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10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog

ProBlogger

A Jakob Nielsen study once found that 90% of online community users are lurkers (read or observe without contributing) with only 9% of users contributing ‘a little’ and 1% actively contributing. I find that people have responded to this and that comment threads generally stay constructive as a result. Be humble.

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10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog

ProBlogger

A Jakob Nielsen study once found that 90% of online community users are lurkers (read or observe without contributing) with only 9% of users contributing ‘a little’ and 1% actively contributing. I find that people have responded to this and that comment threads generally stay constructive as a result. Be humble.

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How to Identify Your Social Media Influencers

Sprout Social

A survey from Nielsen showed only 33% of consumers trust advertisements , while 90% put their faith in peer recommendations. Once you understand why social media influencers are important and how to find them, it’s time to construct a campaign around them. Building a Campaign Around Social Media Influencers.

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Towards a Theory of Digital Literacy: Three Scenarios for the Next Steps

Buzz Marketing for Technology

At the same time, however, they present users with problems that involve the need to utilize non-linear information-seeking strategies and to construct knowledge from independent shreds of information that were accessed in a non-orderly and non-linear way ( Burnett & McKinley, 1998 ; Jansen & Pooch, 2001 ; Schank, 1984 ; Zins, 2000 ).

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This Week in Social Media - 3/26/2013

Social Media Marketing

Well, Nielsen continues to shed light on this as it discovered that an increase in Twitter volume about live TV correlates with an increase in TV ratings across varying age groups. We've mentioned social TV before - and that its future lies with Twitter, not Facebook.

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Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble | social crm.

Convince & Convert

link] Mark Nielsen Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? Do we have more influence over that woman buying Tide than that carefully constructed packaging and messaging? To answer your question directly, for me it is Scott. Do we have more influence over a man than his wife or co-worker? So is Twitter useful for business?