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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

The agreement sees the two national organizations exchange ownership of 41 community and commuter newspapers and then shutter most of them, but it’s the fault of industry disruption according to the news release announcing the deal. Communities want, and need, local news, not just a freesheet stuffed with ads. But there’s the rub.

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Create Brand Value Through Local Community Management

Mindjumpers

The following post is part of the Mindjumpers Network series and written by our Community Manager, Sara Hansson. Culture is one of the largest components of how people communicate. These local Facebook pages have grown at twice the rate of global communities and register 50% higher engagement.

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How to Use Google Hangouts On Air to Run Your Next Webinar

Convince & Convert

I love speaking and presenting, but I don’t love the costs associated with doing webinars. Webinars allow you to share your expertise and further build the know/like/trust factor with your community. Google Hangouts on Air are free! The great thing about Google Hangouts On Air is that you can do them as often as you choose!

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Entrepreneurs: How I Launched a Membership Community

Jon Loomer

In particular, I struggle with launching a product for my entrepreneur community because it’s brand new for me. Well, I finally launched a product for my entrepreneur community early this morning. Do I have enough interest to launch a community for entrepreneurs? Five years later, I still struggle with product launches.

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4 Reasons Google Bought Wildfire

Convince & Convert

Wildfire , a pioneering social media management software application that specialized in contests and promotions, announced today that it has been bought by Google for a smooth $250 million. 4 Reasons Google Bought Wildfire. Google and Facebook aren’t exactly pals. But it’s brilliant. Access to Social Signal.

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COI: Cost of Inaction United Breaks Guitars

Laurel Papworth

What ensued online was comprehensively a brand trashing and demonstrated what happens if you don’t pay attention to social media – even just monitoring it – it can cost your company $180,000,000. This is a follow on from my posts on Cost of Inaction , also Steak and Shake and Apple vs Engadget. Mashable ).

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How Google Instant Might Impact Your Small Non-Profit

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.) Search algorithms.

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