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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It makes me wonder if I’m sending my requests to a wall (or for your tech geeks, /dev/null) or if people really work for Apple (outside their marketing and engineering departments). If you’re considering social media marketing for your business, no matter what size your company is, listening and engagement is key.

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6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace | facebook | Social.

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MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. But back to MySpace.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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“The mainstream gaming market will always be native. It’s generally easier for marketers to garner excitement for a native app, though this will change over time. link] blur Marketing [link] Is It Curtains for the App Store? It use to be that Apple was the scrappy underdog and white knight to Microsoft's evil empire.

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Social Media Lawsuits Protect Yourself From Them | Guest Posts.

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A recent presentation at the PRSA Counselors Academy, by Michael Lasky , Partner and Chair of the Public Relations Law Practice at the law firm of Davis & Gilbert in NY, provided a wake up call to those in attendance about how the law is slowly creeping into the social landscape and why responsible marketers had better pay attention.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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The details of his somewhat haphazard education at Harvard, and his kismet kissed co-founding of LinkExchange (ultimately sold to Microsoft for $265 million) are downright fascinating. This is the overarch… [link] #marketing [link] Jim Weldon Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed: Yes, nice guys can finish first.

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Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive | Social Media.

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there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Is your social media program about asking, … [link] #marketing [link] Evo Terra Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?)

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only new users Digg is attracting at this point are web marketers who want a slice of the traffic it sends. It might be hard going as a marketer, but as a person who genuinely loves Digg content, I don’t see the quality of the submissions on the site going sour for quite some time. Answers Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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