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10 Inspiring Examples of Amazing Brand Communities

Social Media Strategies Summit

Multinational beauty retailer Sephora started Beauty Insider as a straightforward loyalty program in 2007 before pivoting to a full-blown community ten years later. It runs regular Quests that offer prizes — like swag and community badges — to people who learn specific skills. Image source. million members today. Why We Love It.

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Social media training on Foursquare Google Plus Pinterest Facebook Training for June and July 2012

Laurel Papworth

Google Plus reached 49 million members (Dec 2011) in only a few months! Google Plus reached 49 million members (Dec 2011) in only a few months! Why not spend a couple of hours learning about popular retail review site, Foursquare? And more interestingly, Google Plus is set to reach 400 million members during 2012.

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The 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men Reprise

Webbiquity SMM

Today, Tom Pick ( @TomPick ), Online Marketing Executive at KC Associates , who blogs at his award winning B2B Webbiquity , and I ( @ckburgess – Blue Focus Marketing @BlueFocus360 ) present 50 remarkable men on our 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men list. These men are indeed using Twitter to rewire and reorient the Web.

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Gamification: Why Play?

Mindjumpers

More than 4,500 timeline apps have launched since f8 in September 2011. Users can claim mayorships, unlock badges, receive special offers and rewards such as discounts to specific retailers while also competing against friends via a leaderboard. More than 130 games on Facebook have over 1 million monthly active users.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The Ultimate Resource for Successful Small Business Websites (Samir Balwani): This isn’t completely social media marketing focused, but it definitely covers a great deal of detail on how smaller businesses (consulting firms, law firms, realtors, restaurants, retailers, etc.) 100+ SMB Blogging Ideas to Kick Start … 2011?

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Top 10 Public Relations Blunders for 2012

Bill Hartzer

The confluence of these issues was too much to bear for many Americans: parents pulled their boys out of scouting, corporations such as United Parcel Service withheld donations and adult Eagle Scouts returned their badges. million in retail sales due to the storm.” Top 10 Public Relations Blunders of 2011.

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