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This Week in Social Media – 4/17/2013

Social Media Marketing

In addition to creating the section of thought leaders to follow , LinkedIn has just acquired the newsreader startup Pulse for $90 million. Advertising this week in social news Marketing social media facebook trends PR' LinkedIn is continuing to push toward being a content provider. Image credit: Werner Kunz.

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Why Customer Service is the Future of Social Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In 2006, social media was building steam in the United States. With the rise of Facebook’s popularity, the launch of Twitter, and the surge of influence from social news sites like Digg, social media looked to be a great breeding ground for marketers to make their mark. And make their marks they did.

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