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What the heck are social media consultants and what do they do all day?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Social media consultants are not masters of the dark arts. They are highly-qualified professionals with specific digital marketing and communications skills and experience. Companies often call a consultant in because social media is not working. Social media is increasingly integrated with e-commerce.

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How to Cut Costs with Your Own Support Community

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Can’t a strong social media initiative start inside the walls of your website? Maintaining traditional channels like phone, email and live chat support are a must—but a solid support community can cut that burden drastically, saving you time and money. But good communities are more than support channels.

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Donations as Revenue: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

Episode 2 of monetizing online communities looks at donations – an overlooked revenue stream and the social media tools that enable donations online. Currency has no inherent value itself – only what we, the community, say it’s worth. With traditional media. Caring But Not Committed.

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How To Get YouTube Channel Name Ideas

Keyhole.co

You have to choose a name that reflects your interests but also be careful of choosing a name that’s unique so that you can create branded social media handles as well as a website. Pick a name appropriate for YouTube community guidelines Prior to choosing a channel name, first, ensure that the name is an appropriate pick for YouTube.

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Enterprise 2.0: social scorecard and social media karma

Laurel Papworth

Though to be honest, given the “But does Twitter have a business use&# questions, the audience weren’t quite ready to make the work place a fun and social environment. Taking Badges Further: I use incentives to reward influencers in my online communities in three ways: Points for repetitive, ongoing and countable activity.

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Learning via the Social Media Game

Bare Feet Studios

Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game , an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. Social Network.

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Good Game: ABC TV Show and online communities

Laurel Papworth

In today’s social media climate? Jeremy gets online and says it’s cos he’s not a woman he got sacked, the GoodGame crew go the forums and say it was their decision, the community get their knickers in a knot and start a petition , a Facebook goup and a website called SaveJunglist (his gamer handle or nickname).