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2012 in Recap: The Year of Visual Social Media

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But 2012 was also characterised by being the year when visual content came into focus, as Sara predicted. The large cover image displayed at the top of your Timeline made it possible to showcase brand identity visually and creatively. Facebook Timeline. Facebook & Instagram: success and turbulences.

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Social Media Trends 2012 – Content Curation in PR

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In her post about social media trends in 2012 Beverly Macy says content curation is important because people want to know what’s important and they want to discover interesting and relevant content. “Competitive advantage goes to companies who quickly figure out how to enable effective aggregation curation.

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The Cannes Lions Grand Prix Winners for 2012

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Tweet Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 was held last week and was the 59th annual festival. Cannes Lions Awards sets the benchmark for excellence in creative communications and this year Cannes Lions welcomes new entry sections for Mobile Lions and Branded Content & Entertainment Lions.

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gazeMetrix: Monitor Your Visual Brand Mentions Based on Image Recognition

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Monitoring brand mentions, share of voice, sentiment etc. are the essentials of analysing what is being said about your brand online. But there is a dark side, which, until now, has been immeasurable, to the great frustration of social media analysts: Visual brand mentions. Measure visual brand mentions.

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Trends for 2012: Social Media Intelligence

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Content curation. However, there is much more to be learned from these conversations than just brand mentions, complaints and sentiment. You start by listening and gathering information about your brand/s, your company and your competitors. Map your brand’s social graph. Social media education and training.

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Social Media Trends 2012 – Analytics and Measurement

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Today I am going back to the four social media trends Beverly Macy predicted would be hot in 2012 in the Huffington Post. Content creation and curation. When a friend shares something with you it has a much deeper effect that if you received it from the brand. The rise of Social Intelligence. Social media education and training.

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20 Bloggers to Watch in 2012

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Maria Popova describes herself as “interestingness curator and semi-secret geek obsessed with design, science, storytelling and combinatorial creativity” She is the editor of the much-loved Brain Pickings , which she described as a “a destination for indiscriminate curiosity.” In 2012, she’ll be just as busy.

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