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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Friday Funny: Social Media Complexity is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Friday Funny: Social Media Complexity. Shonali Burke Social Media cartoon friday funny Sean R. Nicholson social networking' Have a good one! via Sean R. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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JUNE 27, 2014

The socnet I’ve been turning to for my personal edification and jollification, surprisingly, is Facebook. So back I went to Facebook. I suppose I did this because of the primary social networks, my personal Facebook circle is the one I’ve kept tightest rein on. For a while I just went dark. Complete.).

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MAY 23, 2014

Friday Funny: Truth in Social Media is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Friday Funny: Truth in Social Media. Shonali Burke Social Media cartoon friday funny Sean R. Nicholson social networking' Thanks, Sean, and happy weekend, everyone! via Sean R.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

This year, social media played a very important role in encouraging the citizens of India to vote. The efforts Indian politicians have been making to reach their audience through social media was clearly reflected in this season’s election results. But that’s when a smart social media campaign comes into play.

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JUNE 27, 2012

These days, it moves really quickly… we now get to know about earthquakes around the world on social media platforms even before the news reaches broadcasters. Facebook is becoming the ubiquitous answer to all the questions you could possibly have. What do you think about the company’s use of Facebook and YouTube?

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. But what if you could connect with your doctor using social media ; asking for advice via a quick Twitter or Facebook message? If social media and blogs in the U.S

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AUGUST 5, 2013

To that end, this week’s roundup features seven posts from around the web that focus on social media engagement for business. Summer Social Media Prep for Fall Management. Successful Social Media Disengagement for Teachers. Want to be a superstar, but no time for social media?

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JULY 5, 2013

I accepted some, ignored a bunch and, after doing so, asked a question on Facebook: There were a range of answers, and the conversation continued for a couple of days; those answers themselves are worthy of their own, dedicated blog post. When Social Media Freed the Inadvertent Bigot is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical.

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MAY 12, 2011

I’ve lost count of how many responses I got via Twitter (thank you Jen Zingsheim for rescuing me from Facebook-search-hell). countless times on Twitter and Facebook, and I confess to using far too many smiley face emoticons in SM. “ And I must give credit to Donna Vincent Roa for suggesting the title of this post.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

So I figured I’d just share some of what I experienced the last several months… consider them reflections on a social media hiatus from a business point of view. If you’re concerned about your “standing” or social scores (cough, Klout, cough) in social media, then you have a panic attack.

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JULY 28, 2011

Have you come across a social media bully lately? And I’ve thought a lot about this before deciding that, in essence, people who behave like this are social media bullies. Community conversations led to one of my favorite posts yet (and, I think, yours) on social media barfshiners.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

I was asked: “I would like to reach out and connect with a professional contact that I have made via Twitter/Facebook /LinkedIn. Do you have any suggestions on how to approach a such a contact without appearing to be ‘Facebook stalking’?” How to Network On Social Media Without Being a Stalker.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

The points he tweeted back basically amounted to just one: social media cannot be used to sell anything, so why deceive people with tips to help them do that? I’m not a social media evangelist, and I’m very cautious about how I engage in this space. Thank you again, Michelle. Did it work?

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JUNE 21, 2012

When it comes to staying on top of social media, one of the big challenges we have is to find the social media tools that will help us achieve a happy medium between curating, listening, engaging and producing content. You can syndicate your blog posts to Facebook via your RSS feed. And this fits the bill.

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JULY 19, 2013

I was asked: “I would like to reach out and connect with a professional contact that I have made via Twitter/Facebook /LinkedIn. Do you have any suggestions on how to approach a such a contact without appearing to be ‘Facebook stalking’?” ” Hmm, I thought to myself. That’s a good question.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Whether you want to go for coffee, meet a friend or keep yourself posted on your friends’ birthdays, Facebook is where today’s generation updates each other by sharing the minutest details of their lives on the platform. What do you think: will Facebook ever successfully bridge the gap between employers and employees?

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

So many of us are wrapped up in our day-to-day Facebooking and tweeting that we forget our messages are going overseas. Such is the challenge I’ve been recently tasked with: not just finding out what social media people are using around the world, but how they’re using it, why and when. That’s right.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing. But truth be told, after a while, this ‘social media’ stuff has made me consciously LESS social both in person and online, and I have my reasons. Interesting.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The social network, as most of us think of it, is nothing more than the likes of Facebook or Orkut, among others. But to the world at large, it’s not just about Facebook (or the related movie), but a community that has been built over the years around a common interest or topic.

