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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

From TheBitterWallet : It won’t surprise you that Big Chill was never called Wanky Balls, Sweaty Nads, Greasy Schlong or anything else for that matter because you see, the bone idle newsrag decided to believe something that was written on a Wikipedia page about the event ( screengrab here ). From Wikipedia so may or may not be true.

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Big data matters to you as humans and a community and as a marketer,” Young told the audience of senior marketing strategists. And, Street Bump is a mobile application that lets people improve their own neighbourhoods. Harvard calls big data the sexiest job of the 21 st Century.

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The Next Billion-Dollar Startup

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Companies like Rovio (makers of the highly addictive Angry Birds video game), Foursquare (the location-based mobile social network), Spotify (the socially-driven music streaming service) and even Airbnb (instead of staying at a hotel, you can pay to crash at someone's pad) could be next. mobile app. mobile phone. wikipedia.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tetherless World Constellation Launch Event - June 11, 2008

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Rensselaer and the Tetherless World Research Constellation are partnering with one of the most widely read technology blogs in the world, ReadWriteWeb , to help engage the entire Web community in this interactive event. “Washington, Wikipedia, and Web 3.0: – Keynote Address. Tim Berners-Lee , Senior Research Scientist.

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How to Build an Emotional Brand – 8 Foundations to More Human Brand Connections

Pam Moore

Wikipedia defines emotional branding as follows: “Emotional branding is a term used within marketing communication that refers to the practice of building brands that appeal directly to a consumer’s emotional state, needs and aspirations. It must be more than words, more than broken promises.

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TruthForce! | How Wiki Software is Changing Communication

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Wiki software--easy-to-use programs that let anyone with Internet access create, remove and edit content on a Web page--first gained popularity thanks to Wikipedia, the user-generated encyclopedia that has come to be hailed as one of the Webs greatest resources. Mobilizing Excellence to Create a Visionary Philippines. Karangalan.

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2018 Content Marketing Trends, Predictions + Editorial Calendar Template

Pam Moore

Smart marketers and leading brands both big and small know that content is at the core of every social conversation with prospects, current customers, online community members and more. The social networks simply provide a medium for brands and marketers to communicate in unique and personal ways with other human beings.

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