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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. Not every company needs a blog. 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.

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Delicious Social bookmarking is a great way to share interesting links that could aid in the development of an idea, education, and/or marketing efforts. Google Wave can also be used for customer service, web site/blog creation, an idea repository, etc. Delicious is my favorite one to use for this.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And that differentiates StumbleUpon from the other social “news&# networks. As I pointed out in a recent Problogger post , Digg is not so much of a “social bookmarking&# site, but StumbleUpon certainly is. In Wednesday’s post, I stated that blogging is a form of social media that should not be ignored.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

They are interested in this new “social media” thing but haven’t actually dipped their proverbial toes in the social waters yet. However, the CEO read an article in Adage, and as a result, he wants to hit social ground running. Calling attention to social profiles? Calling attention to mobile apps?

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

They don’t read 20 blog posts and comments. In a recent campaign, I was reached by a social media agency about a topic that was totally irrelevant to my audience and would never be something I’d blog about. I blog and comment too, however; 1. Nobody has EVER sent me a pitch that I blogged about here.

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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

Buzz Marketing for Technology

ve set it up, your RSS reader will aggregate all of the new posts on those fantastic blogs in one place â?? like an e-mail inbox for websites and blogs. These conferences utilize social networks like Ning, blogs, wikis, podcasts and vodcasts as a format for presenters to share their work. Once youâ??ve

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