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Is Twitter Crossing the Line Between Useful and Creepy

Convince & Convert

Image via Wall Street Journal blog. Thus, Twitter is following its now- familiar playbook of watching other companies innovate on its platform, and then either buying that technology, or copying it. Interestingly, this would put Twitter squarely on the turf of Foursquare, as pointed out by Brent Carnduff on Business 2 Community.

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How to Use Social Proof to Boost Conversions

Sprout Social

Before you buy that shirt online, you look at reviews to see what other people think of the fit and quality. One study found that 50% of shoppers use their smartphones while shopping in stores to research products before they buy them. For local businesses that might mean Yelp, Google and FourSquare. Customer Testimonials.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. It’s definitely a worthwhile read.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? e.g. my partner Gary Hayes being published in Wired and The Guardian.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. Pets Choosing to adopt or buy a pet can be a potentially costly endeavor, but there are ways to get around at least some of the initial costs. Try out PaperBackSwap or Title Trader.

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The 22 most unknown FREE things anyone can have.

Koka Sexton

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. Pets Choosing to adopt or buy a pet can be a potentially costly endeavor, but there are ways to get around at least some of the initial costs. Try out PaperBackSwap or Title Trader.

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Super list of 50 social media links - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Using MyBlogLog To Expand Your Community Quality vs. Quantity in Social Networking Why I Twitter (And Why You Should Too) The 4 Elements of Getting Videos to go Viral Using Social Media to Meet People How to Run a Successful Competition on Your Blog Defenition of Viral Marketing and Success Stories. Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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