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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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I thought I might condense it a bit and focus not only on Tweetchats that I was familiar with, but also those that would benefit the Social Media, Marketing and PR folks out there, and which also had solid participation as well. 2) #4change is a monthly tweetchat on how social media is helping to create change.

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10 social sites to start your year off with

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1) A September 2009 MarketingProfs survey of B2B and B2C marketers found that the marketing tactics most often used on social sites are not necessarily the best ones. Odd, but the net and social media does create somewhat of a Flash mob “follow&# mentality. Check out this list of 30 bloggers to watch in 2010.

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The Problem with the Social Web

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Sure we might get a recommendation or suggestion from someone, or we might be motivated by some type of incentive-but ultimately, you make the choice to choose… Two years ago my friend Jason Breed and I created Hashtag Socialmedia - a tweetchat that revolved around talking about the business of social media. The point is this.

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