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IM: Small Business Tool Or A Waste Of Time?

Small Business Mavericks

One of the most primitive online communications tools is instant messaging. There are some instant messaging clients, IM clients, now that allow you to send and receive e-mail and manage your social networks. Instant messaging is a great small business communications tool. Do it the right way.

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Why I Rarely Answer My Phone | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Instant messaging lets us detect whether our friends are busy without our bugging them, and texting lets us ping one another asynchronously. at the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset May 28-30: Social Media Skills for Musicians: Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, & Podcasting at the N?

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Going from Free to Fee Part 2

Bare Feet Studios

In a way Twitter is like instant messaging. Instant messaging has stuck around through the ages as a free service but most of those services are supported by bigger businesses making money in other ways (MSN, AOL, Yahoo…) Maybe Google should/could buy out Twitter. :) And then again, sometimes businesses simply fail.

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biznet on Podcamp: How to Do a Skype Interview

Bare Feet Studios

We quickly scheduled the date and time via Twitter private message, and exchanged usernames on Skype. Takeaway: Asking for help is a winning strategy in social media. Shauna also was able to instant message me a list of questions so I could see the text. Thanks to Judi for the correction.

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Tamar Weinberg is a Media Snacker » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. The media landscape has shifted from the linear to one of many layers consumed by creative and empowered individuals. My friends, do you respect media snackers?

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The News Feed is Outdated: How Stories Changed the Way I Think About Social Media

Buffer Social

What Facebook actually popularized was the algorithmically-sorted feed, which they pioneered in 2006 with the release of their News Feed. But social media has now moved on. How Stories changed the way I think about social media. The future of social media will no longer be about sharing only the perfect moments.

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The Blogger and Marketer's Cheat Sheet to Getting High Profile.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A blogger might say that he wants to write for a specific publication, sending emails and instant messages asking, “Hey, I really like that you write for this publication. Your service that launched in 2009 does not fit in a post that was written in 2006. Can you get me a job too?&# You can’t alter history.

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