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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. Apple has no such protocol in place, and at this point, there is no engagement. I’m going to stop there, though.

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This Week in Social Media – 6/19/2013

Social Media Marketing

A roundup of relevant links affecting our industry. Industry Employee behavior - good and bad - has the ability to reach millions like never before. The auto industry needs to focus its efforts on millennials to keep momentum going. Instagram Video this week in social news social media facebook Twitter'

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Data Mining: The Ultimate Guide to Niche Analysis

Viper Chill

In my post on how to become a niche rockstar I said that in order to be at the top of your industry (in a lot of cases online) it’s important to know as much about it as possible. In that particular post I looked at the green industry from the perspective of a blogger and shared some of my findings.

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Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media.

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Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A few weeks ago, another person connected with me on Facebook who was referred to me by a social media buddy I never actually met. “I am a relatively new internet marketer trying to break into the industry,&# he wrote. Being able to work alongside the brightest minds in the industry can be extremely empowering.

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Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

So even if I pay to upgrade to LinkedIn Business for $20 per month for the privilege of spamming (sorry, sending InMail) 3 people I dont know every month, it wont be much more useful than renting a list from a good old-fashioned arms dealer to the spam industry (aka the list rental industry, sometimes called Database Marketing).

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

The FutureOfMedia Discussion site The New Fourth Estate is Social Media The Function of News in Community Commercialization of Human Stories De-Commercialization of Human Stories Problem Journalism vs Solution Journalism Product vs Process Journalism What is a Newspaper’s Product Anyway? Then it’s Social Classifieds.