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An Introduction to Vertical Social Networks

Buffer Social

Mine would be young adult books of the mid-2010s, while others are very into football or recreating vintage recipes. Vertical networkssocial platforms solely dedicated to niche interests — are there to support those interests. What are vertical networks? What are some examples of vertical social networks?

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Amazon.com As Social Networking

Small Business Mavericks

Buy books, read books, download Kindle files? Did you know you can use Amazon.com as a social networking tool? This is truly a useful tool for writers, musicians, artists, other crafts persons, and people in the publishing industries. Amazon.com can be your niche networking space.

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KLM Lets You Book Flights Via Facebook and Twitter

The Realtime Report

Here’s another first for airlines: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is now allowing customers to book flights and pay via social media. A customer on Facebook or Twitter can now book or rebook a flight, reserve a seat, arrange extra baggage, and pay through the social networking platform.

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The Story of The World's Most Powerful Social Network – Facebook

Mindjumpers

After reading a bit about the film, especially that it where primary based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich, I thought it would be a good idea to read the book and so I did. The book is actually really good and it’s no surprise that it has ended up on the US national bestseller lists. So what to expect?

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

&# Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. What’s your goal?

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The Future Of Books And Publishing

Twist Image

I wish more people would read (more) books. In a world of Blog, Podcasts, Twitter , magazines and more, I still get the most value out of reading and thinking about a good book over anything else. Just recently, he launched a new book (which he co-edited with Brian O'Leary ) for O'Reilly called, Book: A Futurist's Manifesto.

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The Social Data Industry's PRISM Problem

Net-Savvy Executive

Trust is an issue for an industry based on extracting meaning from what people share in social media. This week''s revelations about the US intelligence agency monitoring social networks (among other sources) creates a massive trust issue for everyone who works with social media data. How will you respond?