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Our Shifting Notion of Search, Social and Mobile.

Direct Marketing Observations

Take for example search. In 2000 Google was a 2 year old start-up still trying to create an identity and compete with Yahoo and MSN. Looking back at MySpace, it almost looks like pre-Y2k web Dev. 10 years ago seems so 10 years ago in the world of search, social and mobile. Social networks are not what they used to be.

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Social Media Degrees Provide Advancement Opportunities in Associations and Nonprofit Organizations

SocialFish

Harvard Business School offers a program called “Competing with Social Networks.&# For another example, check out Southern New Hampshire University’s MBA in Social Media Marketing. (It MBA programs, including MBA programs at top business schools, are integrating social media into their curriculums.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #122

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"In an interesting example of quantified self and new interfaces, the Ibis hotel is using bed sensors and robot arms to paint pictures of your sleep patterns. Looming in the wings is Facebook - and lest we think things are done, don't forget that 5 years ago it was MySpace and Yahoo fighting for top slot in the world. bitcurrent.

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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

To have credibility, you need to have other people in your field willing and able to testify to your competence. People will expect you to back up your brand with the truth, so when you fail to perform, they immediately begin to question your competence. Rather than stay in your own zone all the time, get out there and meet people.

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Be Creative with your Job Hunting and Get Hired Now

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Here are some creative ways of competing on the job front in today’s tough market. #1 It’s not unusual for a modern internet junkie to have thousands of friends on FaceBook, hundreds of followers on Twitter, and a heap of additional connections on MySpace, Flicker, and many of the other social networking sites.

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6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace | facebook | Social.

Convince & Convert

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. But back to MySpace.

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10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media

Justin Levy

Almost everyone has an outlet for blogging these days — whether that means a site running WordPress, an account at LiveJournal, or a blog on MySpace or Facebook. Mashable’s Summer of Social Good campaign, for example, has a widget that does both. And very often they are used to raise money.