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8 mistakes you can avoid making in social media

Direct Marketing Observations

You might be either just getting started in social media as a consultant, as a marketer for your company, or perhaps, you are a more seasoned individual. In simple terms, this means that selling brooms on MySpace might not work. You can still monitor from afar-it’s what consultants are for. But what about you? 4) No Value.

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Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week

Firebelly

Social Media Consultant: 65 Tips to Differentiate the Good from the Bad Social Media Consultant… what is a social media consultant really? How to Use Social Media to Rank on Google Now that Google is indexing social media content in real-time, how can you leverage blogs and social networks to rank on Google?

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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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 last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). But back to MySpace.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On the other hand, Plurk is really new, and thus, Twitter wins on followers (and the fact that mobile access — via SMS — totally owns), so the Plurk discussions (for now) are at a minimum. I am starting to use Plurk more with the mobile interface, though it isn’t 100%.

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

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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Firebelly Work: Social Media Optimization Summits

Firebelly

Speakers include Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer, John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing, social media consultant Mack Collier , Brains on Fire author Geno Church , and our very own Duncan Alney (among others). With The Rock Stars of Social Media on March 23rd and 24th in Dallas, TX.