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Curation is Not Aggregation

Firebelly

Curation is the big new buzzword this year in social media circles — collecting information in a strategic amassing of selected information that’s presented in a new way to draw out the subtleties and patterns that might not otherwise be noticed when looking at the group in toto. Are you a curator or an aggregator?

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How to Take a Collaborative Approach to Managing Social Accounts Across Higher Ed Departments

Social Media Strategies Summit

Higher education social media marketers face unique challenges. Far from managing accounts for one or two brands and sub-brands, they might be responsible for managing social media profiles across dozens — or even hundreds — of different departments. Nykiera Thomas , Social Media Coordinator, Oakland University.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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The Evolution of our Social Media Team

Waxing UnLyrical

The use of social media at our university is evolving. Image: MorBCN via Flickr, CC 2.0???. In the Fall of 2009, Education professor Alec Couros and I had a conversation about the seemingly endless number of ways social media could be used on campus. But most of the people who attended were new to social media.

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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Social media isn’t always the right tool for the job. Over the last three days, I’ve spoken to four HUGE brands in America that are considering social media for one project or another, and there are many more out there working on how these tools might integrate into their business needs. Not every company needs a blog.

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On The Death Of Google Reader

Waxing UnLyrical

If social media, and the Internet experience in general, is founded on groups, other people, and relationships, why are we still depending on ourselves to find all the news that’s relevant to us? Our networks are much more efficient at aggregating and gathering information relevant to us because they’re different from us.

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31+ of the Coolest Social Media, Search and Web Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social Media Monitoring Tools. Wildfire Social Media Monitor.

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