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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Microblogging platforms. Host live events and Q&A events with customers or experts in your industry. Build anticipation for upcoming products or events with live teasers. Microblogging platforms. Overview: Microblogging is a type of social media marketing that allows users to post short updates or messages.

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3 Angles to Create Magnetic Content with the Triangle of Relevance

Convince & Convert

Seasons, weather, holidays, life events (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.), major sporting events, current events, trending news and more. Create separate tabs for each angle to list ideas for reference. Tip: It’s very useful to have a database list of time significant events relevant to your target audience.

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Top 20 iPhone Apps for Bloggers

ProBlogger

If PayPal is the official financial service of bloggers, Twitter is the official microblogging service. In fact, it’s not a microblogging service anymore. A useful tool for getting the latest news from your favorite sites and blogs, which you can use as a reference for blog posts, new ideas and outbound links.

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All the news that’s fit to Tweet

The Way of the Web

Does Twitter differ to reporting on the same event for print or TV? If you’re reporting on an event, why would you take less time to craft a tweet than to craft an article headline or your first sentence? As a reader, I can choose print, TV, radio, websites, social networks, podcasts, photo sites, audio microblogs.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

StumbleUpon: The Funny, the Informational, but Not So Newsy StumbleUpon is probably the last social site that I’d consider going for “news&# — at least not for “current events.&# Then I can just go back to my StumbleUpon page and refer to the notes I left there for a reminder of what I’ve seen and why I liked it.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

He’d also have done the outreach personally since I’ve met the guy at social media events. Reply Tamar Weinberg August 26, 2010 at 9:27 am LOL, glad to hear that you liked the Captain Obvious reference, Claire! BTW, love your Captain Obvious! I feel like I’ve said this a zillion times before.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream.

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