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14 Quick Tactics to Encourage Corporate Social Media Adoption

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This past Tuesday on our weekly Hashtag socialmedia tweetchat , we were honored to have one of the classiest people I’ve gotten to know, host our chat, BL Ochman. 5) Teach your execs and colleagues how to follow conferences and events and comment via hashtags. It’s a very clear way to demonstrate value.

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Crowdsourcing the Impact of Social Media on Non Profit Organizations

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Last week we had the pleasure to have Beth Kanter host our weekly tweetchat over at Hashtag social media. The subject was obviously about Non Profit Organizations and how social media can play favorably with them. This is the sweet spot for Beth and as a host, I have to say she was beyond amazing.

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15 Things I’ve Learned from 138 Social Media Tweetchats

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We had no idea that 2 years and 138 tweetchats later, “Hashtag” as we call it would still be chugging along. At the time, the Tweetchat, “ Journchat “, was on fire and that was our inspiration. In the course of about a 1 minute conversation, Hashtagsocialmedia was born. So what have I learned?

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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Active hashtag throughout the week, with chats taking place on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. the #1 monthly hashtag chat for recruiters on Twitter that takes place the last Wednesday of each month at 9pm Eastern at #TNL. Mobile Innovation; Fostering Soc Ent at universities; Support Women; eHealth; etc. ET, Started and run by Kellye Crane.

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Social Media Postulate #639: On Influence

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Tags: hashtagsocialmedia social media hashtag socialmedia social media influencers.

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The Dawn of Social Mediocrity

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I know that if I use the term “western saddles” as a key word, page title, hyper link, hashtag, splog site or blog post in some social networks or platforms, the likelihood of you finding or landing on my pages might be pretty high. You continue to search for info about saddles.

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The Problem with the Social Web

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Sure we might get a recommendation or suggestion from someone, or we might be motivated by some type of incentive-but ultimately, you make the choice to choose… Two years ago my friend Jason Breed and I created Hashtag Socialmedia - a tweetchat that revolved around talking about the business of social media.

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