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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Social messaging. Social shopping networks. Interactive social media apps. Microblogging platforms. Social review sites. Social curation and bookmarking sites. Social networking sites. Overview: Social networking sites allow people to connect with each other through a shared online space.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

That is why social media marketing is not a quick process—it takes time to nurture relationships into conversations and create those solid, trusted connections…these real conversations lead to real relationships,and those trusted relationships lead to referrals and sales. Social Sharing (YouTube, Flickr, SlideShare, etc.).

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested.

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Social Media Citizens Hate BP + 4 Other Social Media News Items

Firebelly

Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed By Ben Parr In an effort to bypass the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout of t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links.

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

Social Media Strategery

His second point got me me thinking about what I’m going to write about now – in what ways can the government use social media to make a difference in their day, TODAY? What are those things that they can do with very little effort where they can start see the value in social media?

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The FASTForward Blog " Managing Personal Knowledge: Setting a Foundation for Transformation? : Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. The blog, like the conference series, aims to drive and deepen conversation about how todayâ??s Microblogging. It is the younger generation that Tom mentions as possible change agents who use web 2.0

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s about building relationships, spending time on the networks, and having regular conversations with the people you want to connect with who you will value for more than just helping move the needle and getting to the bottom line. It’s not always about numbers and it’s not about sporadic participation.