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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Before rolling out ANY type of social media application, whether it’s blogs, or a wiki, or microblogging, make sure that you do an assessment of your user culture first. These questions need to be asked before rolling out any type of social media application. Are they rewarded or punished for collaborating?

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

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Use an open source microblogging service like Yammer or QikCom. If your organization already uses Instant Messaging, microblogging offers the potential to turn those one-on-one conversations into group collaboration. Think of it like an IM platform where every IM you send is open to everyone else in the network.

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Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I tweet more frequently too, using HootSuite (my favorite Twitter application by far) to schedule tweets down the road. Regarding any issue that you have with the application, you can mail me on alexandra[at]seesmic[dot]com and I’ll be happy to help out. I promote good content. I promote new people. I promote friends.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

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In the context of social media, an algorithm is how a social platform determines which content to display at any given time to a particular user. Application programming interface (API). An application programming interface (API) is a communication system that allows two applications or platforms to “talk” to each other.

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I, like other “students&# at the time, always thought Facebook wouldn’t “sell out&# and become an open platform. When you’re a platform for businesses, having a mutually beneficial relationship could even be a good idea. The problem is that Twitter didn’t try to market itself as a private platform.

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