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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

From Singapore I’ve watched the social media world develop its identity and characteristics. Often, friends from the “real” world gave me passage to the social media world. At the opening party for a machinima film festival, Jose Marques, a Portuguese venture capitalist friend, sent me an invite to Gmail.

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An ode against automated tweets

Danny WhatMough

xx has added xx film to their Lovefilm account. If there is something you really want to share, then take an additional 2 minutes, log into Tweetdeck and pen a 140 update that adds some value. Social media is a highly personal medium and doesn’t suit automation at all. xx has checkedin on Foursquare.

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Sharing One Journey: New Ways to Continually Engage Your Users

ProBlogger

So, we filmed a thank you song incorporating their names into the lyrics and basing it on a cool guitar groove. Also, use social monitoring tools like TweetDeck , to see if somebody mentions your blog or retweets your posts. If so, add them to your smart Excel list and show some love for their social spreading!

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Micromarketing: Relationship Marketing Through Advocacy

Adam Cohen

Since I have been a social media enthusiast for some time, I knew about many examples, but I would imaging most marketers would learn even more. The business of social media by its nature has allowed me to meet, virtually at first and in person over time, lots of talented minds. . - Susan Boyle over-delivered on talent.

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The magical power of great writing and insight

The Way of the Web

For instance, having written about some of the different inputs that are helping me create better work , I fired up Tweetdeck today, and the first thing I saw was @Documentally tweeting a link to his own take on a same subject. And as someone with a young child and a corresponding diet of animated films, this also really stood out.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

There seems to be a distinct collection of sessions, parties, and hang-outs for the social media crowd, and then a completely separate collection for developers, entrepreneurs (and of course film attendees). More so than any other event I attend, SXSW is conference roulette. I’ll write about that soon.