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Memejacking: How to Get Started Marketing with Memes

Waxing UnLyrical

Memes are one of those things. Image: Retis via Flickr, CC 2.0. For most of us, memes are a trifling way to spend the day: a source of laughter or, albeit less frequently, inspiration. For marketers, memes may have come to represent something very different: an “in” with the “Internet culture” crowd.

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Social Media Copyright and Fair Use Rules to Know

Ignite Social Media

Social media teams should consider using platforms such as Flickr and CreativeCommons.org , where they can find copyright-free images with licenses for editorial and commercial use. Your brand should also avoid using a meme with a celebrity in it because the misappropriation of resemblance can get charged for commercial use.

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Technology Makes Us Lazy Communicators

Waxing UnLyrical

Insert meme of men on a train looking at newspapers here.) Image: Tina Leggio via Flickr, CC 2.0. Matt LaCasse is a digital media marketing specialist for Inter-State Studio in Sedalia, Missouri. That speaks very strongly to me at this point in my life right now as I’m taking on a more analytics focused role in my job.

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The idea of this meme is somewhat like previous memes , but it’s four times full of fun. You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca What is it, then, that I do now?

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Monday Roundup: The Power is Yours

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Artotem via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: In this post for BusinessGrow.com , Nathan Dube shares how a simple meme and one cat were powerful enough to raise money for social good. Is everyone looking forward to the holiday week? And for my fellow Americans, any big 4th of July plans? Grumpy Cat becomes cat-alyst for social good.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. Brian Solis has a terrific series starting this week on the changing marketing, advertising and communications, where he adds a 5th P: People. Will there be future demand for products?

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing. This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. This is his story. Or, do I want to use it as a base for experimentation? Ask Chiaki Williams. 2007: Facebook.

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