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What Is an API & Why Does It Matter for Social Media?

Sprout Social

Your Internet experience runs on APIs. But what is an API and why does it matter to you? In this article, we’ll give a high-level overview of APIs and how they relate to your daily life. What is an API? API stands for application programming interface. APIs operate on an agreement of inputs and outputs.

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The case for better social media technology in 2024

Sprout Social

How social media technology has evolved Over 5 billion people use social media worldwide, and, according to Sprout Social Q4 2023 Pulse Survey data, 42% of users expect to be present on even more networks in 2024. As a result, social media networks are constantly changing to keep up with the emerging preferences of their growing user base.

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The 8 best URL shorteners for engagement and tracking in 2022

Sprout Social

As social media grew in popularity, lengthy URLs began to present a problem. Access the API . View aggregated metrics in the dashboard. Plus, you can incorporate BLINK with enterprise platforms like Khoros and Sprinklr, connect it to thousands of apps with Zapier and Zoho Flow, or access the API. Integrations and API.

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Romi Mahajan leaves Microsoft to Join Metavana as CMO

Buzz Marketing for Technology

A: After an aggregate of 9 years at Microsoft, being the CMO of a $100M dollar digital agency, and a writer, I wanted to get back to my roots in terms of “building” something that had huge customer promise and could make a dent in reality as we know it. It has to be present in the very warp and woof of the organization’s fabric.

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eLearning 2.0 Technologies and Concepts: Start Pages as Environments for Self-Organized Learners

Buzz Marketing for Technology

At the conference EduMedia 2008, TENCompetence Special Technology Track "Technology Support for Self-Organized Learners" I presented my ideas and gained experience with Start pages and their possibilities for building the learning and research environments for Self-organized learners. Start Pages as Environments for Self-Organized Learners.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Swix aggregates as many as 100+ of your social media metrics, and presents them in a unified, visually digestible fashion that will be the darling of any Excel hater. The math isn’t that tough – you could do it yourself – but the ease-of-use and data presentation of Swix is exceptional.

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The Social Media Monitoring Lighthouse – A Guide on What and How to Monitor

Razor Social

Nicely presented reports. Radian 6 covers over 150 million sources ranging from blogs, forums, Facebook public API, Twitter, and photo and video sharing sites. Nicely presented charts with Sysomos4. Conversations are monitored, categorized, analyzed and presented in a form suitable for digestion. Brandwatch. Talkwalker.