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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

Akamai Marketing

2011 was a game changing year in social media. In some ways, social media is growing up, but in other ways we’re just getting started. I’m putting my Carnack hat on and writing down the trends I see in social media for 2012. Further segmentation of social platforms.

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Welcome to the Participation Age: Is Your Digital Brand Ready?

Pam Moore

The age where you must embrace conversation, human connection and meaning in dialog, not just one to many show up and throw up content. The traditional media is changing regardless if you want to accept it or not. Participation, inspiration, human relationships were not invented by Facebook, Twitter or social media of any kind.

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10 reasons Avon Is Not Too Late To The Social Media Party

Diva Marketing Blog

Based on its direct sales approach, which was built on developing relationships and sharing conversations, Avon has been called the original “Social” Brand. However, its competition has left it in the 18 th century “social media” dust. In a 5/13/12 media release Avon says it will ".consider So Avon bebe.

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Creating a Virtual Community to Build a Better Blog

ProBlogger

There are many online communities available for your readers to reach out to, on all manner of topics – so how can you fill a need that isn’t already being taken care of out there? I found it built a wonderful community on my blog, and provided a place where readers could come together to cheer each other on and support each other.

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Learning via the Social Media Game

Bare Feet Studios

Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game , an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. Hash tag conversations.

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Social Share Shopping Dance

Diva Marketing Blog

The interweb and smart phones forever changed how we buy, what we buy, where we buy. What makes social shopping work is something so simple but at the same time it’s often a challenge for brands to achieve. The Social Share. and who we take along on our shopping adventures. . Sounds like the next viral video dance!

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From Couch To 5K: Why Lindsay Allen Runs

Waxing UnLyrical

This is a smart phone app that takes you through thrice-weekly running and walking (and eventually just running) workouts for nine weeks. I wrote about how I got started running in my blog post entitled “On a Mission.” Lindsay talks more about the race. Key to my development as a runner was the Couch to 5K App. pts Settings.

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