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A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

To truly appreciate social media and the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, the consumer must first remember the wireless networks' distant and humble beginnings. Piggybacking on Herz' radio wave, Marchese Guglielmo Marconi translated the wave into a wireless signal that would make short-distance radio transmissions possible.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

Trademark number 97097363. Goods and Services Description.

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How to Run a Successful Facebook Contest for Your Business

Rebekah Radice

It rolls over into your overall marketing strategy and helps meet specific objectives. You can later use them as social proof, and to show your potential customers how much your current customers love you. Just take a look at what Cricket Wireless did: they gave a $25 credit for every successful referral. Referral Promotion.

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Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros

Waxing UnLyrical

When people use it instead of email to schedule meetings, it really saves time. Plaxo: contacts, calendar and e-cards As a social network, I think Plaxo is pretty dismal, no matter how much it tries to Face-Twit-book-terify itself. If you haven’t tried them yet, have a go. I use BusyCal which is like iCal but on steroids.

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How to Run a Successful Facebook Contest for Your Business

Rebekah Radice

It rolls over into your overall marketing strategy and helps meet specific objectives. You can later use them as social proof, and to show your potential customers how much your current customers love you. Just take a look at what Cricket Wireless did: they gave a $25 credit for every successful referral. Referral Promotion.

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The Top 130 Minnesota Tech Companies on Twitter

Webbiquity SMM

Twitter is consistently rated as the second-best social network for B2B and tech companies, behind only LinkedIn. Which businesses understand the “social” part of social network, and which are just there to broadcast? tech.mn, Frontend Masters, and Request Metrics are the least social.

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15 Top iPhone Apps for Work and Play

Waxing UnLyrical

Social networks. There are a ton of editing options, and you can also share your photos to social networks or via email directly from Camera+ if you want. have included this in the “social networks” category above, but I felt like mixing it up a bit. I highly recommend it.

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