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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer. Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. Jon [link] Reply Tamar Weinberg January 12, 2010 at 10:53 am Jean-Hughes, I definitely need to try CoTweet.

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Don’t be a Pest with “This Social Media Stuff”

Janet Fouts

I spoke recently to a group of PR and marketing professionals about how to use social media in their work. One woman told me that she was trying to get the CXO’s to use social media as part of their brand awareness. If they’re not up to speed on how to use social media they won’t adopt.

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

Convince & Convert

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Why Looking in the Mirror Make an Ass Out of U and Me

Convince & Convert

Here are some recent examples I’ve encountered where companies make social media and digital marketing decisions based on personal biases and beliefs, when the truth is both available and testable: CEOs (especially B2B companies) assume that because they aren’t using social media, that their customers aren’t either.

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Corporate Social Media Reading List

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Corporate Social Media Reading List I’m a huge fan of social media. I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. I would have loved to get a job in something social media related but that quest always evaded me.

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Train Wreck! The 3 Types of Self-Destructive Corporate Tweets

Convince & Convert

As usage of tools like CoTweet (client) and Hootsuite soar, this becomes an ever-more-likely scenario. Read a great post on Tactical Philanthropy from their social media manager Wendy Harman , who gives an intriguing blow-by-blow. The American Red Cross has been widely lauded for their deftness in this situation.

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Corporate Twitter Account Train Wreck! The 3 Types of Self-Destructive Tweets

Convince & Convert

As usage of tools like CoTweet (client) and Hootsuite soar, this becomes an ever-more-likely scenario. Read a great post on Tactical Philanthropy from their social media manager Wendy Harman , who gives an intriguing blow-by-blow. The American Red Cross has been widely lauded for their deftness in this situation.

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