Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The launch of Geocities by Yahoo marked for some the beginning of a new revolution in the online media called social networking. From an evolutionary standpoint and through historical data, there have been several milestones that have been reached that can help us formulate a true life cycle phenomenon in the social networking space.

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Social Networking MySpace Yahoo Case Study 221

SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Read Part 1 here. See [link] for a quick overview.

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Communities Collaboration Statistics Lurker 221

Ignite Social Media

MARCH 16, 2021

As one of the world’s top 5 most popular social networks, Twitter has long been an important platform for brands to include in their marketing plans. However, all that seems set to change, as the company has announced a series of changes to the platform that are worth keeping an eye on. Communities. Birdwatch.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 4, 2010

One of my clients, a very large sports drink company, has indirectly nudged me into taking a look at the state of what I drink, and ea, on a daily basis. The offshoot of this has been that I have been paying a lot of attention to the health and fitness social space. As well, it’s opened my eyes to what we all eat and drink.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The fourth most-popular social network for Canadians is Instagram. Forty per cent of Canadians are on Pinterest, an image-based social network. Most people think of media as being in two blocks: social media and mainstream media. A balanced communications strategy is going to maximize the return on investment.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 29, 2012

Can social networks help with medical research? The world’s first genetics-based social network – as 23andMe labels itself – is looking to show they can. The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 22, 2024

He says, “With new and emerging to established creators building up audiences on LinkedIn, thanks to its strong organic reach, this year, we will see more brands looking to capitalize on this and tap into this pool of talent for influencer marketing campaigns, especially companies wanting to get in front of B2B audiences.”

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JULY 19, 2013

Twitter has gone mainstream as people, brands and organizations flock to the social network. It’s just good basic communications best practices, but you’d be amazed by how many companies and brands just keep on tweeting without linking that activity to organizational objectives. Image via CrunchBase.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Welcome to dark social. Don’t worry, dark social isn’t the same as the notorious “dark web” trying to lure you into evil. Dark social is the oldest social network in action: private, untraceable human-to-human communication. What is dark social? Browsed a Facebook Group? Talked on the phone?

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 22, 2022

Twitter, the social media platform of short status updates, can be a useful tool for marketing your business. Twitter’s broad use base provides a significant opportunity for companies to reach their audiences, and tools like hashtags allow businesses to target niche groups. Is Twitter Facing Challenges As A Social Network?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Along with David Sullivan , a Strategic Business Development Representative for Sprout Social, we reached out to our friends at Chili Piper to help us break down the art of social selling from the brand account. We’ll also explore 10 tips and tactics you can use to execute social selling like an expert. What is social selling?

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Facebook Live) or by building a niche community through a Facebook Group, you can likely get a higher organic reach. Invest in groups. That’s what Vox has been doing with its The Weeds Facebook Group. And social media groups could become the next top channel for organic reach on social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 13, 2019

Continuous customer feedback is the bedrock of innovation because companies that listen innovate. Identify Relevant Groups, Communities. Groups and communities enhance the feeling of community , which is core to social media. These and more you can find in the right groups/communities.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 14, 2011

Tweet Written by Nabanita Roy , who is a web enthusiast and blogger currently working as a Community Development Executive at forums.com. In my previous post, I have given an overview of the changing trends in social media. Take a look: Social networking: Connect, Share, Engage. Communication outshines campaining.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 10, 2019

Groups will be the New Facebook. Facebook is hoping that its emphasis on Groups will re-engage users. With the move towards private messaging, Facebook is refocusing their platform on Groups. Facebook will be showing more Group content in News Feeds (hinting at a probable algorithm tweak).

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Convince & Convert

MAY 10, 2016

The online community pendulum is swinging back. It’s no longer enough to rely on social networks for community infrastructure. Smart companies are now combining owned and rented community functions into a 1+1=3 scenario I call Omni-Social. Omni-Social is the Offset to Paid Social.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Reddit isn’t often mentioned alongside the “big” social networks, though it’s one of the most influential. That growth, combined with 40% of Gen Z searching social platforms for info instead of Google, makes Reddit a unique opportunity for brands. But Reddit isn’t the best place for every company. R.I.P. Yahoo Groups.).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 7, 2013

Posted in Blogging Business Intelligence Communities Content Marketing Conversational Marketing Enterprise 2.0 Facebook Lead Generation Lead Nurturing People Sales Social Business Intelligence Social Media Social Networking Strategy Thought Leadership Twitter. So here are 3 reasons why ….

