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Amazon.com As Social Networking

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Buy books, read books, download Kindle files? Did you know you can use Amazon.com as a social networking tool? Amazon.com can be your niche networking space. Amazon can be used for social networking. It’s an online department store with social benefits. Do you use Amazon.com a lot?

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Will Amazon Improve Social Networking?

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Amazon recently announced the company has acquired social networking site Goodreads , a site for readers and book lovers. The folks at Goodreads are excited about the idea. Now we’re looking forward to bringing Goodreads to the most popular e-reader in the world, Kindle, and further reinventing what reading can be.

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Developing Your LinkedIn Social Selling Strategy

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According to the authors of a new e-book titled “ Cracking The LinkedIn Sales Code ,” top LinkedIn sellers spend 6+ hours per week on the social network and are engaged with 30+ groups. Top sellers on LinkedIn view the social network as essential to their sales efforts.

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Two New Google Developments

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They’ve add an Events tab to the social network Google+. Again, that doesn’t sound like much, but this is a popular feature on Facebook and the fact that Google+ is adding the feature means that they are serious about competing in the social arena. The first one may not seem much, but it could be over the long term.

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Social Media Keeps Improving, But So What?

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So this is a big improvement in my book, as more and more big businesses are letting their employees use Twitter. Think of any social network today and developers are working feverishly to improve it. Social Media is a Huge Driver of Engagement. That’s a good occasion for sending a mass private tweet.

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Social Media Keeps Improving, But So What?

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So this is a big improvement in my book, as more and more big businesses are letting their employees use Twitter. Think of any social network today and developers are working feverishly to improve it. Social Media is a Huge Driver of Engagement. That’s a good occasion for sending a mass private tweet.

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Conductor.com Proves Google+ Affects Personal Branding

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Google+ is more than just a social networking tool. If you have written a book about gourmet recipes, then whether you are found through a Google search will depend on how well your web pages for that book have been optimized. I’ve been saying the same thing for well over a year now. You should be using it.

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