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Mashable Summit and Foursquare Dennis Crowley

Laurel Papworth

Foursquare announces new World Cup partnership with CNN. Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley on live at the moment. AJ Bombers sold 30% more burgers through a Foursquare special. This is not a post on Foursquare – what it is etc, – but some of the discussions in the live stream have revealed nuggets.

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Is Your Brand Socially Agile?

Convince & Convert

The hashtag was actually originated by a consumer on Twitter, and Audi actually gave her the car for a weekend and filmed it, then ran a promotion on the hashtag. Similarly, the team was able to give a car to the documentary film crew behind Follow Friday the Film so they could drive across country to make their movie.

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Weekly Roundup: The Boxing Day Edition

Waxing UnLyrical

Inspired, I venture to hazard, by the Silent Monks’ Hallelujah chorus , but it clearly took a lot of effort to rehearse, film and edit this. Forget Foursquare and Facebook. The Hallelujah Chorus, from 5th-graders in the rural Alaskan village of Quinhagak, Alaska (thanks to Mary Barber for the tip). Why: It’s so cute.

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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. Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. Real World Events Music labels, film studios pay MySpace for record launches and Secret Shows. Two, how can Twitter make money?

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Yet Another SXSW Post (And, No, I Don't Know If You Should Go Next.

Almost Savvy

I attended the SXSW Interactive (tech) Festival, which overlaps with the SXSW Music and Film Festivals, to some extent. The focus of each event is different, with the music and film events having been around longer than the interactive one.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out. I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out. What's great about your taxi guy is that he is his proactive helpfulness. It's a win, win, win.

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Photography for Social Media: 5 Detailed Tips

Convince & Convert

The ability to wear and master a plethora of hats is understood by many to be the hallmark of a great community manager. Like many community managers I’ve worn many hats in my own career, including that of (part-time) professional photographer. You see, most 35MM images – whether film or digital – are rectangles.