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Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I, too, find that Twitter has been incredibly powerful for me to connect with real life colleagues, readers of Techipedia, family, and everyone in between. I’m also something of a Twitter purist. Enter a second Twitter account. With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities.

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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

People on the ground who witness events are sending images and video to the news stations. Citizen journalism doesn’t only apply to major political events or disasters. Citizen journalism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the news business right now. What does that mean?

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What Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk Have in Common, and What You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Both are incredibly popular public facing success stories with very strong brands, traveling often to make public appearances at a variety of conferences and venues. It’s no surprise that both are asked to speak at events on a very regular basis. And have you recently seen Gary’s Twitter stream ? They have passion.

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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I spoke with Brian Simpson, Director of Social Hospitality, for more insights into how social media became an asset for Roger Smith, and I learned some great things. Brian Simpson is a cancer survivor and discovered Twitter in the spring of 2008 when he endured the grueling process of chemotherapy for a period of 7 months.

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Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Professor Daniel Jutras’ classes begin with him and/or students covering some current events relating to the seminar’s topic. The blogger (Professor Jutras) posts his ideas, occasionally throws in some editorial and takes some light, widget-fed microblogging (the current events some students share). Answers Yahoo!

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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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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

How to Build Links: The Ultimate Guide : This is one of several really helpful link building guides, covering topics in social media, viral content, guest posting, news, link requests, face to face networking, and much more. “travel,” or “jewelry”). They call that social proof. Are you doing both?

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