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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Ustream and YouTube Video blogging is becoming increasingly popular, especially now that smartphones have better video cameras, and there are apps to upload them to video services, such as Ustream and YouTube. Ustream gives you a way to host a live show and have your Twitter followers chat with you while you are on the show.

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My Dad Held the Keys to an Untapped Niche Market

ProBlogger

Have you ever seen a tweet from Darren that says “Come over to Ustream andlet’s have a chat”? They were truly ugly flash sites, plastered with awful advertisements and outdated content. We have major advertisers and are paying our first writer. Bloggers know that community takes time to develop. And I was shocked!

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using Digg as an instrument to get Digg’s attention has never clearly had an impact until last week’s “revolt,&# and the only reason why it had an impact then was because it was done off Digg’s site (in this case, Ustream ) and had plenty of press people standing behind it.

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

Convince & Convert

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. That’s something sorely missing from a lot of traditional advertising, where veracity is neither required nor particularly encouraged. That mission, to add value to the communities they reach, is the heart beat of social. But, I’m not.

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

Convince & Convert

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat.

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New Media Expo 2008 Wrap up & Ideas

Bare Feet Studios

I loved being interviewed on TWIT, Web Pro World, and Tech Zulu, along with Sunny’s live uStream. you could energize the community around podcasting (regardless of the list they fall on) and get more people there next time. I also agree that it is sorely lacking in the area of advertising. But, I think if you wanted to.

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Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I became a big fan of playing games (bingo especially) at a little hub on AOL called RabbitJack’s Casino , which was considered a unique community within the AOL borders with a close-knit group of people from all walks of life. Twitter is the new chat room, but IRC still remains a popular choice behind services like Ustream and Y!

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