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Predictions for 2015: Start Off the New Year Knowing the Future of Social

Buzz Marketing for Technology

This week I moderated another Social Media Today webinar as part of their Best Thinker webinar series, this time on the topic of Predictions for 2015: Start Off the New Year Knowing the Future of Social. For comparison, popular social networks were funded with just over 5 billion dollars. billion by the end of 2014.

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Facebook and Twitter: Out With the Old, In With the New

The Realtime Report

The challenges each site faced were essentially different; Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook were out to show that his “social network” was more than just an experiment; meanwhile, Twitter was looking to prove that it could be a platform more meaningful than trending topics and celebrity gossip.

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Successfully Engaging Customers with a Cause

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Case Study at the Media Convergence Forum from Liz Cahill, VP of Marketing and Communications of Lee Jeans 13 years ago Lee recognized women were the top consumers of their jeans. And at the same time cause marketing was starting to take hold.

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

Convince & Convert

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Yet before a crisis erupts, no matter what the root of the issue, companies should cushion themselves by leveraging the good work they’re already doing. Don’t be Shy.

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Hawaii Business: How the Social Media Workshop Can Help You

Bare Feet Studios

It encompasses other buzzwords and concepts you may have heard, from social networks like FaceBook , LinkedIn , and MySpace , to conversational marketing, web 2.0, And that is all centered around the social web. We have several speakers who focus on non-profits and cause marketing.

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38 Ideas For Your Pinterest Strategy

Diva Marketing Blog

Where this new visual social network will take us is the guess of crystal ball gazers and social media pundits. Whittemore's post ) For me the two driving benefits of social media have always been: 1. Critical : determine your content direction that goes beyond your brands or company messaging.

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Why Your Business Needs to Be a FLOP

Convince & Convert

Our job, job number one is to be marketer-in-chief and salesperson-in-chief of our career, of our company, and of our business. They say, “Well, I’m not a marketer. .” David : In my speaking, I talk to some sort of medium-sized companies, and some non-profits, and so on and so forth. All this stuff.