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The Business (To Business) Of Social Media

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They're on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. It was just announced that LinkedIn acquired SlideShare (more on that here: LinkedIn Acquires Professional Content Sharing Platform SlideShare For $119M ). For those used to Facebook and Twitter, this is all very obvious. content sharing platform. publishing platform.

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Don't Quit. Yet

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Are you thinking of quitting Twitter or Facebook or Blogging? The people that are really enjoying it are now considering quitting Facebook and Twitter for it. Today, Hugh MacLeod , decided to quit Twitter and Facebook. In fact, I would argue that Twitter and Facebook - if used in a certain way - can augment the Blog experience.

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Has Search Replaced Bookmarking?

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Most people used bookmarking as a way to remember where a piece of content was (or to make it more findable to others). We didn't have online social networks like Twitter and Facebook to ask our "friends" questions. Do we really need an online social bookmarking platform anymore? Things are findable. publishing.

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A Pinteresting Story

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With over 800 million users and talk that it will hit a billion connected people by the summer, it doesn't seem like Twitter is a true competitor. Think about software that was developed for the Windows platform, and this will be a similar strategy for many of the newer social media startups. That Pinterest thing.

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The Other Side Of Comments And Community

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What if you Blog because the platform just makes it so easy to publish? I Blog to make the content I think about as shareable and findable as possible. I've changed my stance on Blog comments over the years, but none of that truly changes the reasons why I Blog: which is to publish my thoughts. publishing.

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Content Is Everywhere - The Changing Tide Of The Internet

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There have been a couple of major indicators that the world of publishing and content is shifting away from the traditionally held value that you have to drive traffic to one, specific destination. Even though the iPad has a near-seamless Web experience, publishers still create native apps for the device. " The new publisher.

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The Art And Innovation Of Listening

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As the interest surrounding social media monitoring tools continues to grow, it begs the question: Why are brands spending so much money on social media monitoring platforms when plenty of free and easy-to-access tools already exist? Vancouver Sun - not yet published. publishing. twitter search. publishing.

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