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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Map out an integrated project that incorporates a blog, use of commercial social networks, and a face-to-face event to build leads and drive awareness of a product. Start a community group on Facebook or Ning or MySpace or LinkedIn around the space where your customer does business. Consider a Lijit Wijit or other aggregator widget.

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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

At the end of the day, we know most people are active on social networks because they have some reason for being there (be it to make a sale or to establish authority, for example), but through your regular interactions, you need to recognize that these are byproducts of your genuine and authentic involvement. However, things have changed.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. . “If we’re going to counsel clients on the role of community, and its ability to garner insights, we need to be able to walk the walk.&#

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The Blogger and Marketer's Cheat Sheet to Getting High Profile.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Some blogs cover software only by being voted upon by the user , for example, and your press release won’t even fly for that category. I am still in college but have become passionate about community building and connecting with others in person and through social media, and your articles have opened my eyes to some great concepts.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

After using both Plurk and Twitter pretty heavily, I’ve come to the conclusion that Plurk is best at its features for community-building, whereas Twitter succeeds more with its interface that bolsters information-sharing. link] fore example uses cliques to collectively create a more selective audience to hold a dialogue with.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

By that I mean not only the social voting sites like Digg, Reddit, etc, but also on the social networks (Facebook, MySpace, etc), social communication tools (Twitter, Pownce, Seesmic, etc.), For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller. Social media is a subset, not a superset nor a different set.

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Facebook helps people connect and communicate more efficiently. For individuals, Facebook helps to build more trusting and empathetic relationships and builds upon their lives. One example of this is that we just launched internationally: Facebook was always available for people to use but only in English. type companies.

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