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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #31

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"I've cited a lot of research over the past few months. Until now: driven by tools like the community-funding site Kickstarter , and cheap 3D printing - some physical projects are starting to look a lot like web startups. All-Star Thinkers on Wikipedia's 10th Anniversary - The Atlantic. online communications.

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Can Greater Social Connections Improve Higher Education?

Social Media Strategery

Groups are great for small groups of people to share and communicate. Community Pages are mainly good for Facebook’s attack on Google search and Wikipedia search results. MS: In general, our clients’ hope their Schools App is a self-sustaining and self-regulating community. Is it maintaining engagement once school starts?

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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

They researched the latest collaborative software. What they didn’t take into account was the fact that a majority of their users were of the Silent or Baby Boomer generation, they were academic researchers who were rewarded for individual published works, and they were very aware of copyright and intellectual property rights.

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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Some even boast high rankings and good sized communities. His blog is full with regular small byte-sized updates about U2, sports, movies, and more. It took me 6 months to acquire a good amount of traffic and cultivate a community on my blog and the same goes for any new blogger. Glen , too, got an early start. Way to go Kids!

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BMJ blogs " Blog Archive " Richard Smith: Get with Web 2.0 or become yesterday's person

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Sara Schroter, Senior Researcher, BMJ Editorial, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, UK. [1] Wikipedia is undeniably an incredible ‘citizen created’ resource, yet the ongoing soap opera amongst the inner circle who control it is reminiscent of Lord of the Flies. sports medicine. January 2004. -->. confederation.

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Thanks to books like The New Community Rules , written by yours truly, Engage , Social Media 101 , and others, social media marketing is, for the time being, going to still be on people’s minds as they discover this bright and sunny marketing opportunity. Research these potential influencers to get a handle on their credibility.

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Social Media is Scary - How to Address Junior Employees

Social Media Strategery

If you’re a junior employee who is sick and tired of being the gopher, of being tasked with doing nothing but web research, of not being invited to strategy meetings, DO something about it. You’re in grad school studying Global Communication with a specialization in Middle Eastern Studies? You now have a voice.

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