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Sprout Social

JULY 21, 2022

You could post on community review sites or live-stream it to the masses. Understanding these different types of social media will help you develop a better content strategy and know where to focus your time and energy. To help you out, we’ve put together a list of 14 types of social media every marketer needs to know.

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Kikolani

JUNE 19, 2012

It’s entitled 40+ Tips on How to Become a Social Media Rockstar on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ – the three social networks I feel are the most important. If you enjoy it, please be sure to leave a comment and share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or your other favorite social networks. 50 Sponsors.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 8, 2010

39 pm Indian Companies on Twitter – A Usage Study Jump to Comments We recently did a study to understand how the businesses in India are using twitter. For this study we profiled 66 companies from ’9′ verticals and analysed them on different quantitative & qualitative parameters like no. anyways, great job Daksh.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2020

The company recently missed earnings estimates for the second time in four quarters, and had to strike a deal with activist investor firm Elliott Management which had “been trying to push (Jack) Dorsey out as part of an overhaul to Twitter’s business.” Though 90% of B2B software companies are on Twitter , barely half are active.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

2 Growth of private communities and tight-knit tribes. Source: Facebook Groups. According to data from Pew Research , messaging apps dominated social networks in 2019. The top messaging apps now boast nearly 5 billion monthly active users combined (compared to the combined social networks which top out around 3 billion ).

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SocialFish

JULY 15, 2020

Crowdfunding is a popular way for businesses, non-profits, and individuals to raise money by leveraging on social networks. Group members simply sell a selection of delicious cookie dough flavors from an order-taker, and collect their funds on the spot. Your group makes up to 50% profit on sales – not bad!

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SocialFish

JULY 15, 2020

Crowdfunding is a popular way for businesses, non-profits, and individuals to raise money by leveraging on social networks. Group members simply sell a selection of delicious cookie dough flavors from an order-taker, and collect their funds on the spot. Your group makes up to 50% profit on sales – not bad!

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Delicious Eventful Committee Groups 130

Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Among them is Bluesky , which is a decentralized, invite-only social network built on an open-source protocol  (I’ll explain what this means even though I barely understand it myself). Bluesky is a decentralized social network created by Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO who started it while still in the role.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 16, 2022

LinkedIn is a social networking site specifically designed for professionals, and it offers a variety of tools and features that can help you build your professional brand and connect with others in your industry. This can help you build relationships and establish yourself as an active and engaged member of the LinkedIn community.

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Dave Fleet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Tweet How many times have you read something like this in a digital communications plan? As social networks become more and more prevalent, we’re at the point now that almost every client brief appears to point, on its surface, to one of a few key networks. What are the norms within the different social networks?

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A community of practice (CoP) is, according to cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger , a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession. Nowhere in the definition above does it mention the words website , wiki, blog, or social network. CoPs focus on adding value to their members.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Almost 38 per cent of Canadians is on Pinterest, an image-based social network. This is important because the majority of Instagram users are in the 22 to 35-year-old age group. Most people think of media as being in two blocks: social media and mainstream media. Company employees as ambassadors for example.

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Marketing Syndication Adwords Social Media 199

Socialmedia.biz

MARCH 25, 2021

A company or a person posts a Tweet or an Instagram post that links to a piece of content, followed by a dozen (or unbelievably, sometimes more) hashtags. The feature was so popular that it was eventually adopted by other social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn — making it a key feature in the social marketing world.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

It’s based on how I helped one company start its journey into social media by creating a Facebook secret group. The idea was to restrict this skittish company’s FB presence to the secret group as proof of concept so the management team could get used to the idea of social media.

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Major corporations and media outlets have hopped on the TikTok bandwagon to increase their visibility among the younger user population to reach this new group of potential customers. Community Building. Another way to establish a sense of community among followers is to respond to queries posted as comments.

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Brands How To Hashtag Influencer 91

Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In that time, I went from the social marketing guy into a public speaker, evangelist for social marketing, thought leader for social selling and an inbound lead generator for the company. Dreams do come true and I am moving on to focus a whole lot of energy for LinkedIn to grow their social marketing groups.

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