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Facebook considers competing with Myspace on the music front

Freelance Social Media

Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives also have been busy taking meetings with the major record companies about the strategy. The company has a checkered past with the recording industry.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? My answer is certainly–yes!

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The Irony: MySpace Okay, so in my previous paragraph, I mention that you should be an early adopter of social networks. However, I joined MySpace in 2006 to network with individuals who refused to use Facebook and to return to my liberal ways of accepting a lot more friend requests than I normally would. > click.

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How Social Media Has Become a Tool For Clinical Research

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Companies that Use Social Media for Clinical Trial Recruitment. There are a few companies in the pharmaceutical and CRO industry that have seen success using social media as a major part of their patient recruitment strategy: PatientsLikeMe – This is a large online community for people with serious medical conditions.

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Would you give up your passwords for a job?

Janet Fouts

Bassett refused and withdrew his application, stating that he didn’t want to work for a company that would ask for such personal information. Simply doing a search for a social media mention or profile isn’t enough, some companies want to look into your personal posts as well. Apparently this is all too common.

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How To Create A Know-It-All Company - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Infrastructure Applications Development Architecture. Applications. Are you involved in setting the direction for your companys IT budget or strategy? How To Create A Know-It-All Company. Heres how some companies convinced individuals to share best practices. Webcasts |. Podcasts |. Solution Centers |. TECHNOLOGY.

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Will Facebook Be the Next AOL?

Socialized

Similarly, I wrote a piece on Facebook Fan Pages in which I advised people to think of them as company Web pages residing within Facebook. One expensive option is through custom-built apps but these are beyond the reach of many small companies.). If your favorite application didn’t work with AOL, too bad. Walled garden.

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