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Flying Viral: What Businesses Can Learn from the Flappy Bird Saga

The Realtime Report

Such is the story of Flappy Bird , a seemingly simple mobile game created in a matter of days and released last May. The success of Flappy Bird almost seems like satire; however, perhaps it’s simply an experiment in today’s mobile users and the viral nature of the web. No fuss, no gimmicks, no questions asked.

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Maybe Nobody Knows Nothing

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Brands are still grappling with basic social media chops, better conversion on e-commerce sites and nearly nowhere to be found when it comes to providing value through a mobile device. What about setting up and properly using channels like Facebook , Twitter , tumblr and beyond? e commerce conversion. mobile app.

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This Week in Social Media – 4/24/2013

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 the 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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2014 World Cup: Social Media Campaign Round-Up

The Realtime Report

million conversations across Twitter, Facebook, blogs and Tumblr. Nike also teamed up with Google to create eight different realtime mobile ads in 15 different countries during the World Cup. Here are some of the brands that created tons of social media buzz during the month-long tournament: Adidas . million digital views.

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Essential Sprout features to help your brand maintain connection in an uncertain time

Sprout Social

Social platforms can quickly turn from a place to launch your next campaign or provide delightful customer moments, to a channel where critical communication and conversation is driving global impact. Sprout’s mobile apps (available on iOS and Android ). Use Sprout’s mobile apps to work on-the-go.

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The Best Job in Social Media

Convince & Convert

From Expion , a case study about how H&R Block mobilized 90,000 tax professionals in social media using Expion to guide their activity. And from Janrain , a free guide on how to improve conversion rates and data quality. Social Media Stat of the Week: 24 billion minutes a month spent on Tumblr. Listen Now .

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An Introduction to Tumblr

Buffer Social

In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, Tumblr is one of the more familiar alternatives people are exploring. What is Tumblr? Tumblr was launched in 2007 by David Karp and is currently owned by Automattic , owners of Wordpress.com and WooCommerce. You can also set a unique URL for your blog and add a theme song.

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