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Cognitive Surplus - Use Social Connectivity to Change the World.

Convince & Convert

Harnessing the power of the collective (crowdsourcing for social change) is a thread woven throughout Cognitive Surplus , and its viability requires two of Shirky’s assertions to be accurate.

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

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Thank you so very much to each of the Twitter 20 participants, who gave so freely of their time and their knowledge in the true spirit of social media. I crowdsourced the design using Crowd Spring, and selected Tzeyee and her design over dozens of other contenders. Her design very much adds to the invigorating nature of this book.

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Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog

Convince & Convert

Option 3, for some reason, reminds me of a news station web site. link] Social Email Guy By the way: nice crowdsourcing / co-creation / collaboration Chris Rogers I initially like #3 best, however, not a big fan of the screened back logo – i.e. if #3 was a bit less busy, it would be my favorite. 2 many words I guess?

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

Convince & Convert

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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The Truth About the iPad | Blogging and Content Creation | Social.

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Now, the bad news. I travel to the east coast once a month for 1-2 weeks at a time, and am trying to lighten my load… [link] JobShoots The Truth About the iPad [link] #news #socialmedia [link] JobShoots The Truth About the iPad [link] #news #socialmedia [link] jaybaer Linda if you had to do real work during the trip, Macbook.

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Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? | E.

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Free access to premium news sites such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, free iTunes downloads, and for the kids free access to Nick Jr. If you were Starbucks, how would you take advantage of this new network? link] #news #socialmedia [link] JobShoots Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook?

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78 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Tips, Guides, Tools and Strategies of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Despite the widespread use of the phrase “social media marketing,&# marketing is not the only business use of social media, as John Jantsch reminds us. Here he outlines five ways that sales can use these tools as well, from social CRM to teaching prospects how to solve business issues.