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What Bill Gates Predicted About Content Marketing

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Lacking in resources, they recruited CrowdSource to help them expand beyond reviews and menus. Together, CrowdSource and Urbanspoon created an online dining dictionary , where food definitions included fun facts, taste attributes, and associated flavors. The strategy proved to be highly effective.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #121

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The Silent History Is The Most Fun Ebook Yet - 52 Tiger. The Silent History is an interesting mobile app, that's also a book, which has locational triggers. The Silent History is an interesting mobile app, that's also a book, which has locational triggers. And it's crowdsourced, too. and what they can be. AMA - reddit.

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Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog

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link] Social Email Guy By the way: nice crowdsourcing / co-creation / collaboration Chris Rogers I initially like #3 best, however, not a big fan of the screened back logo – i.e. if #3 was a bit less busy, it would be my favorite. I also picked 3 because there was no 4. 2 many words I guess? link] Adam Q.

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How to Utilize Social to Manage Customer Expectations

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Tony Clark , Digital Communications Manager for Cedar Point Amusement Park , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss handling many followers and creating content with a small team, dealing with thousands of guests armed with mobile devices at all times, and using social to manage expectations for visitors. Holy Social. via BrewDog.

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Book Review: APE – Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch

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From crowdsourcing feedback to yes, marketing, the Kawasaki discusses how to leverage an active social community. Kawasaki also covers ways to mobilize communities such as KickStarter and IndieGoGo. Kindle ebook (affiliate link). Ship date: 12/10/12. Website: [link].

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The Truth About the iPad | Blogging and Content Creation | Social.

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For now, I think it’s a highly mobile DVD player, game machine, Kindle, iPod, email appliance, and Web surfing device. But, iPad HD screen, color, and zoom make it better for magazines – and I can absolutely see education ( and mobile medicine) potential. What is it? I find Kindle to be easier and better as a book device.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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What is the next generation of crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing is evolving beyond the shiny contest model (Doritos’ “Crash the Super Bowl” ) and into something more meaningful to the brands embracing it and the consumers contributing to it. This is where crowdsourcing comes in. Embrace these people. We know better now.