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The Death of Google Reader: Did Email Kill the RSS Star?

Stay N' Alive

At the same time we see other "social networks" of Google's (Youtube) hitting over a billion active users. Compared to that, Google Reader was minuscule. Many are even screaming that the death of Google Reader is the death of RSS and the beginning (or end?) of the death of "open". And for that, I'm sad.

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Social Media Tools, Apps, Resources and Plugins

Harp Interactive

Lets you set up columns which you can use to monitor twitter mentions of your brand. OpenBeak is mobile client for posting updates to Twitter. Google Alerts: Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) Google Reader. with stats.

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iGoogle Finished – what’s your favourite RSS Dashboard social media monitoring?

Laurel Papworth

I teach classes on social media monitoring – computer classes – and the students set up iGoogle to find and monitor Media, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, images, key influencers, keywords, CEO and brand mentions and so on. The mobile version will be retired on July 31, 2012. Google Reader doesn’t have gadgets.

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Google+ Just Beat Facebook to the Future

Stay N' Alive

They've already been rumored to be working on a much stronger mobile strategy, bringing Facebook's powerful platform to the apps you use on the mobile devices you carry, to every place you go. It's that which has had Google scared and hinging employee bonuses on the success of their social program this year. Google+ Branding.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And the more intricate your external efforts become, the more social, mobile, and interactive your website must become. Here are three examples of brands that appear to be taking this message to heart: Fandango.com Best-known as a portal for buying movie tickets online, the site is actually quite diverse in terms of its content offerings.

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B2B Social Media: 4 Ways to Sell the Value to Management

Convince & Convert

Discover Buyer Oriented Keywords – Monitoring the name of company, brand or service is important, but it’s unlikely to generate leads outside of your existing purview. Visit iTunes and see if any of your competitors have released mobile apps to help them connect with new customers and retain existing ones.

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17 Digital Marketing Experts Share Their Top Tips, Tricks, and Tools

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Often times, big brands will use a coupon or sweepstakes as a social media campaign, the usual: “post a picture of yourself with our product, and the one that receives the most votes wins a prize&#. Sometimes, brands that start the campaign will realize that it’s not receiving the traction they want.

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