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APRIL 23, 2013

I have a confession to make: I’m not 100% in love with social media. Don’t get me wrong, social media. Using social media to lie is unfortunately easy. Twitter and Facebook both contain plenty of fake followers. One way this managed to affect me personally occurred during social media week.

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Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Boye web-conference in Aarhus Denmark in search of interesting social media case studies. Whereas the first demonstrated how a small cupcake business has embraced social media in terms of marketing, this post will concentrate on how a major charity organisation uses the various platforms to raise funds. The Haiti Case.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 12, 2023

Higher education social media marketers face unique challenges. Far from managing accounts for one or two brands and sub-brands, they might be responsible for managing social media profiles across dozens — or even hundreds — of different departments. Nykiera Thomas , Social Media Coordinator, Oakland University.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 10, 2012

Another chance to look at the social media universe, analyse the trends and make the strategies. UK Twitter statistics: Twitter has shown explosive growth this year, with the number of reported users more than doubling from 12 million to 26 million. 2012 Social Marketing & New Media Predictions [White Paper].

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 1, 2012

The points he tweeted back basically amounted to just one: social media cannot be used to sell anything, so why deceive people with tips to help them do that? I’m not a social media evangelist, and I’m very cautious about how I engage in this space. Photo credit: havi , courtesy Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 23, 2014

My experience is that Twitter has become very intertwined with primetime television. So when NBC Universal Research Chief Alan Wurtzel had this to say about Twitter and the Olympics , I was shocked. Just 19% of Olympic viewers posted about the games on social media, according to NBC. Social media IS impacting TV ratings.

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Harp Interactive

JANUARY 12, 2011

Backing up your social media information is helpful for personal use and a no brainer for any business with an active social presence! Imagine if your business Twitter account(s) were suspended (it happens more often than you know), deleted or disappeared entirely. HOW TO: Back Up Your Social Media Presence.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. But what if you could connect with your doctor using social media ; asking for advice via a quick Twitter or Facebook message? If social media and blogs in the U.S

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Harp Interactive

MARCH 3, 2010

Your real threats to your online social media accounts are hackers, viruses, user error, disgruntled employees and legal issues. Backing up your social media accounts can minimize this risk. TweetBackup is a free Twitter internet-based backup service. Up to 1,000 favorites (currently limited to 200 by Twitter).

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Harp Interactive

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

What are the top five things beginners should know about social media? The question was asked in one of the social media groups that I belong to on LinkedIn: “I’m giving a speech for … and would like to know five hot topics you think. ISMA Certified Social Media Marketing Specialist for Harp Social.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read | Main | Firebelly Work: J.C. 86% of these blogs (93) link directly to a corporate twitter account, a 300% increase over the 2008 study. The number one ranked company, Exxon Mobil, does not have a Twitter account.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2012

These days, it moves really quickly… we now get to know about earthquakes around the world on social media platforms even before the news reaches broadcasters. According to a Mckinsey report , social media enables a consumer’s decision-making journey. Image: iambents via Flickr, CC 3.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

I was asked: “I would like to reach out and connect with a professional contact that I have made via Twitter/Facebook /LinkedIn. ” And what is interesting is that the whole thing started when the organization’s official Twitter account retweeted one of my friend’s tweets. Image: naunasse via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 31, 2012

Would you agree that social media is faster than seismic waves? To me, this incident exemplifies how badly we are hooked on social media. That said, is social media all that bad? Multiple instances in the recent past tell us that social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become lifesavers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

At a recent BlogWell event I got a chance to hear Robert Raines from Chevron present his Social Media program and how he reports their activity into the Boardroom. It all starts with the Pulse Report that Chevron had produced by Edelman (their PR firm) using their Alterian’s SM2 social media monitoring tool. Technology.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 12, 2011

Image: dj0ser via Flickr, CC 2.0. I’ve lost count of how many responses I got via Twitter (thank you Jen Zingsheim for rescuing me from Facebook-search-hell). countless times on Twitter and Facebook, and I confess to using far too many smiley face emoticons in SM. Truly, I wasn’t trying to be a curmudgeon.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 28, 2011

Have you come across a social media bully lately? And I’ve thought a lot about this before deciding that, in essence, people who behave like this are social media bullies. Community conversations led to one of my favorite posts yet (and, I think, yours) on social media barfshiners.

