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12 things I thought I knew About Social Media in 2011

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2) That the whole ROI thing would have sorted itself out by now. This is going to happen but I am starting to see little tiny micro-cracks in the Facebook brand. Can you say Facebook Burnout, Blowback or Billion ? Some have gotten creative, but most are of the Tweet with a link with no conversation camp….Does

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Social Media Specialists Are No Longer Needed

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There was a time where I hated hearing the comment, “Yea but there is no ROI in social&# ; Now? Yes we all still have to deal with the pretenders in the space, the snake oil salesman if you will, but for a lot of us, social is just part of the mix now. I’ve evolved and so have you.

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10 Social Posts to Save and Share

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1) This post The hidden cost of social though a bit long by Mark Schaefer really deconstructs the conversation, give it a read. 6) Olivier Blanchard, has carved out a niche in and around social media ROI, but read his 5 basic rules of calculating the value of a Facebook ‘fan’. But I bookmark and favorite posts just like you.