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Snooki v. Toni Morrison

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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. I applaud her for getting the gig. She will receive $30,000. Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison.

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Why Facebook Timeline Ads Suck

Waxing UnLyrical

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 just want to have my Timeline, which represents me and my ramblings, free of ads.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

They understand that the boundaries of the “human world&# have not disappeared in the virtual world. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Know an “Expert&# from a Con-Man There are a lot of ethical social media enthusiasts in my midst. They see dollar signs.

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5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read

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80+% of Twitter Accounts Inactive, But Core Users More Committed By Dirk Singer Though Twitter won’t be heading into obscurity like the virtual world (this New York Times article gives some good reasons why), it’s still the case that Twitter’s actual user base is small compared to the number of registrations as some new stats from RJMetrics show.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

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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. Looking at the diagram here they are one by one . Customer Pays Twitter . 20 million?

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If you love good ideas, let them go…

The Way of the Web

Image courtesy annais on Flickr (CC Licence). One of the joys of the virtual world is that there is a huge pool of people who may have similar ideas and viewpoints who have complimentary talents, skills and resources that can help you. Image courtesy ieshraq on Flickr (CC Licence). Go and bloody do it.

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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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