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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content

Waxing UnLyrical

via Flickr, CC 2.0. It’s a landslide: Community creates results. The Harlem Shake depended on community. User-generated content is far better at creating that community. Retail companies the world over are taking to holistic commerce and everything it brings to the table. It’s been a heck of a ride!

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Successfully Engaging Customers with a Cause

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Some Highlights: Hub was [link] They made sure the site was a real online community for men, women and companies You sign up, create a “team” and tell your story as a way to recruit and harness UGC They started building outpost sites on MySpace, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube – tapping into existing communities – making it extremely seamless (..)

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. Social Media Monetization Models on Flickr [link]. Pay $25 a year a la Flickr for a Pro account. Trial Affiliates members get additional benefits if they trial another companies product. 20 million?

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10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. Companies have to engage with their buyers, especially the early adopters, and make sure they’re happy.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. Samir Balwani): Samir talks about the pros and cons of Tweeting by company representatives, from the CEO to a brand.

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The 25 Top Social Media Management Tools for Businesses of All Sizes

Buffer Social

Description: Hootsuite , probably the biggest social media management tool, is used by over 15 million people and more than 800 of the Fortune 1000 companies. It has a strong focus on visual content, allowing you to pull images and videos from Instagram, Flickr, YouTube, and your RSS feeds. SocialOomph. Prices: $6.97 and $17.97