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10 social media sites, blogs and links you might have missed

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From one of our weekly Tweetchats hosted by JD Lasica on Facebook and Privacy , this link was shared: Facebook Backlash Sparks Transparency Tools which has a couple of really good tools in the article. This has some potential now that Ning has constructed pay walls; Add a forum or social network to your blog with BlogFrog.

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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1) Hashtagsocialmedia -#socialmedia Of course I’m partial to the one I co-founded with Jason Breed Advancing the Business of Social Media every Tues noon EST. New topics & new industry thought leaders and A-listers host the tweetchats. If I have left any out, please drop me a line and include it in the comments section.

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What Was Your Enchanted Moment?

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At that time I had recently read his book The Art of the Start and also had stumbled onto Guy’s website/blog, How to Change the World. I found out rather quickly how one could “game&# blogs for SEO and reputation management with hyper linked signatures embedded with key words. Enchanted moment #3? Stay tuned!

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15 reasons to love social media

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3) If I wanted to have someone guest post on my blog and bring their incredible smartness and knowledge to the table, all I have to do is ask. Check out the 50 people that have hosted Hashtagsocialmedia. 4 years ago, I did not have anything remotely close to this type of network. Have you ever thought of asking someone? You should.

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The Top 5 Challenges for Digital Brands in 2012

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Last week in a very thought provoking Tweetchat hosted by Lisa Petrilli , the discussion, though swirling around how an introvert uses social media, somehow segued into driving website traffic. In 2011, it was all about doing “something” with someone once they had visited your site, your blog or your Facebook page.

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14 Quick Tactics to Encourage Corporate Social Media Adoption

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This past Tuesday on our weekly Hashtag socialmedia tweetchat , we were honored to have one of the classiest people I’ve gotten to know, host our chat, BL Ochman.

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This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Sentiment Analysis-Opinions Matter, If Only You Knew Which Ones

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You quickly determine there is no way to manually search every blog post, tweet or comment on the web so you turn to automation. She will host our next chat with the following topic and questions: TOPIC: Sentiment Analysis: Opinions Matter, If Only You Knew Which Ones. So let’s focus a minute. Q1: How do you define positive sentiment?

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