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Experiment: Do Other Social Networks Hate YouTube Links?

Hootsuite

Or there’s the option that many of us do: upload your video to Youtube and simply share the link across all of your social platforms. But what you want and what social media platforms want isn’t always the same thing, is it? my own social feeds) to see with my own eyes (a.k.a.

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The Challenge of Authenticity in Social Networking

Waxing UnLyrical

I’ve been thinking about this since Shonali’s thought-provoking post a few weeks back about how to social network smartly by being yourself online. I tend to agree with this assertion, but her post definitely got me wondering about online identity from a cyberpsychology perspective. What are we really up against (against ourselves) in the way we behave on social networks? Guest post by Erica Holt. How easy is it, really, to be authentic online?

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Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Social Networking Lines Get Blurred With the unprecedented growth of Facebook, it has become the largest social networking platform by far. Is this because social networking is new? The Real Life Social Network I’m excited to share a thought-provoking presentation about Real Life Social Networks from Paul Adams , a blogger and researcher at Google. The Real Life Social Network v2 View more documents from Paul Adams.

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Should Your Social Networks Mingle?

Direct Marketing Observations

In fact, back in April there was a pretty good post in Social Media Today on 7 social media aggregation tools that you should use that caught my eye. Yoono connects you to your social networks and messengers. It unifies your status updates into a single stream of information and lets you update your status across all your social networks at once. But what if each network has specific audiences? Twitter is your peer network.

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New Social Networks & Features to Try in the New Year: What You Need to Know

Ignite Social Media

Have you started planning your 2020 social media strategy? 2019 has brought plenty of changes to the social media landscape, and we anticipate similar growth in 2020! Here’s the top new social networks or features you should be considering as you finalize your 2020 strategy. Definitely consider a heavy focus on Instagram Stories for your brand in your 2020 social strategy.

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Influencer Marketing 101: Definitions, Benefits and Success Tips in a Nutshell

Pam Moore

There is no doubt influencer marketing is a powerful way to zoom your social media and business success online. 84% of women turn to social networks before making a purchase decision! Influencer marketing enables you to tap into this extended network both men and women are using as they make buying decisions. If you answer yes to this question, then this episode of today's Social Zoom Factor podcast is for you. Definition of influencer marketing.

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Four Points to Remember When Adopting a New Social Network

Waxing UnLyrical

While I haven’t given in to the craze yet, it’s impossible to ignore its meteoric rise in the world of social media, not just within our industry but in mainstream adoption. Social Media and marketing teams have been scrambling to figure out a strategy for Pinterest , and rightfully so – it’s a force to be reckoned with from a branding and a business-driving perspective. Here are some questions to ask yourself as you develop a strategy for social networks, both new and old.

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How B2B Social Network Is Effective For Lead Generation

Social Media Marketing

Yes, the E-mail marketing campaigns still providing the results, but if you wish to succeed in the current climate, one must explore the benefits of social. These days social media is only a tool that brings both the business and people together and helps them to communicate with each other in different forms. Specially the business firms as they fail to choose the perfect network online.

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Chances Are You’ve Met Less Than 5% of the People in Your Social Network

Direct Marketing Observations

The difference between a friend, an acquaintance and the friends and acquaintances we have met online is blurring…Social media would seem to dictate or would assume that I’m supposed to develop or have developed these deep online, networked, connections, i.e. That I have met them. Or maybe it does… But maybe we should quickly look at what the definition of “connected” is. Social has allowed us to connect with people all over the place.

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro. As the year went by, I found myself playing more and more with Amplify and now it’s become one of my top three social networks.

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Social Networking Stats: Facebook’s User Base Is Getting Older; Twitter’s Is Getting Younger, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. More than half of social media users in the U.S. social media user is just under 37 – this supports Pingdom’s assertion that “social media is most definitely not just for the young.”

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Social Networking, Bookmarking, and Sharing

Kikolani

One of my commenters last week asked about the difference between social bookmarking and social networking sites. I think of social networking sites as ones where you can communicate directly with other members, where as social bookmarking sites are ones that you can add bookmarks to be shared with other members without as much direct communication. Here are some networks that can be used for both purposes. Social Networking Features.

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The Human Side Of B2B Social Network For Business

Social Media Marketing

With the increasing competition in the market, successful social media campaigns have become a powerful tool as it gives companies quality leads and produce higher ROI. But the truth is that in the free time, even the top business leaders socialize with family and friends online. Furthermore, social marketing come up with some real time interest that always prove to be a game changer for the B2B business. This will definitely give you highest impact possible.

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'Jumo' – The New Social Networking Site For Non-profit.

