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How the 'traditional' world punishes social networking

The Way of the Web

But there are far more insiduous happenings taking place which can affect all of us – how would you feel about the fact that Facebook and Twitter Usage Could Raise Your Home Insurance Premium by 10% ? Or that banks are mining social media sites for personal information which can affect your credit score ?

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Companies are at the stage that they cannot afford to sit idly by and be passive in social media. Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community. Of course, Ron Paul’s supporters were very active on social media sites and they didn’t get the results they wanted. Ignore them at your peril.

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Better yet, to show that the page is active, give the users control by letting their Fan posts show up on the front page. As a result, engagement goes up as the page appears very active. The page should appear active but it should also appear like you’re not neglecting your community. There’s a cost to this, though.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

RT @kdrewien: RT @smallbiztwit: Social Media Monitoring Tools – How to Pick The Right One [link] [link] socialCRMchick Good post Katie, however what do you think about managing vs. monitoring. Again, a company needs to listen and find where the customer base is active. link] Michael Good post, thank your for this.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

She develops and supervises strategic communications programs for major companies in professional and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the legal, consulting and insurance industries. I recently had lunch with an old colleague who now works for a well respected and large competitor PR firm.

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Some said we lost our innocence in the Kaycee Nicole scandal, but there still exists a vast network of potential support out here in the social networks, and from time to time scammers succeed in tapping into this resource. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us