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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Social messaging. Social shopping networks. Interactive social media apps. Microblogging platforms. Social review sites. Social curation and bookmarking sites. Social networking sites. Overview: Social networking sites allow people to connect with each other through a shared online space.

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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

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 Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Social Sharing (YouTube, Flickr, SlideShare, etc.). Social Events (e.g.,

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20+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools

Webbiquity SMM

A powerful real-time social search engine that not only displays results for a specified term or phrase, but lets you filter results by source (e.g., A real-time search engine that displays results from blog posts, articles, blog comments, microblogging sites (e.g., Twitter) and social content sharing sites. Share this on Bebo.

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Best Social PR Guides and Tips of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Writing that “The most productive PR path…is a blended approach to social and traditional media,&# Len Stein offers a quick but valuable process for obtaining and promoting old and new media coverage using multiple tools like social bookmarking sites, internal company distribution, your own website, marketing emails and more.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source. The story announcing Heath Ledger’s death was made popular with 13 minutes of submission to the social news site. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs.

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested.