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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content

Waxing UnLyrical

via Flickr, CC 2.0. Retail companies the world over are taking to holistic commerce and everything it brings to the table. Then I started my own business, wrote about what was going on with it in my first six weeks , helped a B2C pet product get off the ground and dove headfirst into the world of entrepreneurship. Image: mayeesherr. (in

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How NOT to Run Your Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Bryn Salisbury via Flickr, CC 2.0. Additionally, in 2009 furniture retailer Habitat decided it might get more traction by including trending hashtags such as #trueblood, #iphone and even #mousavi (who was running in the Iranian presidential election at the time) in tweets about competitions and discounts. *Don’t

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How Much Listening Does Social Media Listening Really Offer?

Waxing UnLyrical

However, I’m not necessarily going to go onto Twitter and ask, since my followers probably don’t live in my town, so would struggle to advise me of a reputable company near me. Image: daniel duende via Flickr, CC 2.0. That would help me find the right people to get my issue fixed. Four opportunities to get involved from one search?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reputation Management. The Ultimate Resource for Successful Small Business Websites (Samir Balwani): This isn’t completely social media marketing focused, but it definitely covers a great deal of detail on how smaller businesses (consulting firms, law firms, realtors, restaurants, retailers, etc.) Reputation Management.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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Can You Trust Your Blog to the Cloud – The Pros and Cons

Kikolani

Everything’s going smashingly well, your site has amazing uptime backed by one of the world’s biggest retailers and your tribe is loving it. Do they have a good reputation? Then tell me, honestly, do you use any of the following: Dropbox. iPhone, iPod, iOS. Android Phones or Tablet devices. Amazon Web Services.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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