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The Little Big Things

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Today, Fast Company had a fascinating article titled, Instapaper Founder Marco Arment's Journey From Bagel Jockey to Publishing Pioneer , about Instapaper's creator, Marco Arment , who left his job as the co-founder of the micro-blogging service Tumblr to work alone on a very small idea. communications. fast company. instapaper.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion. It shows the power of mashup. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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The FASTForward Blog " Managing Personal Knowledge: Setting a Foundation for Transformation? : Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary

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s companies can use technology to place users in control of information, and is home to ongoing discussion about the user revolution and Enterprise 2.0 Microblogging. Future of Communities. This site is a companion blog to the FASTforward conference and summit series and is sponsored by FAST. opportunities and challenges.

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Taking the Next Step: Going From a Grassroots Enterprise 2.0 Community to an Official One

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As your grassroots community takes the next step to becoming an official one, what challenges will you face? Way back in 2008, microblogging and enterprise collaboration platform Yammer launched at TechCrunch50. Official communities that began with large budgets are struggling to maintain their success with diminished resources.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

People do not want to hear from companies as represented by marketers, they want to hear from other people. These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. Others aren’t.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

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Be it MySpace or Facebook or whatever network works for your target demographic, companies and individuals interested in maintaining their personal brand need to establish and maintain a presence on social networks - especially if youre looking to connect with the younger crowd. One of the topics was microblogging, and Twitter was discussed.

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13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

But over the past few months, the Facebook community has become a huge success and is continuing to flourish, and my classmates are slowly beginning to join the network. According to Baloun, Mark Zuckerberg is passionate about his product and wants to play a key role in cultivating that community without losing the control.

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