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Micro Persuasion: Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader

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Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader. I have been using various RSS readers for nearly five years now - Ive tried them all. However, none matches the power of Google Reader. Some of these may work with RSS readers from Newsgator, Bloglines and others but they are written with Google in mind.).

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

1: Opportunity Cost – Every time you spend a minute on social media is one minute you potentially lost revenue. This inherent cost needs to be included in any equations you make when allocating resources. The good thing about social media is that the opportunity cost tends to mostly be time.

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The Innovative Educator: 5 Things You Can Do to Begin Developing Your Personal Learning Network

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I belong to Classroom 2.0 (for for educators using Web 2.0 3-Set up an iGoogle account using your professional email and subscribe to the blogs you selected in Google Reader. Caution: Limit your reader to five to start. Professional Development for Learner 2.0. Using Google Applications in Research 7.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: Seven Strategies for Supporting Personal Learning Environments at Work

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You may love Google Reader, but I still want my Netvibes--and Ill fight you to the death for it. The 23 Things series Web 2.0 s perspective, has a great essay up on her blog about using blogs as low-cost learning tools. Job Searching the Web 2.0 Subscribe in a reader. Read More].

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13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The first image is free, but each gift thereafter costs $1. Will social interaction and networking really make the web different? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca With marketing comes another way Facebook can benefit itself and society: virtual gifts.

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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since the organization’s mission relies on storytelling, Stacey says, “social media represented a way for us to share those stories with the broadest possible audience for the lowest possible cost.&# Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Ultimately, there will be overhead “costs,&# such as monitoring your evangelists’ representation of your brand. Investing in a campaign that rewards your satisfied users to become your ambassadors is more cost effective than paying a sales agent with the added benefit that nobody likes a sales agent but we all love our friends.

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