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How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape

Webbiquity SMM

Find relevant groups on Facebook and LinkedIn. This is as simple as searching within “groups” on each social networking site for your primary keywords and recording the results. Note how many groups you find, how large the groups are, and how active they appear to be.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

In addition, WordPress’ sister offerings, BBpress and Buddypress offer message board and social network features as well that all integrate well with each other. Ning – Ning has certainly established itself as the leader in custom, web based, out of the box social network sites. Social Network Platforms 1.

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How to Integrate Social Media into Your Website with a Homeland Embassy Strategy

Convince & Convert

Michael Dell spoke about the issue of proximity in an article in Forbes back in 2006: The first step was to add blogs and message boards in the hope that irate customers will talk to the company rather than gripe to the whole Internet. Or do they need to socialize their homeland as well? The option just doesn’t exist.

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50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students | Educhoices.org

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The site has encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, maps, calculators, converters, quotes, a fact checker and much more. Virtual Reference Shelf - This site features select web resources compiled by the Library of Congress. It is the perfect site for anyone who wants free and unlimited access to great books online.

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Are You Keeping People Connected With Your Brand and Each Other?

Convince & Convert

The Weight Watchers site features a Community section with message boards for support, etc. Brides set up bridal challenges, mommy groups set up challenges for each other, and the opportunities are endless. Weight Watchers has taken advantage of this in a couple of ways.

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Successfully Engaging Customers with a Cause

Buzz Marketing for Technology

They harnessed blogs and message boards – “be very careful if you are trying to sell them – must be a very genuine conversation” Went to breast cancer blog sites – tried to give relevant information and how they can join in National Breast Cancer Awareness day.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites. This presents misunderstandings (at the least) and enlists your people beyond just the marketing and PR groups. Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, Bmaccess; the distinction from social news sites is s bit blurry).

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