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8 Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Live-Streaming

Ignite Social Media

In the past couple years however, live-streaming has become more accessible to the average Joe, making it so that if you have a smart phone and a connection, you can stream anything to your hearts content. Make sure to check with the venue, location or event coordinators ahead of time so when you show up there are no surprises.

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7 Ways Brands Take Advantage of Facebook Stories

Sprout Social

To create a story: Click the “Create Story” button on your Facebook smart phone app. At the 2018 F8 conference hosted by Facebook, the social media platform revealed that Stories are one of their most popular services. Host competitions and giveaways: Reward engaged customers for paying attention.

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Siteminis Launches Mobile Commerce Solution

Bill Hartzer

Take a look at how your site might look on various mobile phones: Siteminis’ mobile-optimized web sites offer an interesting solution for major retailers, entertainment and sporting events. In this process, the browser is redirected from the retailer’s website to a third-party host’s URL.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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Creating a Virtual Community to Build a Better Blog

ProBlogger

I had been wanting to host a fitness challenge for some time but there were hundreds of different variations already out there that were all much the same – short term. A Virtual Race can be done anywhere around the globe within a fixed timeframe, and the GPS data from a sports watch or smart phone is submitted for your time. .

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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. Create custom tags for your org & events or concepts. video stream of key events. Organization uses blog to support projects and events. Or a custom WordPress blog via standalone hosting: www.greengeeks.com (our Bare Feet affiliate link).

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Whether it’s a local tweet-up or a major conference, this knowledge could be useful to help you plan what events you should sponsor or where you should set up your next booth&# ). 5 ways to use social media to build a crowd for your event by Socialbrite. Is Social Media Really Living Up to Expectations? Social media: What lies ahead?