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Why Facebook Timeline Ads Suck

Waxing UnLyrical

What I wonder is why Facebook, in its marketing plans, doesn’t give me an option of paying for their service? Image: jurvetson via Flickr, CC 2.0. Brian Meeks used to make his living in the virtual world of Second Life, where he built spaces for corporate clients under the name Ecocandle Riel. I wish them ill.

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5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle | Main | Social Media & The Super Bowl » January 29, 2010 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The problem that I’m experiencing more often, and one that my colleagues are beginning to see more frequently, is that an opt-in for a relationship or connection online does not actually grant permission to market. They understand that the boundaries of the “human world&# have not disappeared in the virtual world.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Social Media Monetization Models on Flickr [link]. Pay $25 a year a la Flickr for a Pro account. Virtual Real Estate a tough one again if you are not a virtual world like Second Life but how about a special forum for payment. Sort of Affiliate marketing on steroids. Customer Pays Twitter . 20 million?

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

Nearly five years ago–back when Flickr was still in its infancy, and Facebook was on just a few college campuses–we founded Tiny Pictures with a view to helping people share experiences as they happen. In one virtual world we opened up the gates to all the “scarce&# goodies. A bit of history.

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Friday Fun: For the Heart, Head & Soul

Diva Marketing Blog

Friday Fun is Diva Marketing's virtual happy hour from cosmos to Jack to lemonade. Too many wonderful things happening in the virtual world not to pass along from fun contests to help non profit causes to quirky ways to grow your business. Looking for a couple more social media and marketing tips ?

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When Twitter Gave Me Howler Monkey Angst

Waxing UnLyrical

I considered all sorts of examples that could illustrate why this DM was worse than a marketing plan based upon offending 80% of the population, just so the remaining 20% would feel special. Image: Elizabeth Haslam via Flickr, CC 2.0. The wheels were turning and my mind started flying off in dozens of different directions.

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