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Why Social Media Will Challenge Marketers in 2019

Direct Marketing Observations

In 2007 when I joined Twitter, those were not front of mind questions for those of us using the social network for the first time. Now it’s about so many “other” things besides you and yet, in 2019, it still comes back to you, particularly when we have to synthesize the latest batch of Facebook data privacy breaches.

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Facebook: Too Big to Fail

Socialized

You have to wonder why the Obama administration isn’t hinting at a bailout for Facebook in the event that the social network’s latest privacy kerfuffle threatens the very vitality of the global poking grid. It will back down on a few missteps, tweak the privacy settings, and update its privacy agreement.

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An Update on TikTok’s Self-Serve Ad Platform

Likeable

Maybe they made the investment in good reps because they needed to mitigate the very valid worries about privacy and the Chinese government. Whatever the reason, the reps are enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and relatively helpful compared to those at other social networks. Metrics like CPM, CPV, and CPC compete reasonably well.

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This Week in Social Media – 5/22/2013

Social Media Marketing

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Our Shifting Notion of Search, Social and Mobile.

Direct Marketing Observations

In 2000 Google was a 2 year old start-up still trying to create an identity and compete with Yahoo and MSN. Online social networks are redefining our offline relationships both casual and personal. Social networks are not what they used to be. Take for example search. We will define it. doesn’t it?

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Your Guide to the Google +1 Button

Kikolani

As you have probably heard by now, Google has just launched the +1 button , which is essentially their way of competing with the Facebook Like button. I personally see it as a way of branding – your face will show up more often now when people are connected to you via Gmail, Twitter, Quora, and other social networks.

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Getting Started Marketing Your Small Business on YouTube

Lucy Hall

Have you ever wondered what it takes to get started marketing your small business on YouTube? Many small businesses make the mistake thinking that YouTube is not a social media site. YouTube is in fact the third biggest social media site in the world! YouTube activity takes up nearly 20% of social media activity.