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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

A number of large web development discussion communities host contest areas, including NamePros , v7 Network , and Webmaster Talk. The software development community -- especially the open source community -- has long used "bounties" to help lure developers to certain tasks. social networking. social media.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

He recently told me that every week they have a mini-presentation on one aspect of social media (past topics included ethics, social networks, and social bookmarking). Since then, the students have formed their own vibrant community on Twitter. social networking. social media. social news.

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Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

They will have to fix this or risk really turning off their core community and fall into the, "oh, no, another annoying spammy tool" category. social networking. social media. social news. social networks. However I assumed (incorrectly it seems) that my contacts would not be sent InMails. POPULAR TAGS.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On the other hand, in Internet Marketing, you sure can, so I wonder if it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison. As a technologist and startup guy, I’ve been continually vexed by the problem of free. This post didn’t seem to fit with your ethos, but it did prompt me to buy “the new community rules&# on kindle.

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How to Get an Influencer's Attention

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I selected influencers in all different “walks of life&# and areas of influence, from the blogosphere to the power users of Digg to founders of successful startups and authors of bestselling books. They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. Participate in my site’s community.

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The 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men Reprise

Webbiquity SMM

It takes a community to build a community. So much of building a community requires understanding people and engaging with them. Now you may wonder, “ How do we build a community? Senior Analyst at Forrester ( @TomGrantForr ) “You don’t build a community. According to Tom Grant , Ph.D, You expand it.”

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The Future of Blogging: I Had to Tell You This

Viper Chill

He also contributed to what I call padding , which is now popular on news websites. An Apple event that could normally be covered in one or two blog posts will be turned into five or ten, purely for pageviews. The community choose the ‘news’, and that just what the community want to see.

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