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Creating Evangelists: Social Media the Cirque du Soleil Way

Almost Savvy

Again, an example of marketing at its finest – create interest up front and then blow their socks off by delivering beyond expectations. Have you seen examples of brands using social media well or others missing the mark? Absolutely not. It was 100% positively fantastical and fabulous. Please add your thoughts.

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Adventures in Social Networking with Mom and Dad | Almost Savvy

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Do any of these examples sound familiar? Sample some tasty tidbits from the site : Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids This parody by The Onion, America’s Finest News Source , is so well produced that some people didn’t realize at first that it was a parody.

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Engagement is Mantra of Social Media, Why Not Mantra of Schools, too?

Josh S Peters

Brisk comparison of differences between schools now and then , have naturally brought up following question: Why schools did not change the way they teach their students, even though everything around have changed enormously? She facilitate s inspiring community around her blog, which is known as SCG – Super Cool Gang.

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PPC (pay per click) and Twitter: The Nitty Gritty details | Shuaism

Josh S Peters

Here’s an example using our keyword Bird Books It’s not anyone looking to buy a bird book, but there were people talking about a really cool bird book that seems to have recently come out (it actually is an incredibly awesome site: The Bird Book ). If you do, please put them in the comments.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As an example, I followed two major news aggregators for awhile, but the updates were just too frequent for my needs. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements.

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LinkedIn Lets You Show Off Your Best Assets | Almost Savvy

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For example, when you move recommendations to the top to highlight the feedback from Bill Gates, all of your other recommendations move, too, which might make it difficult for someone to scroll down to find your skills and experience. Kudos to LinkedIn for allowing us to take more control over the look and feel of our profiles.

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Students and Graduates: Got LinkedIn?

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OK, maybe that isn’t the best example, especially for college students, but you know what I mean.) Posted by Irene Koehler in LinkedIn on May 7, 2009 | 6 responses Do you hear that sound? It’s your future knocking. Have you done everything you can to show that you’re ready? Is SocialShield the Answer? LinkedIn-apalooza!

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