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JULY 31, 2012

Would you agree that social media is faster than seismic waves? To me, this incident exemplifies how badly we are hooked on social media. That said, is social media all that bad? Multiple instances in the recent past tell us that social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become lifesavers.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

“Real” people don’t “do” social media like we do. By “we,” I mean people like you and I (or, at least, like I used to be), who are on social all the time. If you enjoyed it, be sure to connect with Shonali on Twitter , Facebook , or Google+. I mean, all.

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JULY 24, 2013

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Just one of the many interesting factoids our group was given when the Regina Police Service (RPS) sent its social media officer, Kaeli Madill, to talk to us about all things Twitter and Facebook. RPS updates their social media sites every day – once in the morning and again in the afternoon.

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APRIL 12, 2013

I’m talking about that moment when your social media and real worlds collide. I left last Thursday morning for Social Slam , via a direct flight from Dulles to Knoxville. That Moment When Your Social Media and Real Worlds Collide is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Leaving on a jet plane. That was The Moment.

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JULY 11, 2012

Social media listening. Social media monitoring. Social media tracking. Social media intelligence. There are many descriptions of how we can use social media as a listening tool , to complement (or replace) our more interactive approach where we converse too. Challenge on.

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MARCH 7, 2013

With the creation of email, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, it’s near impossible for the human part of a teacher to go without notice in settings less familiar than school. The more comfortable I became with Facebook and the Google Suite, the more difficult it became for me to shut the door on my work day and embrace my life at home.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

After surpassing 1 billion users this past month, Facebook has become an institution that appears to have some staying power. But there is a lingering issue that threatens Facebook’s dominance even more than advertising revenue and stockholder discontent. I’m a grown-up and I’m on Facebook. And so is my mom.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

If you want to compete in today’s fast paced business environment, you have to be social. But just simply being active on Twitter, Facebook, and all the rest is never enough. How can you track your social media efforts to ensure that your strategy is up to par? 5 Social Media Metrics You Can Stop Tracking Yesterday.

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JUNE 15, 2012

A social media lesson from hibachi. Specialness and social media. As PR pros, we have to find ways to make our clients feel special, the communities we build feel special, the media, bloggers & influencers we reach out to feel special, and so on. Using Social Media to Make People Feel Special.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

That was inspired, if you remember, by the constant (or so it seems to me) sunny and “shiny” updates one sees on Facebook that make one want to barf. People linking their Twitter feed to Facebook and expecting that their tweets get attention from their Facebook friends. ~ Aditya Nishtala. ” ~ Rich Reader.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Friday Funny: Why Don’t They Like Our Facebook Page? Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Friday Funny: Why Don’t They Like Our Facebook Page? Shonali Burke Social Media cartoon facebook friday funny Sean R. Nicholson social networking' … Shock and awe, eh? Happy Friday!

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JUNE 4, 2012

If you’re a clever cookie, you already have figured out the rest of the story at this point: Social media philosopher ponders how to push his message into the future. Social media philosopher realizes he does this all the time with business. Tweet After Death: How to Use Social Media to Live Forever.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

But considering that there are plenty of other social media fish in the sea, it’s not his best option in terms of the time he has available. There are incredible demographic numbers available for most social media platforms now. Don’t assume that social media comprises just Twitter, Facebook and maybe LinkedIn.

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MAY 24, 2011

Moving back to the industry’s desire to link business objectives to PR metrics brings us to social media evaluation. As the industry has started to embrace more credible and meaningful metrics, social media has presented many more challenges.

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MAY 26, 2011

The use of social media at our university is evolving. There were bloggers, tweeters, YouTube uploaders and Facebook aficionados long before our organization established a formal presence in these places. A few emails later, the University of Regina Social Media Users Group (URSMUG) was born. It doesn’t make sense.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A recent visit to our campus by journalist Chantal Hébert and her lecture “Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Look at the State of Political Coverage in the Social Media Era” had me thinking about how I use these tools. Because these were the days when we weren’t sure how Twitter was different than Facebook. Anyway …).

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

This post will depress all the Facebook Ninjas who’ve drunk the Facebook Koolaid. One that could have a vibrant Facebook community, if they could just get to that point. But their Facebook Page has just 23 fans so far. Three of those are my two Facebook accounts, and the third is that of my partner.

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