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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

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Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro.

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Cyberbullying: My Week on LinkedIn

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The best sales people in the world will tell you that “networking” isn’t just about gathering business cards at an event and then adding those contacts to your email list, which is essentially what one is doing when blanket-connecting on LinkedIn (or any social network). That is not a network.

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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content

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Rise of the social photobooth and video jukebox. Live event social media generally involves a social media person or standard event-goer using a mobile device to put content online. Red Bull’s events, including the famous Flugtag and Crashed Ice, have literally transformed brand material into live action.

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Using Social Media For Sustainability: WiserEarth Does It, And Well

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The social network, as most of us think of it, is nothing more than the likes of Facebook or Orkut, among others. Additionally, Wiser organizes events on a regular basis across countries to educate, collaborate and connect with like minded people. Readers: what you think about this community?

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To Do or to Act is the First Step to Successful Cross Cultural Communications

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To date, how does it remain the only event of its kind that brings together diverse communications professionals from across the sub-continent for a slick, power packed couple of days of learning and fun? The only similar event, that was born in 2009, was losing its sheen. The event gets sold out a month before the actual dates.

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How To Use Twitter For PR

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Live-tweeting from events, using a hashtag that has been set up for the event, or creating one from scratch. You can monitor lists, schedule tweets, and participate in so many social networks from that one place, that if you’re not, I truly believe you’re making more work for yourself than you need to.

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18 Tweetable Twitter Tips for Newbies

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They include tips on how to get set up with , and use smartly, a social network I still love. Don’t constantly DM your followers asking them to share news, promotional events, etc. Trying to figure out Twitter back in the day was bad enough; can you imagine what it’s like these days? < tweet this > 16.

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