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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Social Events (e.g., Eventful, Meetup, Upcoming, etc.). Forums and Message Boards (the oldest and second-most commonly used forms of social media). Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, Bmaccess; the distinction from social news sites is s bit blurry).

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

In the team’s defense, they do have a nicely executed Events tab, and the Wall seems to be pretty active, with a variety of contests for fans. I got hooked on the Star Tribune Twolves message board in 2002 and haven’t looked back. They need to snap up that Facebook name pronto.

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

Convince & Convert

Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers. Multi unit franchise groups really prefer Facebook since its the place that their guests can see events, photo albums and have conversations. It’s entirely possible she is a Mass Influencer.

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

Convince & Convert

Meanwhile, however, I do very much like Facebook Lite , which strips down a lot of the shiny distractions, and gives you a threaded News Feed, birthdays, and events – and that’s about it. (I’m working on a Fan Page that will be launching next month).

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I loved FB because it wasn’t myspace and wasn’t full of junk, spam and porn and when it opened to everyone, i was afraid it would become just like that. I think people opted for FB over MySpace because of so many of the reasons people are becoming disenchanted with FB right now. and I felt the same way as you did.

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Best Social Media and Digitial Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 1

Webbiquity SMM

Tumblr, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn) and which are declining (MySpace – there’s a shock, Friendster, Ning and Hi5) as well as sharing details about the demographics of several top social networks (e.g. Social media is a very close second, followed by virtual events / webinars, SEO, email marketing and paid search. 500 companies.