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The Next Big Thing in Social Networks

Socialized

How much information are you willing to make public in order to improve your social networking experience? What capabilities might the next social networks have to “improve&# our intimacy with our online friends? Pollygraf, as its name implies, is the truthful social network.

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New LinkedIn Endorsements

Sherrilynne Starkie

LinkedIn, the professional social network, has recently introduced ‘endorsements’, a feature that makes it easier for people to recognize their connections’ skills and expertise. Email marketing goes social. Crowdsourcing time: Why is everyone suddenly “endorsing” me on LinkedIn?

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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

To help you out, we’ve put together a list of 14 types of social media every marketer needs to know. From social networking to video sharing and social messaging, there’s something for everyone (and every business). Types of social media. Social networking. Social messaging.

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Facebook’s Like Button adds Life to your Content

Buzz Marketing for Technology

My favorite is Levis use of the Like button to create a social shopping experience. They’ve integrated the new Like feature with every product on the site so at a quick view, you can see the number of “Facebookers” who Like the item and maybe even cast your own vote. I want to roll the clock back a few weeks.

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Tests ‘Buy’ Button, Twitter Acquires CardSpring

The Realtime Report

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, YouTube and Vine: Facebook. Any social media updates that we missed? Facebook tests new ‘buy’ button for online purchases in U.S.

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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Tweet Guest post written by Ashley Furness, who has spent the last six years reporting and writing business news and strategy features. Social enterprise platforms provide a platform for crowdsourcing innovation – from responding to queries and surveys, to posting ideas in a group discussion threads.

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Facebook Launches Questions

Mindjumpers

But the new feature will hardly threaten Quora’s user base. Questions will be a useful feature for business that run a page as part of creating involvement for users in the community. Used in the right way, the Questions feature can therefore be used as a a simple crowdsourcing tool. How it works.

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