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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

You can’t just ‘leave your mark’ and expect success…Members of social media communities are no longer swayed by a coupon for 10% off or an invitation to try a new product. Chapter 19 addresses the “personal branding&# issue that many companies struggle with in social media. Post on Google Buzz.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Twitter has major problems with uptimes, Plurk is missing some major features, and Brightkite is having issues with Verizon. Map Check-in – the google maps mash-up that Brightkite implemented is great. Which can be used as – a part of – a checklist, when developing the ultimate microblogging application.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Google Docs If you want to share and collaborate in the creation of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, then Google Docs is the best way to go. When I was having some issues adding the commenting system to my web site, I was able to quickly get a response from the JS-Kit team and their users.

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. They also often require large investments to create an initial community. Specially Google, Yahoo and Msn.

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

What are their issues? Through social media, you can find out what online communities your existing customers belong to. And don’t forget that your customers can spread the word for you to these communities. Google Maps is very handy, and Twitter is very good, especially for Social Media! What motivates them?

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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. Learn what the current issues and trends are in your field and share your thoughts and opinions with others. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. I don’t expect Apple to port their customer service wholly over to Twitter, but Apple does little in terms of customer service issues altogether. I’m going to stop there, though. And once you’ve sent the email off, that’s all.

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