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Recession? Not for Social Media Marketing!

Atom Thought

The latest report from FORRESTER (Q4, 2008 SOCIAL MEDIA ONLINE SURVEY) outlines a very clear trend: 53% of the marketers are determined to increase their social media budget during the recession. Very clearly 95% of the marketers are positively inclined towards investing in Social Media, even during recession.

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A Social Network For Genetics Research: Can It Help Isolate Parkinson’s Genes?

The Realtime Report

The company has already collected more than 125,000 DNA samples from customers, and is now specifically reaching out to those with Parkinson’s, in an effort to find new genes linked to the disease. The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences.

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The social media marketer’s guide to YouTube marketing

Sprout Social

Also, you should cross-promote your videos using other social media platforms to get as many views as possible. We sample all of it—from Japan’s matcha to Argentina’s mate. YouTube lets you crowdsource translated captions from your fans for free. link] pic.twitter.com/VhdhrDRmPO. Have a consistent publishing schedule.

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Detecting Deception in Social Media

Net-Savvy Executive

The first is Can You Trust Social Media Sources? Catching and deleting spam and other garbage in social media data is one side of an arms race, just like email spam and computer viruses. If you're reporting on broad trends, you might get better results through sampling, or by focusing on high-quality sources.

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20 Creative Instagram Story Ideas to Engage Your Followers

Hootsuite

So if you’re not using the feature as part of your social media strategy, you’re potentially leaving a lot of money on the table. With the question sticker, you can crowdsource new ideas for content, quiz your readers on different topics, or take requests for your impromptu piano concert. Source: @gunnarolla. Try it free today.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Yet with social media, there’s a perception that it’s easy to score freebies. Social media has introduced incentives to the online space, encouraging others to connect with your business. And unfortunately, social media is at fault for breeding this mentality and causing it to spread.

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The 21 Best Content Curation Tools

Webbiquity SMM

Sample review: “Add and curate content from any public webpage. It’s a great way to capture the buzz from the show floor after a tradeshow, event or conference.” — Maximize Social Business (Drive). Sample review: “One of the most important tools in a marketer’s tool belt is knowledge. That’s where Pocket comes in.

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