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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

YouTube worked for BlendTec, but it might not work for your company. Experiment with Flickr and/or YouTube groups to build media for specific events. Example: what Jeremiah Owyang did for Hitachi Data Systems. Consider a Lijit Wijit or other aggregator widget. Social media isn’t always the right tool for the job.

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How Johnnie made his own game

Josh S Peters

Unfortunately the smallest YouTube embed is slightly larger than my middle column here so it over flows a bit, I apologize, but I promise you the message told in this truly amazing piece of story telling won’t be lost. This video is one of the best examples of a company telling it’s story in an interesting and compelling manner.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here are seven video examples that have become viral phenomenons in their own right. The Pork and Beans video enlisted in familiar faces across the YouTube culture. Nick Haley created the video at home for fun and uploaded it to YouTube. Indeed, I’ve discovered some incredible video that I can watch again and again.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer. Ustream and YouTube Video blogging is becoming increasingly popular, especially now that smartphones have better video cameras, and there are apps to upload them to video services, such as Ustream and YouTube. What do you think will be seen in 2010? Answers Yahoo!

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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?

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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It might also be a good idea to have clear examples from previous examples of your work that you can show them, with solid stats, visual tools and information, so you have something concrete to back up the points you’re trying to make. The best you can do is explain it as clearly as possible. Answers Yahoo!

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How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, if you wanted to research historical information, like to learn what year World War 2 ended; or if you wanted to find out how many games your favorite professional team won last year, a traditional search engine will get you this information. A real time search engine should not be used for the majority of your searches.