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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. Where do forums fit in? 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. Where do forums fit in? Plastic surgeons get it. The lesson?

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PR needs to Focus on Conversations

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Share this on Facebook. Post this to MySpace. Post this to Posterous. PR Agencies need to start driving this agenda for their client firms and increasing their market share in specific conversations where ever they happen – rather than continuing to fight for a few coveted spots on page 3 of the Washington Post!

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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. Facebook had a mere 20 million registered users. Posterous, Amplify and Quora had yet to be founded. Twitter, which was founded in 2006, didn’t exist when I left.

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The Importance of Social Media in a Successful Marketing Campaign

Kikolani

Say the word “Facebook” in nearly any part of the world and it will be recognized. What may come as a surprise, however, is that while 66% of all companies have a Facebook page and 51% have a twitter account, a mere 16% say that their marketing efforts have been fully utilized and integrated into their existing campaign strategies!

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Some of these sites also offer the ability to have commentary, including Facebook, Google Reader, FriendFeed, SocialMedian, and many others.

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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. Don’t check in on Twitter and Facebook once or twice a week and only for 10 minutes. Answers Yahoo!