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On Facebook and the Death of Etiquette

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Why Social Media is Scary | Social Media Strategery

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Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 From our most senior VPs to senior executives within the government to our summer interns, every group has their own set of questions, concerns, and pre-conceived notions about social media and what it means for them.

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On Facebook and the Death of Etiquette

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Email between friends and family has a broad range of what’s “socially acceptable,” but over time people at least develop a sense of when people will reply and why. Two years ago, no way I’d tell you that it would be acceptable to converse via text message/SMS with grandparents. Same with instant messaging.

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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

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Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Learn to Walk Before You Run Sun, Nov 2, 2008 Enterprise 2.0 , Social Media Image courtesy of Flickr user karen.j.ybanez “Why aren’t people using it?

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The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. The media landscape has shifted from the linear to one of many layers consumed by creative and empowered individuals. Do I respect media snackers? Of course I do.

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Differences between Social Channels

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Think YouTube, Vimeo, and Flickr. These are three popular examples of social sharing sites. Social networking sites. If you've ever heard of a little site called Facebook, you are familiar with a social networking site. Today's other popular social networking sites include LinkedIn and MySpace.