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Where Do Forums Fit Into Social Media Marketing?

Josh S Peters

As someone that previously worked at an internet marketing company, I was always amused when a client would become obsessed with their Facebook or Myspace profile (yes, this was a few years back) and ask us to dedicate an unreasonable amount of resources to managing it. Let me give you an example…. Plastic surgeons get it. The lesson?

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Where Do Forums Fit Into Social Media Marketing?

Josh S Peters

As someone that previously worked at an internet marketing company, I was always amused when a client would become obsessed with their Facebook or Myspace profile (yes, this was a few years back) and ask us to dedicate an unreasonable amount of resources to managing it. Let me give you an example…. Plastic surgeons get it. The lesson?

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PR needs to Focus on Conversations

Buzz Marketing for Technology

For Example – Avaya should be part of any Business Communications conversations on the web because that is what we do. Post this to MySpace. Post this to Posterous. We go from targeting Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 publications to targeting Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 conversations! Store this link on MyLinkVault. Submit tip to N4G.

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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

My soldiers told me MySpace was a place to meet girls, so it didn’t seem to have a practical business application and I didn’t want another password to remember. Posterous, Amplify and Quora had yet to be founded. I literally have dozens of connections on Twitter with PR pros in the UK, Singapore and India, for example.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The examples you gave of people copying full text of a story somewhere else is in the very slim minority from my experience. Josh’s examples relate to sites like Digg, which allows a short description, and FriendFeed, which is similar in that respect. This new world is an evolution of the Web and it cannot be undone.

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The Importance of Social Media in a Successful Marketing Campaign

Kikolani

One advantage that social media networks such as Twitter, Blogspot, MySpace and Facebook possess is that of cross-communication. These days, however, if a company has a profile page on Facebook, for example, cross talk alone can generate interest, because of the fluidity of social media websites. Why is this so important?

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A response came from a business owner who had the perfect answer on her website and directed the original poster to the website for a detailed reply. When I reviewed the poster’s account, I understood why. Small businesses can’t always follow by example, unfortunately. They might have to spend time doing instead.