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The Unfriendliness of Kid-Friendly Social Networks

Socialized

Everyone’s talking about the launch of Togetherville , a social network designed to bring parents and their kids together with the goal of learning responsible social networking. Togetherville smartly restricts certain online activities, but does so in ways that don’t make a child feel too restrained.&#.

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How to Create a Reader Avatar for Your Blog

ProBlogger

For several years, I’ve been using Reader Avatars (also called Reader Profiles or Personas) on my blogs – and I’ve found them very effective and helpful. To create your first reader avatar, you’ll need to spend some time thinking and writing about a type of reader that you’re either attempting to reach or who is already reading your blog.

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Five Social Channels You May Not Know About

Ignite Social Media

In longer form, Sina Weibo is one of the most popular social media sites in China and is commonly referred to as the “Chinese Twitter”. The microblogging site launched in August of 2009 and as of May 2017 had 340 million active monthly users. Hello Network. That’s a pretty big deal right?

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Instagram vs Facebook: which is best for your brand’s strategy?

Sprout Social

billion users , making it the top social media platform for the total number of active users. Over the past decade, Facebook has redefined the way we look at social networks and also expanded the possibilities of social media for businesses. billion monthly active users. 1 billion monthly active users.

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5 ways to create better buyer personas with social media data

Sprout Social

This internal document is used by marketing, sales and product teams to ensure their messages and activities are tailored to the people they want to reach. They don’t have to scramble doing a bunch of just-in-time research or making guesses about how a marketing message or activity might be perceived by their target audience.

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11 Tips for LinkedIn recruiting to stand out from the crowd

Sprout Social

You want to have either a professional portrait done or have one that clearly shows your face, even when it’s a small avatar icon. It’s still a social network and you’ll need to be interactive within the groups. If your industry isn’t very active on the network, then you will need to work a little harder to find connections.

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The Power Of Direct Relationships

Twist Image

Is it directly with the brand or with an online social network? In contrast, 52% of consumers responded that they are "much more concerned" or "somewhat more concerned" about sharing the same data on social networks." It's something that I have been actively blogging about since 2010. online social network.

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