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Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Social Capital 2012 conference took place on Saturday in Ottawa and more than 220 people turned up to share and learn about the latest in social media thinking, issues and technologies. One highlight was Kelly Rusk’s session on using social media for research. Three biggest myths of social media.

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Don’t Squander Your Social Capital

Janet Fouts

Social capital is one of the new buzz words of the decade. Tara Hunt calls it “ Whuffie “ Whatever it is, the better your social capital the more likely it is your followers will take action. Those are the ones with social capital. Link to them in a blog post as a resource. Numbers game.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Fourth

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup. The freelance writer’s guide to Internet research – not a bad resource for bloggers or writers in general. Blogging / Writing.

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Need to Fundraise? Stick With What Works!

SocialFish

Many require a ton of resources and yield poor results. However, there are several key fundraisers that have proven themselves consistently over time and have helped schools and non-profits get the results they need without burning their resources at both ends. Resources: www.FundraisingIdeas.com.

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Need to Fundraise? Stick With What Works!

SocialFish

Many require a ton of resources and yield poor results. However, there are several key fundraisers that have proven themselves consistently over time and have helped schools and non-profits get the results they need without burning their resources at both ends. Resources: www.FundraisingIdeas.com The post Need to Fundraise?

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Sharing is how you build a Brand

Buzz Marketing for Technology

So the question quickly becomes how can you take those same writing resources and turn them into a content creation engine. Related posts: Personal Brands RULE on Social Networks On Facebook you can’t be a Friend of a. Why you need to build your Social Capital? So over the last few blog posts we have looked.

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MUST WATCH: The state of the internet and group-forming

SocialFish

He sees lots more groups forming in the future but also lots more people joining and leaving groups at a lower thresholds of participation and asks, “what does that do to social capital&# ?

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