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 7, 2011

Tweet Memolane – “Your Time Machine for the Web” – is a new social media tool, which captures your entire online life in one timeline, so you can easily travel back in time and relive great memories. – Make your Memolane public so you can easily share your online memories from Twitter, Facebook and blogs. Try it out!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 12, 2012

“Real” people don’t “do” social media like we do. By “we,” I mean people like you and I (or, at least, like I used to be), who are on social all the time. Image: Lanzen via Flickr, CC 2.0. If you enjoyed it, be sure to connect with Shonali on Twitter , Facebook , or Google+.

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Adam Cohen

MARCH 30, 2011

How do you define success with leveraging social media? With each passing conference and industry event, the perennial mainstays of social media case studies tend to remain the same: Dell, Comcast, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks. Social Media Success is NOT: …getting a celebrity to retweet a post.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 2, 2010

So here’s a short checklist of how you can use social media to compliment your marketing activities. On a last note, when working on social media and marketing, it cannot be emphasized enough that tagging and linking is crucial to the number of results for your search.

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 24, 2010

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « 4 Tips To Start a Blog Big Mashable Social Media Meetup in Antwerp » Everything You Need To Know About Social Media Posted by Anne Herngaard Jun 24th, 2010 Tweet We have stumbled across this useful resource made by the Candadian marketing company Eloqua.

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Firebelly

APRIL 2, 2012

Here are 5 must-reads on April Fools’ Day and social media that we don’t want you to miss. Flickr’s April Fool’s Joke Gives Us A Whole New Appreciation for Megapixels. Facebook + Twitter + Klout + Pinterest = No-Strings-Attached Dates? The Internet Has Killed April Fools’. April Fool’s!

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Social Media Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2012

The Airlines To my knowledge, Southwest was the first airline (or at least the most prominent early on) to get involved with social media. They've made great use of Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and more and have always led with a very human and very customer-centric approach. That finger wag gets me every time.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 10, 2012

If you work as a social media manager or online community manager you see these all the time … negative comments. The occasional complaint from a customer is inevitable, especially since social media has removed the filters that traditionally barred people from getting their views heard by the public.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 24, 2013

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 1, 2015

This is why I’m glad the media has been covering this story. Those who would threaten others with violence of any kind via social media or online in general need to be held accountable for their actions. Image: Genevieve via Flickr, CC 2.0. Twitter Google+ Ashley Judd, Feminism, and Social Media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

While the discussion went on for a long time and everyone shared their opinions, it was highly engaging as all of us were simultaneously sharing our thoughts on Twitter. It has about 16 K followers on Twitter , and everyone is inspired to do their bit to build a sustainable community. Image: cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr, CC 3.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 21, 2012

Just one of the many interesting factoids our group was given when the Regina Police Service (RPS) sent its social media officer, Kaeli Madill, to talk to us about all things Twitter and Facebook. RPS updates their social media sites every day – once in the morning and again in the afternoon.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2013

When I first started writing this post, I was going to call it “How I Use Twitter.” ” Then I thought again, because a) I’m not as frenetically active on Twitter these days as I used to be, and b) who the heck cares how I use Twitter? Image: TheNextWeb via Flickr, CC 2.0. Taking it a step further.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 31, 2012

Today’s pick – Howie Goldfarb’ s May post on social media listening using Manwich as a case study – comes from Dan Cohen. Image: keysi via Flickr, CC 2.0. Well, recently Gini Dietrich invited Lindsay Bell to dinner via The Twitter. I did a Flickr search for Manwich and got over 1,500 results!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 19, 2013

I was asked: “I would like to reach out and connect with a professional contact that I have made via Twitter/Facebook /LinkedIn. ” And what is interesting is that the whole thing started when the organization’s official Twitter account retweeted one of my friend’s tweets. Image: naunasse via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 26, 2011

And everyone’s ekually krazy about social media measurement. – will be joining the chat to talk about social media analytics. His book, Social Media Analytics , will be shipping soon, so this is a great chance for you to get a sneak preview, as it were. Here’s a sample of the chat: 1.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Of all the people you follow on Twitter what percentage have interests or values different than your own? A recent visit to our campus by journalist Chantal Hébert and her lecture “Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Look at the State of Political Coverage in the Social Media Era” had me thinking about how I use these tools.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 18, 2013

For those of us who’ve been using Twitter for a while, we sometimes forget that there are new adopters of the network every day. Trying to figure out Twitter back in the day was bad enough; can you imagine what it’s like these days? So here are 18 tweetable Twitter tips for newbies (check out that alliteration!).

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