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Pay to Play: Seven Ways Social Media is Getting More Expensive

Social Media Strategery

Starting a Facebook or Twitter account was free, and hiring a part-time intern to manage them didn’t cost much. Fast-forward a few years, and we’re seeing more and more organizations hire entire teams to create content for Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, and whatever hot new social media startup launched last week.

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15 Lessons That Took Me 15 Years to Learn by Jim Tobin

Ignite Social Media

That same year, Tumblr, Friend, Feed and Justin.tv Earlier in 2008 or so, there was Jaiku and Clerk and they were competitors to Twitter and everyone raced to get on there and get their screen names, and they’re dead. Lesson 12: Community management is chronically underfunded, and I’ve seen this for years.

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Four Ways Brands Can #Unplug

Social Media Strategery

Now brands are expected to post 15 times or more every month , and be present and active on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Soundcloud and Vine. You probably can’t just up and leave Twitter, but will anyone notice if you shut down your Pinterest page? Prune your presence. Close your Vine account?

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Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Blogging helps you build community (especially via comments), establish thought leadership, bring links to your website (both internally, perhaps to products or to other articles on your blog, and externally, when people like what you say and opt to link to you), and get you some nice traffic. Give to your community. Customer Service.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Twitter Following a user and then unfollowing them before they have a chance to follow back. Consistently using your Twitter stream for nothing but self-promotion and ego. This is much more bothersome when the request comes via IM or email and not on Twitter itself. Twitter is also about real relationships.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008: Social Media, SEO, and More " techipedia | tamar weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Ranking as the Original Source for Content You Syndicate : According to Vanessa Fox, you can get the ranking control over that article that some lame blog just ripped off. Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. As for me, I threaten DMCA takedown notices. Scared of Social Media? Not excess.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

How the Twitter Algorithm Works. How to Use Twitter Analytics: The Complete Guide for Marketers. An application programming interface (API) is a communication system that allows two applications or platforms to “talk” to each other. Blocked Twitter users won’t be able to add you to lists. Community manager.

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