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Battling burnout as a social media manager

Sprout Social

In the last decade, social media has rapidly evolved and become a major element of marketing in all industries. As a result, social media practitioners now play a role in more business initiatives than ever. It can be frustrating when friends, family and even colleagues oversimplify your role as a social media manager. .

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How To Start A Blog For Your Small Business

Buffer Social

The idea is that instead of bombarding customers with promotional ads, you should enrich their experience through interesting, edifying, or educational content. Sharing this content will not only attract more customers, but it can also open a dialogue with your existing followers, creating a stronger online community.

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Joomla! Surpasses 15 Million Downloads

Bill Hartzer

Open Source Matters , Inc. the industry’s leading open source content management system (CMS), has been downloaded more than 15 million times from JoomlaCode. reached 15 million downloads,&# said Elin Waring, President of Open Source Maters, part of the Joomla! Project , today announced that Joomla!,

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The Rise of the T-Shaped Agency Model

Convince & Convert

Contrast that with newer open-source web-based software services like OpenOffice. Because it’s based on open-source software, it can take advantage of a community of knowledge – some of which may be very specialized – and new features can emerge rapidly that will be useful to a large number of its customers.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

Social Media Strategery

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I won’t stop preaching that social media isn’t about the tools. Jason’s first point above is one that I’ve been harping on with my colleagues since I started our social media practice.

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Recruiting Lessons from Google

The Marketing Blog

A company’s screening process includes relevant experience, educational background and similar parameters. We would love to see you, embark on blogging here and sharing your perspectives to the rapidly growing SiliconIndia community and appreciate your community initiative here. They say it works both ways.

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