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Sharing Is Caring (And Selling)

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What makes media a social media? If you ask someone what social media is, they will inevitably say that it's all about the conversation. I'm no longer bullish on this notion of conversation within social media. Scaling your social media efforts back is the best way to scale them for true growth.

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15 Amazing Women Bloggers You Should Get to Know

Janet Fouts

One of the fantastic things about the growth of social media is how it has widened our window on the world. Ambercadabra Amber co-wrote The Now Revolution with Jay Baer , they really get what makes new media work for business. Wanna learn about tech, social media, mobile? Naomi Dunford. Shelly Kramer. Liz Strauss.

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How to Cut Costs with Your Own Support Community

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The social web has opened the communication floodgates. Can’t a strong social media initiative start inside the walls of your website? Support communities—forum sites, wikis or any venues that include user-generated content—are surprisingly self-sufficient. Take a look at some strong examples of community support.

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Atlanta Women In Social Media Marketing_2

Diva Marketing Blog

Part 2 of Where Are the Atlanta Women in Social Media Marketing? Part 1 For me, the secret sauce of social media marketing is in how the tech tools with odd sounding names like blogs and wikis and Twitter can build and nurture old fashion corner grocer store relationships. Focus is on B2B and B2C.

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Influencer Marketing 101

Koka Sexton

These third parties exist either in the supply chain (retailers, manufacturers, etc.) Being able to tap into the social networks of an influential person or thought leader in an industry and have them share your message usually exceeds expectations from normal marketing campaigns. Influencer marketing just works.

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How to Write a Social Media Policy

Webbiquity SMM

Why is having a social media policy in place so critical? Because virtually 100% of companies are now involved in social media—whether they acknowledge it or not. Essential Topics for an Organizational Social Media Policy. Provide a short introduction and then define what you mean by “social media.&#

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Social media training on Foursquare Google Plus Pinterest Facebook Training for June and July 2012

Laurel Papworth

Here are some social media courses for you (or perhaps, for someone you know) for June and July. All social media training below is held in Sydney – please contact laurel [at] communitycrew.com for other locations and inhouse corporate training. Will Google Plus replace email and enewsletters and blogs and wikis?