Proactive Report

OCTOBER 24, 2011

While there were vigorous conversations going on in forums and message boards, there were no social networks. Forrester Research reports that 59% are active in social networks. Connections are faster, mobile and focused on outside servers and storage. 64% have broadband at home.

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Press Release News Wireless Journal 81

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

When you are conversing on social networks, how, what, and when do you disclose your business relationship? One of the better known cases was “Janet&# who created a Twitter profile for Exxon Mobile. This can apply to Twitter and accounts on other social networks as well as on blogs.)

Social Media 80

Social Media Astroturfing Wikipedia Upcoming 80

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Yelp and Forums When you get beyond social networks, the heaviest concentration of influential impressions is on ratings and reviews sites (32%), followed by discussion boards/forums at 29%. Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers. Good stuff.

Social Media 150

Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 150

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

SocialMention For more comprehensive social media searching, I use SocialMention , which indexes blogs, tweets, message board posts, and a lot more. Flowtown allows you to take email addresses (like the people subscribed to my newsletter) and determine in which social networks they are active.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167