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This Week in Social Media – 8/7/2013

Social Media Marketing

Industry Social network usage rates for seniors ages 65 and older have tripled since 2009, one in every five Internet users is now on Twitter and 72% of online adults are social networking users, according to the Pew Research Center''s Internet & American Life Project''s latest report.

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Pheed – Express Yourself on Social Media

Mindjumpers

I have been looking into upcoming social platforms and came across Pheed, which for a while has created some buzz on the web and have been announced the breakout social media star of 2013. It has the well-known functionalities as other platforms, such as a timeline and feed with the people you subscribe to.

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Life After the News Feed: Why Facebook is Shifting to Stories (And Why Your Business Should Too)

Buffer Social

The News Feed is one of Facebook’s marque innovations. For nearly a decade, the News Feed was the jewel in Facebook’s crown. It even admitted the News Feed can have a negative impact on mental health. While the News Feed has been experiencing growing pains, a new format has arisen: Stories. ” The rise of Stories.

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This Week in Social Media – 4/3/2013

Social Media Marketing

Typically reserved to the right column, Facebook just announced that these targeted ads will now come to the News Feed. Related: Brands need to walk a fine line, as consumers may be wary of social listening Custom Audiences and Lookalike Audiences are a great way to target advertising on Facebook, and there are ways to maximize the results.

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A Social Media Status Quo Pt.1-Japan

Mindjumpers

We’ve taken a look at some of the leading social platforms and emerging new trends in the land of the rising sun. Japan’s social status quo. Japan is one of the few countries that managed to actually keep its local social networks more popular than the media giant Facebook.

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Effectively Recruiting Top Performing Employees through Social Media

SocMed Sean

Today’s guest post comes from Eric Czerwonka , an entrepreneur and co-founder of Buddy Punch , a software company founded in 2013 that provides time tracking solutions for startups, companies with employees, as well as anyone with a remote team to manage. Eric also holds a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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FTC Cracks Down on Instagram, Twitter Starts to Grow | Social You Should Know

Ignite Social Media

While Pinterest embraces its search engine reality, the FTC proves it knows how social networks work and Twitter starts to grow again, all in this week’s edition of Social You Should Know. In a move that made it clear to me the FTC gets how social networks operate (kudos!!), FTC Issues Warning to Instagram Celebs.

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