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What vertical networks mean for the future of social media

Sprout Social

Examples of vertical social networks. Co-founded by Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow in 2011, the platform is home to both cinephiles and casual viewers who use it for recommendations from friends and Letterboxd influencers. Since launching in 2011, Nextdoor has expanded its presence into more than 285,000 neighborhoods globally.

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Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. Clipped from [link] [.]

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Our Shifting Notion of Search, Social and Mobile.

Direct Marketing Observations

Take for example search. In 2000 Google was a 2 year old start-up still trying to create an identity and compete with Yahoo and MSN. Tags: social media mobile predictions 2011 Search. 10 years ago seems so 10 years ago in the world of search, social and mobile.

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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

Hootsuite

Here are some great examples that might help inspire you to reach TBT greatness. Here are some examples of ways people use the hashtag to sell. After all, Thursday rolls around once a week. 7 ideas to inspire your next TBT post Now that you know the ins and outs of Throwback Thursday, it’s time to start putting it into practice.

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Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News

Waxing UnLyrical

When you SEO a timely news release, you are competing with news, correct? Take this example: Let’s say you’ve created a tool that helps non-profits with social media, and you are sending out a news release as part of your launch. But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News? Liked what you saw?

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Writing Around the Web – Keyword Research, Google+, and Google Analytics

Kikolani

Here are just a few examples of the areas from which you might be getting conflicting data and the reasons why. Part III: 40 Top Keyword Research Posts of 2011 – 40 of the top posts on keyword research tools, strategies, and optimization. Social Media. Stop Bothering Me!

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Is Link Buying Necessary?

Small Business Mavericks

Secondly, I’d say that it’s the idea that you can compete in an ultra-competitive niche without buying links. People say it’s possible but no one is willing to step up and point you to an actual example. In her own words: I’m going to harp on paid links here but I do think it’s that all paid links are crap.

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