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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

What about forums? Discussion forums. Microblogging platforms. By creating informative and engaging content, brands can cultivate relationships with customers and followers that lead to conversions. Create helpful how-to guides and tutorials related to your industry. Should you focus on photos? Audio sharing.

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What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? It Depends

Webbiquity SMM

Other than your company’s website, most mentions were likely in well-known online news sites or trade industry publication sites. I’ve used this tool on behalf of small clients for finding hundreds of key influencers on Twitter, blogs and various other social networking sites and forums. Budget: Under $500 per month.

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes.

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

All three sites at the centerr of this analysis sit within the online marketing and search industry. Conversely, with a slightly more generic subject matter (and the occasional gag post), Online Marketing Banter seems to be a little more popular with Stumblers. Professional content probably isn’t a priority.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

To answer some questions, Industry connections are those I know through the search industry (primarily) but I have not yet met in person. Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences). LinkedIn is a industry tool. It comes with my social media maturity , I suppose.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you are not tapping into the online message boards for your own industry or niche, you’re not doing a thorough job at monitoring the successes or failures of your product. You are missing out on tremendous opportunity for growth and performance of competitive analysis. The full disclosure obligation is obvious.

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10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In no particular order, here they are: Make Friends In the Industry Community Managing is super easy when you’re working for a well-known tech company in the middle of Silicon Valley. No matter what industry you’re in – get to know the people in your industry. Who are the heavy hitters? Who are the influencers?