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Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? Here Comes Google Buzz

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Here Comes Google Buzz Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Networking , Social Media , Twitter on February 9, 2010 | one response Are you ready for a new social platform? Facebook is absent from the list. One Response to “Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? We’ll have to wait and see.

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The Art of Saying Thank-You on Facebook | Almost Savvy

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Chances are that you’re one of the over 300 million people who have set-up a virtual home on Facebook because it is a great place to keep up with family and friends, as well as connecting with businesses and groups of interest. How are you using, or do you expect to use, the new “mentions&# feature on Facebook?

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Top 5 Signs Your Business Should Not Be Using Social Media

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The number of businesses on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and YouTube is mind-boggling, but the real question is how many of them are using the tools wisely? Using digital platforms successfully to build community, relationships, and trust is an iterative process. million Facebook fans and increased sales by 420%.

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Why I’m Over Declaring Tech Tools “Over”

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With the launch of Google’s new social network, Google+ , there are many who have rushed to publish opinions about the demise of other networks, most notably Twitter and Facebook. If such a move doesn’t make sense for my business community, as well as my friends and family, it doesn’t make sense for me.

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8 Tips for Using Social Media for Political Campaigns

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First a note to the candidates: You have my deepest respect and admiration for being willing to step up and commit to helping our community, state, school board, water district, transportation or other sort of infrastructure management body. It shouldn’t have been a surprise that the online community didn’t grown much.

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Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends | Almost Savvy

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Real Life Friends Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Networking , Social Media on July 12, 2010 | 34 responses While many of us use social networking tools differently, most of us struggle with similar questions and challenges. Should I connect only with family and good friends on Facebook and only business contacts on LinkedIn?

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Help Me Help You | Almost Savvy

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The primary networking platforms which many of us use – Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn – have all undergone huge changes, seemingly at a breakneck pace. Some have been well communicated in advance, many weren’t. This just gives us a home for the interaction to take place within our community.

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