Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 19, 2011

And while Twitter and Facebook (in particular) have stolen the buzz scepter from those UGC pioneers, the importance of facilitating customer-created content has not faded a bit. Add signage encouraging participation in Yelp and Facebook and Foursquare and Instagram. It’s about real-time. Now more than ever. Open the Wi-Fi.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 13, 2010

Collectibles buy an account and get special badges like the Pro badge above. Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. Clip of the UGC Sale members make “pixel products&# or “virtual goods&# for other members and Twitter offers the platform for the trade.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

23 Social Media Marketing Tips from Dell, Comcast, HP, Wells Fargo, Best Buy, General Mills, Ford, UPS, Home Depot, Cirque du Soleil (Online Marketing Blog): Lee Odden takes advice from the best minds in social media who have worked in the corporate world. She has some great comparisons. Sending products to bloggers helps too!)

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