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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. Brian Carroll talks with MECLABS Director of Research Sergio Balegno about the disconnect between social media activity and results in the B2B environment, and concludes that “marketers are expecting way too much too soon.&#

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

Convince & Convert

The best sessions I saw this year were at Get Ready to Live , a one day “shadow conference&# put on by BazaarVoice , BlueClover , and Chris Brogan. Smart phone-toting attendees could snap a photo of each others’ code, and instantly follow one another within the my.SXSW social network. Largely, it didn’t happen.