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What If Twitter Did Buy TweetDeck?

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around the Twitterverse last week with the news that Twitter is in talks with TweetDeck to purchase the ridiculously popular third-party service for the low, low price of just $50 million. Considering UberMedia was rumored to be in the mix to buy TweetDeck for $30 million just a few weeks ago, that’s very interesting news.

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On The Death Of Google Reader

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As I said in that back and forth, I have imported all of my Google Reader stuff into Feedly, but … as opposed to what my buddy Nathan Burgess said about this being the first nail in the coffin for Google, I’ll propose a different coffin. He does social media management for KimberMedia and teaches for @bgckids.

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The Dos and Don’ts of a Social Media Automation Strategy

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And with more than 3 billion users online , that amounts to almost 2 billion social network users. The sheer amount of traffic that social media sites see every day makes it an insurmountable task to manage multiple social profiles manually. Social media automation addresses this challenge beautifully.

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Twitter and Guinea Pig Worry

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As a rule I like to channel my inner bitterness into lengthy rants about social media transgression. They aren’t serious about building a strong social network. The more experienced tweeter will use Tweetdeck, HootSuite, or something similar. I picked Tweetdeck because I liked the colors.

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Four Tools to Help Build Your Social Community

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Is there a way for me to cut down the amount of time I spend in social media?&#. HootSuite was the first Twitter service to introduce scheduled tweets, and one of the main reasons I switched over from TweetDeck (and now I’m so used to it, I can’t switch back). Inevitably, then, the time question comes up. Yes and no.