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You know what Twitter needs to Fix?

Direct Marketing Observations

Since we have the ability to publish content across multiple social platforms at once, perhaps we should see what networks one is a part of. If we’ve been saying that numbers don’t matter and that it’s all about quality and not quantity, then that notion pretty much renders alot of what you see on the bio section as useless.

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Using Twitter to grow your business-Webinar

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He is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders and published authors in new media. A digital analyst, sociologist, and futurist, Solis has influenced the effects of emerging media on the convergence of marketing, communications, and publishing. startups.

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Don’t Mistake Activity for Effectiveness in Social Media

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We’re so enamored with the platforms that allow us to say something quickly, or publish or push out a piece of content in just 2-3 clicks, that we have lost our way. Clearly, we are all suffering from a need for speed. A rush to crank the content out.

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Sports and Social Media-What have We Learned?

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This means that 1) we have realized the power and potential of the digitally written word/visual world and we realize its impact; and 2) all of us have become comfortable with the notion that we’re all publishers, editors and commentators of our lives, your lives and even the lives of people we know nothing about.

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We didn’t mean that transparent…

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See What Facebook Publicly Publishes About You. But I have a simple point to make with a larger concern. look at these latest headlines. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Believe In Privacy. What Do New Facebook Features Mean for Your Privacy? NJ Principal Asks Parents To Ban Social Networking.

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Sports and Social Media-What have We Learned?

Direct Marketing Observations

This means that 1) we have realized the power and potential of the digitally written word/visual world and we realize its impact; and 2) all of us have become comfortable with the notion that we’re all publishers, editors and commentators of our lives, your lives and even the lives of people we know nothing about.

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Is Twitter really working for you? 10 questions

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So if you have 126 followers, Who is really deciding what you tweet? . Are you being heard? If so, by how many at any given time?

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