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The pros and cons of social media

Sprout Social

From stories of triumph to funny social media memes , social has the power to spark a smile. The “It’s Corn” viral trend became a cultural touchstone for friends and strangers alike. Ability to crowdsource. Another method of crowdsourcing ideas is by looking at conversations about your brand and industry.

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11.5 Amazing Content Creation Tools for Becoming a Super Blogger

Writtent Blog

Humans have an innate craving for trending news and breaking stories. Being the third or fourth business blog in your niche to cover an industry-related trend will probably win you a small surge of traffic, but it’s far superior to be the first. The trending topics aren’t always safe-for-work. Probably not. Agility.

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Threadless Shares 10 Years of Insights and Inspiration

Convince & Convert

Tweet Threadless – everyone’s favorite T-shirt purveyor and example of crowdsourcing and customer community success – recently published a terrific 10th anniversary book that combines company history with dozens of its best designs. Do you find design submissions change with the times? Convince and Convert Recommends.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Buzz Marketing for Technology

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. and Social Media trends. Crowdsourcing: How Business and Nonprofits Tap into the Wisdom of Crowds. crowdsourcing. How web masters and administrators can do more with less. Industry news and upcoming events.

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What to Post on Instagram: 15 Creative and Engaging Ideas

Hootsuite

Sharing thought leadership is a great way to establish your brand as a leading source of great ideas and trends. Jump on a trend. Trends, memes, and challenges are great ways to inject some fun and relevance to your brand. You can also share a funny meme or—if you dare—create one for yourself. bottlecapchallenge.

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

Laurel Papworth

They are current and trending while happening, but rarely make it into a second or third week. Understanding Memes #PoopTweet and random stuff. Random Joke Memes. Hashtags as a popularity contest (trending, crowdsourced). Any sports Grand Final, or viral meme may trend at any time. What''s popular?

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30 Low-Cost Ideas for Content Marketing on a Shoestring Budget

Writtent Blog

Gather conversations on a hot topic into a quick blog article by embedding or screencapping tweets around a relevant, trending hashtag. Not only are memes easy to make with the help of aonline tool like memegenerator, they can be generated in less than five minutes, and they’re the epitome of low cost marketing. CrowdSource.

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