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16 Tips for Using #hashtags HINT: You’re doing it wrong :P #socialmedia

Laurel Papworth

Hashtags can be transitory (come and go) - such as one-off events. RoyalWedding #ScottishIndependence or any world or local event, an earthquake or celebrity death. Hashtags as a popularity contest (trending, crowdsourced). Understand Folksonomy vs Taxonomy (free tagging vs categories). I'm an expert.

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Can Social Tools Really Replace Email? - They Already Are! (Part II)

Buzz Marketing for Technology

When I am away, on holidays, on conference events, off sick, whatever. Yes, indeed, what some folks would call crowdsourcing! All of those interactions I may be doing now are eventually going to pay off really really big time in its due time, when I am not there. Just like I have been doing myself for them when they were not there!

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