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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream.

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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. Answers Yahoo!

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

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5-Join the microblogging phenomena by reading Tweets at Twitter. Why Every Parent and Teacher Should Learn MySpace. Low Cost Computing Options That Will Enable More E. Transforming Education with Low-Cost Laptops. (If youre following closely you may note this is actually PLN 2.0 Cell Phones to Enhance Education - Update.

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A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only substantial cost for you is time. Is MySpace marketing really worth it? Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! The best part? Access to these social media communities is free. When should I use Digg

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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.&# Epic Change brought social media into the mix for other reasons as well. Answers Yahoo!

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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. » Blog Archive » Facebook Fanatics Add Fuel to the Fire March 27, 2007 at 5:44 pm techipedia | tamar weinberg’s blog of stuff » Blog Archive » MySpace and Facebook: A Social Class Divide? Answers Yahoo!

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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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