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The Gamification of Social Media

Social Media Marketing

Essentially, it is a rewards system that makes what we already do on the web - create and share content - fun by making it a stock market-like atmosphere. By rewarding people with positive reinforcement for actions taken - much like Foursquare has become synonymous with - Empire Avenue uses a system of Achievements to recognize your progress.

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Best of #SMAZ – Blogging Tips, Social Media ROI, & SEO

Kikolani

Amongst the topics that came up was some common sense insight into the usage of geo-based social media sites like Britekite and Foursquare. He was soon contacted by someone from the restaurant’s marketing department, and after discussing his experience, the marketer eventually sent the speaker a gift card and revised menu.

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9 LinkedIn Users Describe Themselves

Ari Herzog

Summary : Co-founder and partner at Bonsai Interactive, offering smart marketing and social media business solutions, as well as mobile applications and social education. Spoken at TEDx and regularly quoted in publications and news media, including Marketing Magazine, Canadian Marketing Association and City News Toronto.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. Brian Carroll talks with MECLABS Director of Research Sergio Balegno about the disconnect between social media activity and results in the B2B environment, and concludes that “marketers are expecting way too much too soon.&#

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BrainDump: 101+ Things You MUST Know About Social Media For Business

SocMed Sean

General Insights About Social Media 1) If you’re going to engage in social media, focus on building relationships not spamming the social-sphere with your marketing message 2) What you put into it is proportional to what you will get out of it. These should align with your overall company or brand marketing and customer service plan.

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Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives.

Social Media Strategery

Not whether that’s the Chief Marketing Officer or the Director of Public Affairs or the Community Relations Lead, but actual names of people. The best person right now might be Joe over in Marketing, but what if Joe leaves the organization? Social media must be a part of your total integrated marketing. thanks for sharing!

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Objective Marketer This power-user Twitter app is the preferred vehicle for Guy Kawasaki. I use Objective Marketer for all of my in-advance Tweets, and when I want to engage in some headline and/or time of day testing. Disclosure: Objective Marketer gave me a free account) Note: There are thousands of Twitter apps (literally).