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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. 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. Facebook, Myspace etc are just the start.

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

Convince & Convert

Research: How do people talk about your industry and who are the influencers? Another couple of points that readers may want to consider in the second section would be the ability to sort content by influence, engagement, comment count, followers etc… Often helps to surface the posts/tweets that may need the most attention first.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Maki , Internet Marketing and Social Media Blogger: The main characteristic [social media marketers] need to have is a genuine curiosity/interest in social media, particularly on how it influences human relationships and business practices. They have an interest in the world around them, and being active in it.

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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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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Three caveats: first, though low, the influence of social media is growing. “70% of social media users between the ages of 18-34 regularly use Facebook more than other sites such as MySpace, Twitter, and Classmates.com,&# and women use Facebook more than men. Although only 7% of Americans maintain an active Twitter account (vs.

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Connecting 2 the World

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Give students a time limit to complete the exercise that forces them to skim (tell them the assignment is to develop their skimming skills) Change the font and format so key words stick out (including the last sentence) Have students work in groups to do the activity (someone should catch the last line) Does anyone have other suggestions?

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I loved FB because it wasn’t myspace and wasn’t full of junk, spam and porn and when it opened to everyone, i was afraid it would become just like that. I think people opted for FB over MySpace because of so many of the reasons people are becoming disenchanted with FB right now. and I felt the same way as you did.

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