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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

For brands, social media networking sites offer an opportunity to build awareness, create a community of customers and followers and drive traffic to websites. By creating informative and engaging content, brands can cultivate relationships with customers and followers that lead to conversions. Directly connect with others.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

SocialFish

Then, exactly 7 months after the earthquake on August 12, 2010, we convened an Emergency Social Data Summit with more than 150 representatives from the government, nonprofit, technology, and citizen sectors to: 1. raise awareness about the gaps between public expectation and emergency managers’ capacity.

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