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Setec Astronomy

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The truth is that people making claims about their competencies and skills and not being able to back them up with a digital footprint comes off as hollow. The amazing thing (and the scary thing) about Social Media is that it's not a numbers game - you can get a general gist of someone's competencies by their level and quality of activity.

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Twitter Changes the Social Data Ecosystem

Net-Savvy Executive

Today''s announcement that Twitter is buying Gnip raises big questions about the market for social media data. Gnip competes with other Twitter partners, and Twitter competes with other Gnip partners. Gnip''s sources include full feeds from Tumblr, Foursquare, WordPress, and more.

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3 Up & Coming Social Media Tactics Every Small Business or Startup.

Jason Yormark

This is especially the case when you offer a product or service that is provided by major players that are hard to compete solely on price with. Location Based Rewards – I love the idea of Foursquare , Whrrl and Gowalla. Reputation/Review Sites – I find myself using Yelp more and more to make service based buying decisions.

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How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts

Ari Herzog

I fought with competing distributors over the signage in the front window and the decals on the door. I spoke to restaurant owners when competing Budweiser decals faded. In the front window next to the door there are four social decals — Google Favorite Places, CitySearch, Foursquare, and LevelUp. Businesses are evolving.

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3 Up & Coming Social Media Tactics Every Small Business or Startup.

Jason Yormark

This is especially the case when you offer a product or service that is provided by major players that are hard to compete solely on price with. Location Based Rewards – I love the idea of Foursquare , Whrrl and Gowalla. Reputation/Review Sites – I find myself using Yelp more and more to make service based buying decisions.

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BrainDump: 101+ Things You MUST Know About Social Media For Business

SocMed Sean

25) Never, ever, ever buy Facebook fans. Twitter 27) Twitter is not just about people eating oatmeal and sharing where they checked in on FourSquare. 36) Never, ever, ever buy Twitter followers. You are competing against millions of other blogs for the eyeballs of your readers. 28) Follow people who are meaningful to you.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

.&# Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. Buy your own product.