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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

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2011 was a game changing year in social media. In some ways, social media is growing up, but in other ways we’re just getting started. I’m putting my Carnack hat on and writing down the trends I see in social media for 2012. Further segmentation of social platforms.

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Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile makes appearance in Hawaii | Akamai.

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Hawaii is celebrating its 50th year as a state this year, the Weiner mobile started in 1936, making the Weinermobile the older of the two. Oscar Meyer’s stunt is perhaps the oldest and longest running mobile marketing campaign in the country. What’s your social currency? Put it in perspective.

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Case Study and Lessons Learned: App Product Launch and Awareness

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At a City of Honolulu sponsored hackathon, a citizen developed a mobile app, DaBus, which adds functionality to the bus system with GPS tracking and to the minute updates on bus schedules and locations. Think: In order to encourage app usage, a mobile “Geeks on the Bus” tweetup/kick-off event was planned.

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The Cost of a Tribe

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Tweet “Just Do A Social Media Advocacy Campaign” In social media and in other areas, we’ve been seeing a big surge in “advocacy” and “crowdsourcing.” Gamers and social media sites have figured out a lot about our motivations over the years. social media'

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What the ComScore Digital Year in Review means for small biz marketers

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While the report doesn’t directly address much about social media, it does make a case for some strategic choices that may impact your social media campaigns. If you thought that 2010 was a big year for digital marketing, you were right. Let the mediums talk to each other and make friends with one another.

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Book Review: APE – Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch

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Many writers might think the only role for social media is in the marketing and promotional phase. But throughout the book, Kawasaki provides examples of how his social community made the book better, during each phase. Kawasaki also covers ways to mobilize communities such as KickStarter and IndieGoGo.

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