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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Curate and promote user-generated content via branded hashtags. Overview: Half of all social media users say they prefer video to any other kind of content. Much like image-based social sites, video hubs like YouTube, TikTok and Vimeo are attracting visitors in droves via visual content. Social messaging apps.

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Twitter-ups the future of events, sponsorship and event marketing

Akamai Marketing

Social media has reached the masses. Does anyone else think its interesting that Twitter, the hottest social media network today, is generating events? Ah, events. When will tradeshows start hosting Tweet-ups around the country to build momentum for their events? What’s your social currency?

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Which Social Media Channels Should I Use For My Business?

yMarketingMatters

Use the great hashtag feature to keep up with and be part of the latest trends and news worthy events. The Hangouts, +1s and hashtags , if used properly, can result in a fantastic page popularity. Social Bookmarking, Local Search and Review Sites. Twitter is also a great way to connect with your customers.

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4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media

Firebelly

Twitter : Follow @MLKDay and/or use the hashtag #MLKDAY to discuss news and events surrounding the 2010 National MLK Day of Service. Facebook : Become one of his 710,000+ fans on Facebook. His fan page contains a number of tribute photos and videos.

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Learning via the Social Media Game

Bare Feet Studios

Helps organize your team, save assets, plan events, archive files and processes. Allow your staff to explore and learn more about the social web. Social Bookmarks. Create custom tags for your org & events or concepts. video stream of key events. Organization uses blog to support projects and events.

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Stop tweeting about your emotional break throughs

Firebelly

3-The conference or event your are at-I have been "hired" to Tweet from some pretty big events in Indy-Zoobilation and Indianapolis International Film Festival to name a couple. Creating hashtags for your name and various forms of your name is dumb. -Be It is not going to stop any time soon either.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The best way to use it is create a hashtag, explain what you are trying to accomplish, and have your followers tweet away. They used Twitter, so that attendees could tweet and discuss the events with their followers. Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it. Delicious is my favorite one to use for this.