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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. Photo credit: Wikipedia). Social media in call centres. Wikipedia rules the waves.

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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

From TheBitterWallet : It won’t surprise you that Big Chill was never called Wanky Balls, Sweaty Nads, Greasy Schlong or anything else for that matter because you see, the bone idle newsrag decided to believe something that was written on a Wikipedia page about the event ( screengrab here ). From Wikipedia so may or may not be true.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Don’t automatically assume they use the most popular social networks.

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Mayor Jim Watson named 2014 communicator of the year by IABC Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

Photo credit: Wikipedia). Mayor Watson received thousands of replies and retweets on Twitter when he announced on the social network that the Pride flag would fly at Ottawa City Hall until the end of the Olympics, and that he wouldn’t want the vote of someone who didn’t supported human rights. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE.

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BBC says Use Social Media – or Leave

Laurel Papworth

BBC tells journalists to use social media as a primary source. BBC news journalists have been told to use social media as a primary source of information by Peter Horrocks, the new director of BBC Global News who took over last week. If we are getting our news form social media, we can virtually do it for ourselves.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tetherless World Constellation Launch Event - June 11, 2008

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Rensselaer and the Tetherless World Research Constellation are partnering with one of the most widely read technology blogs in the world, ReadWriteWeb , to help engage the entire Web community in this interactive event. Schedule of Events. “Washington, Wikipedia, and Web 3.0: Submit Your Questions Now. 2:45 p.m. –

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. If you’re going to engage in social media, do it!