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An xPotomac Flashback: Social Scoring

Waxing UnLyrical

About a month ago I told you of my xPotomac experience , and we had a pretty engaged conversation around civility in the digital age. I’m not here to rekindle that conversation, but I’m thrilled to tell you that all the speaker videos from xPotomac are now (drum roll, please) live! And mine is below.

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What the Playground Can Teach you about Social Media

Convince & Convert

Guest post by Stacey Acevero , social media community manager at Vocus and PRWeb. Integrating social media into your online marketing mix can be a lot like the first day of school. Go beyond writing a press release , a blog or posting company content into social streams. Make Sure to Make Friends.

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How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape

Webbiquity SMM

With more than 90% of companies now using social media to find employees and 82% having a Facebook page , there’s no question that business use of social media has become commonplace. What your competitors are doing in social media. Evaluate how your competitors are using social media.

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The Nifty 50 Top Women of Twitter for 2011

Webbiquity SMM

Few phenomena have ever spread as far and grown as rapidly as social media; obviously, this has tapped into something essential to our nature. That is what has driven social media adoption. Whatever your role in social media, we hope you find this list valuable in expanding your knowledge and your network.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients? Better question: How can we optimize and improve our existing social media programs? What do you think?

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Five Newsworthy Stories for Your Next Press Release

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Frank Strong of Vocus. As bloggers, we know that to build a community, we’ve got to blog consistently. To promote his business, he does what good marketers all do well: he’s active on social media, publishes a blog, and contributes content elsewhere. More reads for the most read. The lesson?

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3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing.

Convince & Convert

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?