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#Hashtags Hit Facebook – #WhatDoYouThink

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In an announcement by the social networking service giant on Wednesday, Facebook informed users of the rollout of hashtags to status updates. “Hashtags are just the first step to help people more easily discover what others are saying about a specific topic and participate in public conversations. What are your thoughts?

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Will Election Day Tweets Help Determine the Outcome?

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This instant gratification dimension is fueled by feelings, spawned by the twitter generation, the texting age, or possibly in short, the web-gen. According to a recent Pew Internet study , Twitter, a popular social media site for business , is used regularly by just 16 percent of the U.S. How do you rate Twitter?

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Three Things New Video for Instagram Can Do For Your Business

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This new feature was introduced as Twitter’s video sharing app Vine has been picking up recent increased activity. Twitter posts with media like Instagram receive on average three to four times more engagement than those that do not include multi-media. Adding these filters is a great way to make your post even more unique.

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Embedding Facebook Posts Good For Businesses

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Following the example of Twitter and their own Instagram, Facebook is now allowing users to share a post containing a video, pictures or hashtags by using an embedding code. They will also be able to like your Facebook page and click on any hashtags you used within the post.

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Chevrolet Brilliantly Embraces Chevy Guy’s “Technology and Stuff” Blunder

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” The internet, mainly Twitter, immediately criticized and made fun of the man they called “Chevy Guy.” Since that night, Chevy has run with the hashtag, #TechnologyAndStuff, which was trending on Twitter shortly after the blunder. ” Was Chevy going to be able to take control of this mishap? 1, 2014.