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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic.

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Taking this theme a little further, I decided to branch out into the blogosphere, but using the number seven this time around was a tad too limiting. Granted, these are typically publications that have a staff of writers at their disposal, but they are like the newspapers of the blogosphere and readers have come to expect frequent updates.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Valeria Maltoni , Online Marketer : Although social media as a set of tools has radically transformed marketing, I do not think it appropriate to use the term “social media marketer.&# People do not want to hear from companies as represented by marketers, they want to hear from other people.

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

However, you need to articulate to your client or marketing teams that social media is not just about participating on Twitter and Facebook. You need to network with like minded individuals and build relationships with people in the blogosphere so that you ultimately get inbound links, comments, and visibility.

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Data Mining: The Ultimate Guide to Niche Analysis

Viper Chill

Basically it lets you see which websites use the same hosting company, have the same IP addresses and use the same Google Analytics and Google Adsense tracking codes. Spyfu helps you to see which companies are buying ads for certain search terms, and even shows the exact ad copy that they’re using. Top Site Posts.

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The Future of Blogging: I Had to Tell You This

Viper Chill

On the Daily Muse profile of Mashable, a member of their team – Brian – has the following job description: “He keeps Mashable on top of everything viral. MG Siegler, one of the most notable TechCrunch writers (now part-time) would constantly take stabs at the Mashable team and the content strategy that they employ.

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