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A Pinteresting Story

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Delicious got acquired by Yahoo in 2005 and became the defacto destination to share one's bookmarks online. While this would be panacea, the truth is that what makes something social is simply its ability to be as findable and shareable as possible (strong engagement and conversation can only happen after the other stuff has been mastered).

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Web 2.0 Expo – cool stuff seen on the floor of the show

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Brickfish - Measuring Social Engagement Brickfish offers an innovative way for brands to connect with their target audience online. Some examples are Coach engaged consumers to design a new tote. Finally, an effective learning tool that allows you to better engage, track the engagement, correlate progress to training, and measure ROI.

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Best Social Media Monitoring Tools

Bill Hartzer

Radian 6 – This application allows you to engage with your customers via social media. You can also measure and track engagement while determining which conversations in chat rooms, forums, etc. Sentiment Metrics – founded in 2005, Sentiment Metrics has helped businesses listen to the growing world of social media.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Gaining traction: LinkedIn, YouTube, and WordPress (and more) arrive (2003-2005) In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facemash, described as Harvard University’s answer to Hot or Not. Registering its one-millionth user that same year, the site became just “ Facebook ” in 2005. Try it free today.

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New Media Expo 2008 Wrap up & Ideas

Bare Feet Studios

Having said that, it sure would be great if all of the vendors and commercial content providers/aggregators would show up and support the Expo. The economy has hit all conferences and budgets pretty hard and the Podcast Bros might need to keep evolving and adapting the conference to keep it engaging and valuable. See you at Blogworld.

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GoHawaii's A Thousand Reasons to Smile Makes Me Frown, Not Smile.

Bare Feet Studios

Why have secret judges when you can have the community on the internet get engaged, give you more page views, and do the judging for you? Why is there no tag so people can talk about this event using internet shorthand, and so search engines can aggregate all of the related content? It is all happening behind closed doors.

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From Shared Databases to Communities of Practice: A Taxonomy of Collaboratories

Buzz Marketing for Technology

First, scientific knowledge is difficult to aggregate. The culture of independence benefits science in many ways, but it also makes it more difficult to aggregate scientists labors. Crossing boundaries between institutions is frequently a greater barrier than mere distance (Cummings & Kiesler, 2005). Definition.