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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

You could post on community review sites or live-stream it to the masses. Community blogging sites. For brands, social media networking sites offer an opportunity to build awareness, create a community of customers and followers and drive traffic to websites. Form communities and discuss relevant news within them.

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10 Questions You Should Ask Your Social Media “Expert”, “Guru” or “Wizard”

SocMed Sean

Hopefully, these 1o questions can help you in the process of finding someone who really understands your business and can help formulate and execute a plan to engage with your community online. 5) What does “community management” mean to you? Do you include community management in your social media services?

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8 ways to deal with negative comments in online communities

Laurel Papworth

How do you respond to a negative comment in an online community, on Facebook? Unless they go off and create an anti-community such as Dell Hell, alert the Press and continue to pursue their point of view. Law as bullying tactic rarely works, it just incenses the community. Shut the Page down, ban the commenter, suck up to them?

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Thumper’s Rule – Knowing When And How To Avoid An Online Argument

SocMed Sean

As the site owner/community manager, I even had someone threaten to come to my house in person so he could discuss the fact that I edited one of his posts for racist comments. 2) Don’t argue just to argue – Community managers can spot them a mile away. Trolls who like to just stir the pot and start arguments.

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What We Really Think of Internet Marketing Gurus

Bill Hartzer

– When asked whether or not they themselves would ever refer to themselves as a guru, only 5% said yes, while 19% answered maybe. Take a look at this: Here is a sampling of what Unguru.me found: – 89% of participants felt skeptical when the word guru was referenced, compared to only 11% who said they felt excited.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits

Firebelly

In today’s competitive environment, it takes a fierce marketing strategy to position your company and communities ahead of the competition; and this session will equip you to make-over your existing marketing plan into a Super Model of success. We look forward to seeing you in Dallas!