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To Thine Own Self Be True

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I was flipping through an in-flight magazine yesterday and noticed a two-page spread for a diaper company. It became a more prescient concept when MySpace collapsed as Facebook began to gain its momentum. Back then, it was much easier to build and update a MySpace page than it was to build and nurture a unique website.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #115

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Our New Shrines - Contents Magazine. "Here's the typical progress for anyone starting a new content business these days: build a website, drive traffic, build a community. First, use existing infrastructure custom-built for community: Facebook. Just a parlor trick like MySpace ? contents magazine. bitcurrent.

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Google+ Continues Attempts to Start Major Trends in the Social World

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High profile hangout events with prominent organizations such as TIME Magazine have further helped spur some interest in the fledging social network. Ultimately, social attention is often fickle, with users quickly migrating to other platforms and leaving once popular meccas such as MySpace in the dust. Google+’s Problems.

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Monetization: Social Network Advertising

Laurel Papworth

Social Media Monetization is becoming THE hot issue in online community chatter. Social Ads are driving down the price of regular online ads: A recent analysis by ComScore shows social networks, primarily Facebook and MySpace, have over the last year drawn an average CPM of only 56 cents, compared to the $2.43 Think emotional context.

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The Future of Local News WILL Disrupt Facebook

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I am often asked, "will Facebook ever go the way of MySpace?" Magazines are dying. At KSL.com , owned by a former employer of mine, they had the market on classifieds , perhaps the only market in the USA to overtake Craigslist in traffic and community. Homepage traffic is at a meager low right now for all local news orgs.

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Diva Marketing Talks Online Publications With Deanna Sutton, Angela Benton & Heidi Richards Mooney

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What makes a great magazine? Deanna Sutton publisher – Clutch Magazine , Angela Benton publisher – BlackWeb 2.0 and Heidi Richards Mooney , publisher- WE Magazine for Women join me to discuss how online publications are dealing with this new genre. Deanna Sutton publisher – Clutch Magazine , Angela Benton publisher – BlackWeb 2.0

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9 LinkedIn Users Describe Themselves

Ari Herzog

Founder of the 12for12k Challenge, a community-driven social media charity initiative to connect globally and help locally. Spoken at TEDx and regularly quoted in publications and news media, including Marketing Magazine, Canadian Marketing Association and City News Toronto. Featured in Marketing Magazine. Community management.