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Image: Hector Alejandro via Flickr, CC 2.0. Image: NVS_Inc 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. In his free time, he does… well… social media… and publishes the blog Extremely Average.

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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. When the economy went south, he turned to Social Media to feed and clothe himself.

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

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The photo sharing social network Radar.net is shutting down and, thankfully, they have all undertaken all the key steps to do that sensitively and graciously. More in Social Media is Not An Experiment. In one virtual world we opened up the gates to all the “scarce&# goodies. A bit of history.

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In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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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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Social Media Monetization Models on Flickr [link]. Social media Donations it works for Wikipedia. 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. 20 million?

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Social media. Whether youre socializing on Facebook , updating Twitter , or just adding a new bookmark to Ma.gnolia , social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. Welcome to Social Media U. 25 Comments.

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