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What's your social currency?

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Different established communities like different things, which is why activity on one social media portal might be different than activity on the other, by both people and companies. By the way – I love the $2 bill as an example of social media currency. Well, even if YOU don’t think so – your customers do.

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Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

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While most the examples within the book are of enterprise-sized businesses, the mini-case studies of numerous different types of brands ranging from WD-40 to Lunapads (a feminine protection product) to the oft-cited Zappos, Wikibrands proves that no matter the product, engagement can happen with a strong and willing brand.

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Tool Tuesday: SocialOomph

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For example, from SocialOomph, you can also schedule Tweets, even bulk upload them. Some are free, some are part of their paid service. I tried their paid service and I just felt that that overall, the services were clunky and in some cases, redundant to tools I like better.

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Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

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For example, instead of telling me that there are 150 Million people on Twitter, tell me how many people on Twitter are talking about the same things I am. You can also set your own date ranges on the Engagement Activity graphs by clicking and dragging the “fence posts&# at the bottom of the graphs.

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Book Review: APE – Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch

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But throughout the book, Kawasaki provides examples of how his social community made the book better, during each phase. From crowdsourcing feedback to yes, marketing, the Kawasaki discusses how to leverage an active social community. While Kawasaki didn’t use these methods himself, he provides some examples of those who did.

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