is Mantra of Social Media, Why Not Mantra of Schools, too? in to schools 2.0 ?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal > Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince by Tamar Weinberg on June 3, 2009 Share Many of you have asked where I’ve been over the past few months.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories. It punches a hole in the theory that social media and content creation success has to be a huge time commitment. How are you integrating social media into other programs? said Brandon Lake, Vice President of Western River.

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Take a look at the company’s philanthropic endeavors and cause-related initiatives, especially in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Don’t be Shy.

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JULY 12, 2010

I’m sure this has been going on since the early days of humans interacting and forming communities. The Real Life Social Network I’m excited to share a thought-provoking presentation about Real Life Social Networks from Paul Adams , a blogger and researcher at Google. says: July 13, 2010 at 8:21 am [.]

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AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. The price is right, and if you hate them, you can bail out at any time.

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JULY 20, 2010

While alterations to search algorithms are helping to bring this to fruition, social media has been the real game-changer, placing the power of relevance distinction in the hands of the consumers. Package for Consumption Observe what types of content social media users are interacting with and where.

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JUNE 12, 2009

twitter organize spam Students technology trust Twitter Proud to be featured on Social Media Informer The what and why How can I help you leverage social media and networking for your business or career? If you are looking for a social media guru, youve come to the wrong place. All rights reserved.

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DECEMBER 12, 2009

Posted by Irene Koehler in Branding , Business , Career , Facebook , Networking , Social Media , Tips , Twitter on December 12, 2009 | one response The theme of LeWeb ’09 was “The Real-time Web,&# but what exactly “is&# real-time? Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Ready for Yet Another Social Platform?

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MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Do you see social media participation as one of the hurdles businesses now need to successfully clear? Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

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Josh S Peters

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Social Media » Integrating your social media marketing Integrating your social media marketing Written on February 15, 2010 by Josh Peters in Social Media 9 Comments - Leave a comment!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts.

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Almost Savvy

MARCH 11, 2010

The festival has three primary tracks: Interactive (Tech/Social Media): March 12- 16 Film: March 12 – 20 Music: March 17 – 21 I’ll be attending Interactive events and will be blogging one of them (my blog posts will end up on the SXSW site, not here). Register Now for LeWeb 2010 © 2010 Almost Savvy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. Thanks to social media, anyone can make waves. Why social media?

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JUNE 3, 2010

link] [link] Elise Duplin What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce | PR 2.0 | Social Media Consulting – Convince &Convert [link]. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow Really, Jay? RT @intersection1: RT @jaybaer: The power of "I'm Sorry." 2 little word mean so much.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Sessions start October 5.

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JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been thinking lately about why I got involved in social media. But as I pondered this connection, I realized that there was a portion of the advertising world that shared a lot of elements with social media – infomercials. The same is true in social media. But, I’m not.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I wrote a post a while ago called Social Media Excellence and a Side of Fries about the importance of people to McDonald’s) As you might expect, UnMarketing is not your typical marketing and business book. link] UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media … | eBook Reviews [.]

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Almost Savvy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Have you taken the time to understand social media and social networking tools which can be a huge asset in this area? Rather than just telling someone how talented you are, how can you creatively prove it in a way that is easily accessible to them? Here, the internet is your friend. Am I connected?

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AUGUST 17, 2010

In fact, the net result is that the business comes off looking disconnected and less interested in their community than they are in hawking their wares. 18 Responses to “How Not to Use Twitter for Business (FroYo Edition)&# Napoleon says: August 17, 2010 at 6:52 pm Good post. In short, no. Bad form all around.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

But, we’ve got some brilliant folks in our community who may know the answer or have advice to share. This just gives us a home for the interaction to take place within our community. If you are looking for a social media guru, youve come to the wrong place. Register Now for LeWeb 2010 © 2010 Almost Savvy.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

twitter organize spam Students technology trust Twitter Proud to be featured on Social Media Informer The what and why How can I help you leverage social media and networking for your business or career? If you are looking for a social media guru, youve come to the wrong place. All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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