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The Cost of a Tribe

Akamai Marketing

Tweet “Just Do A Social Media Advocacy Campaign” In social media and in other areas, we’ve been seeing a big surge in “advocacy” and “crowdsourcing.” ” It’s truly an outstanding and exciting result of the democracy of the internet.

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Twitter Best in Events and Emergencies

Net-Savvy Executive

Relaying information from broadcast media to people without power in their homes (who were presumably using smart phones for Twitter). It's interesting to see that NWS is experimenting with crowdsourcing storm reports via Twitter. One user drove around Raleigh and tweeted what he found in several areas. Pointing to information.

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Marketers, Here are the Keys to Your IT Department – Good Luck

Convince & Convert

5 years ago – Present day : The consumerization of IT is rampant fueled by the mobile smart-phone and the app culture that is born on top of this new platform. One such vessel is clearly Open Innovation and specific Crowdsourcing platforms. IT departments worry not, blogging won’t really have that much of an impact!

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Key trends for 2012: Digital Disruption gets Physical

The Way of the Web

And we’ve also seen new tools and changes in collaboration, business practices, marketing, freelancing, crowdsourcing and much more. But that was before the iPad started to replace a recipe book on the kitchen counter, next to the internet-connected radio and the smart phone.

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

Convince & Convert

Imagine opting into a “crowdsourcing&# activity when you log into your local joint… &# everyone here today is working on an idea to help alleviate the litter problem downtown…want to join?&# The possibilities are endless, and I’m intrigued as a marketer and as a consumer! just before lunch break.

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32 Experts Share Their Best Blog Post Promotion Tips

Kikolani

Many of our readers check their email when they first wake up, almost always on a smart phone. If they’re reading your email on phone and it’s not optimized for mobile, studies show they’re most likely to just delete it. The new wrinkle is timing, however. Well, this is actually an easy answer for me.

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