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Top 5 Signs Your Business Should Not Be Using Social Media

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Beware the hidden dangers of social media. Social media is all the rage. If you own a business, work for or with businesses, I’m sure you’ve heard from nearly everyone you know that you must be using social media. Meet Your New Chief of Social Media: The Neighbor’s Kid.

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8 Tips for Using Social Media for Political Campaigns

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By now, most candidates for public office have figured out that incorporating social media into their campaigns is a critically important step. The last couple of election cycles, much of this social media business was new. Do you want to use social media to communicate with your existing supporter base or grow your base?

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What Happens in Vegas… (Or How to Ruin a Reputation With Just One.

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To manage our online reputation, we must ask ourselves one question before we click that button: “Am I OK with my mom, my boss, my professors and CNN seeing this?&# Reputation is reputation after all, however it is packaged. How to Ruin a Reputation in Just One Click [.] If the answer isn’t a resounding Yes!

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Social Media Stats – It's Raining Content!

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Posted by Irene Koehler in Blogging , Facebook , LinkedIn , Social Media , Twitter on July 20, 2010 | 15 responses Does it ever feel that there is a non-stop downpour of Facebook posts, YouTube videos, Twitter tweets, LinkedIn connections and blog posts? 15 Responses to “Social Media Stats – It’s Raining Content!&#

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Use Social Media to Be Human: Tips from Michael Brito

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Recently, at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, one of the nicest guys in Silicon Valley, Michael Brito , shared some of the principles he feels are central to effectively using social media for business. Your turn: Which brands or companies do you see “doing social media&# right?

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Creating Evangelists: Social Media the Cirque du Soleil Way

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A key part of a successful social media business strategy is identifying those with influence and an interest in your brand, and then finding a way to engage them turning them into fans and evangelists. To learn more about how Cirque du Soleil is using social media, I spoke with Cirque Social Media Manager, Jessica Berlin.

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New to Social Media? Step 1: Be a Consumer | Almost Savvy

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Step 1: Be a Consumer Posted by Irene Koehler in Blogging , Branding , Business , Social Media , Tips on October 20, 2009 | 3 responses In the last post, you heard Chris Brogan describe how important having a blog can become in the quest to be found more readily online. 3 Responses to “New to Social Media?