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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

Akamai Marketing

Consumers aren’t likely to just give that information away, businesses will have to get creative to get consumers to connect the dots for them and even then, they are likely to only initially be able to connect the dots with their most active and passionate customers. 49% of people use their smart phones to do social networking.

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Creating a Virtual Community to Build a Better Blog

ProBlogger

There are many online communities available for your readers to reach out to, on all manner of topics – so how can you fill a need that isn’t already being taken care of out there? I found it built a wonderful community on my blog, and provided a place where readers could come together to cheer each other on and support each other.

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4 iPhone Apps for Choosing a Restaurant

Idaconcpts

Many apps are being developed for iPhone and other smart phones that can find you restaurants, cafes, and places to shop for something special. Read reviews from an active community of locals who can inform you with their personal experiences. You can overlay business information onto the world around you.

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Living The Heretically Productive Life [Redux]

Waxing UnLyrical

Here’s what I said: Put away the smart phone except for when you really, really need it. Author information Shonali Burke President & Grand Poobah at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.

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Top 6 Rules of Digital Marketing: Learn from Matomy and Other Masters

Idaconcpts

These days, one of the best things you can do with your website design is create an easy to navigate and uniform visual that translates well on standard sized screens and smart phones. No more one design for the laptop and another for the phone. Branding needs to be universal. Email list. Obviously you need one of these.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Augmented Reality (AR) is the ability to place computer-generated information, such as text and labels, on top of live real world data, such as video from a smart phone. Additionally, other than location information, specialized location-based services have little to differentiate themselves from mainstream social networks.

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Social Media Does A Like = A Friendship?

Diva Marketing Blog

I'm happy to report there is a vital, exciting, community where some innovative educators are doing creative work in the social web. Mobile smart phones and tablets are the baby steps to a generation beyond what we see now. On the flip side, there are fears. in one way or another. which by the way, is just as real as offline.