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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Microblogging platforms. Examples: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat. Examples: Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest and Imgur. Examples: YouTube, TikTok and Vimeo. Examples : Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces and Facebook Live Audio Rooms. Examples: YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitch and UStream.

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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react. Completely.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

This presents misunderstandings (at the least) and enlists your people beyond just the marketing and PR groups. She provides an excellent taxonomy of the social media landscape, categorizing the different types of social media tools into: • Social News Sites (Digg, Reddit, Kirtsy, etc.). Social Events (e.g., Dana Larson | Expert Bits.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Smaller companies could succeed with this method by marketing — verbally or through their website — to groups of devout followers and keeping their Twitter streams current (offering a daily deal or frequent deals that encourage customers to seek out discounts and sales). Your mileage may vary. Twitter as a news breaker.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When you have a group of people submitting their work, there is an awareness that it isn’t just one idea that will work, so the result is a higher quality of work. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason. One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Granted, this is an extreme example, but it’s based on the cumulative scenarios I’ve faced when dealing with agency clients in recent years, I think that it’s based on some sort of deep-rooted psychological misgiving. And the more intricate your external efforts become, the more social, mobile, and interactive your website must become.