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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes. First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. I’m going to stop there, though.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Once online, it caught the attention of executives at Apple who flew him into California to make it a commercial reality. Humans can relate to emotional content, and laughable content is always golden. Informational Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time. Touted as more of a “content discovery&# engine than a news engine, StumbleUpon lets you discover news, but not necessarily in a timely manner. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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An Introduction to Tumblr

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It’s a microblogging social platform that allows its users to post various types of content, from text and photos to music and videos. Here are some facts to consider as you explore Tumblr as a content channel: There are currently 561.3 And to engage with content, you either reblog or like a post.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. The platform allows patrons to subscribe to monthly or exclusive creator content. RIP to Periscope, 2015-2021.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Just like Digg doesn’t like anti-Digg content reaching the front page in order to control its brand, if anyone buys Digg and there’s a negative article about said company reaching the front page, it won’t look very good for them. You may as well just subscribe to about 50 feeds and you have digg.

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