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A Social Network For Genetics Research: Can It Help Isolate Parkinson’s Genes?

The Realtime Report

Emily Drabant, research director at 23andMe, says ”We know that there are many genes, so the idea is when you aggregate across many thousands of people you can start to see genes that have perhaps a small effect on risk for Parkinson’s.

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How to Land and Keep Clients in the Social Media Business

Socialmedia.biz

With 27% of the total internet time being spent on social networking platforms, it comes as no surprise that small, medium and large businesses are investing time in improving their online presence for brand positioning, data crowdsourcing, lead generation and customer relationship building opportunities.

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78 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Tips, Guides, Tools and Strategies of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

25 Characteristics of Highly Effective Social Media Campaigns by Social Media Today. To help out, Sean Horrigan has compiled this glossary of social media terms from aggregator, blogs and crowdsourcing to thumbstream, widget and wikis. 7 Social Media Aggregation Tools To Simplify Your Streams by Social Media Today.

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How to Curate Content: The Secret Sauce to Getting Noticed, Becoming an Influencer, and Having Fun Online

Buffer Social

Check aggregation sites like Inbound.org, Growth Hackers, Hacker News, Panda, Digg, etc. They browse communities where stories are gathered and upvoted — crowdsourced curation, more or less. Other options: Campaign Monitor , MailChimp. Community aggregators. Check Feedly for interesting stories. Add to Pocket.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

Cost per click (CPC) is a metric for how much each click costs in a pay-per-click advertising campaign. Crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing involves tapping into your online community for new ideas, suggestions, information, or content. User-generated content is a prime example of crowdsourcing. Cost per click (CPC).

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