Mindjumpers

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « Successful Ways To Create User Involvement One Social Media Agency To Go, Please » ‘Jumo’ – The New Social Networking Site For Non-profit Organisations Posted by Tehneyat Waseem Sep 28th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes announced at the Mashable & 92Y Social Good Summit that he is starting up a social network specifically for connecting people to non-profit organizations.

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10 Ways to Use Social Networks for B2B Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Social networks are essential for expanding your web presence —not only for creating social signals now a key component in search engine rankings, which makes your website and blog easier to find in search, but also by giving you more places to be found online. Creating your profile on each of the major social networks is a first step, but just that. As with most things in life, you’ll get out of social networks what you put into them.

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Social networks are redefining what a friend or a relationship really is

Direct Marketing Observations

This is a post where I am right but so is Brian… So yesterday I was talking via Twitter with Brian Dresher, the manager of social media at USA Today. Like it or not, Social networking is redefining terms of “social endearment.&#. All it means is that we have allowed the other into our networks, or vice-versa. There is nothing in the social networking world that resembles that definition. Thanks to the power of social networks.

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Social Networking Online and Non-Profit Organizations | Freelance.

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Social Networking Online and Non-Profit Organizations by Meghan on May 26, 2009 As budgets and fundraising levels for non-profits get smaller, more organizations are turning to using social networking online as an essential part of their overall marketing strategy. YouTube (46.5%) and Twitter (43.2%) were cited as alternate social networking tools.

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When & How Often You Should Post on Each Social Network [Infographic]

Social Media Today

How often should you be posting on each social platform, and when's the best time? There's no definitive answer, but this guide will help

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THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS….

Myrland Marketing

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS… by Nancy Myrland on April 6, 2010 An interesting question was posed on a legal marketing forum of which I am a member. The question had to do with a recommendation for the most effective online social network for lawyers.

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You have to be in social networks, but what role do they play in marketing strategy?

Audiense

Social networks are constantly evolving. From the very beginning, companies have searched for ways to use social networks as one more sales channel in their marketing strategies. This is logical, companies survive on sales and not the number of followers of their social profiles. The reality is that social networks as a social platform (I’m not talking about advertising) are not a direct conversion channel such as Adwords.

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Influencer Marketing: 10 Top Mistakes Brands Make and How to Fix Them

Pam Moore

Instead, brand and social marketing leaders wanting to test the waters with influencer marketing must always also think… “what is in it for the influencer?” I developed episode 121 of the Social Zoom Factor podcast with a goal to help marketers brand new to influence marketing as well as seasoned veterans get the most out of their influence marketing programs. Social Profit Factor Training Academy and Marketing Nutz Can Help! .

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[Infographic] Facebook Is NOT The Largest Online Social Network, Email Still Rules!

SocMed Sean

Contrary to popular belief, Facebook is NOT the largest social network on the planet. So the numbers are clear that more transactions are sent via email every day, but is email really a social network? Based on the criteria, I have no doubt that email qualifies as a social network and, therefore, blows Facebook and Twitter out of the water when it comes to users, transactions, and adoption rates.

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Social Networking Spam – 5 Rules for Marketers

Convince & Convert

Josh Mackey is General Manager at PeekAnalytics , a Social Audience Measurement Platform. There has been a lot of talk recently about social networking spam – inactive and bogus accounts on social platforms. Instead of admitting that this “social thing” is not as easy as all that, some are pointing fingers at the platforms, saying SPAM! That said, marketers who face pushback on social networking spam issues need to be prepared to respond head on.

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Social Networking Spam – 5 Rules for Marketers

Convince & Convert

Josh Mackey is General Manager at PeekAnalytics , a Social Audience Measurement Platform. There has been a lot of talk recently about social networking spam – inactive and bogus accounts on social platforms. Instead of admitting that this “social thing” is not as easy as all that, some are pointing fingers at the platforms, saying SPAM! That said, marketers who face pushback on social networking spam issues need to be prepared to respond head on.

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Blogging's Definitely Not Dead. The Conversations Surrounding it Seem to Be.

Stay N' Alive

According to Techmeme, not a single blog wrote about this news today - it was all spread via Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, and other social mediums. I'm beginning to realize the conversation is moving away from the blogosphere and into the social ecosystem. People are simply moving their conversations to more short-form conversations and into the cloud of social network ecosystems. The "Meme" has moved towards Social Networks, and perhaps that's a good thing.

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Influencer Marketing: How to Co-Create Content with Top Industry Influencers

Pam Moore

Brands big and small are getting more savvy at embracing new media and the ever changing social media and communication channels and formats such as live streaming video, recorded video, audio, visual marketing, blogging, micro-blogging and the list goes on. The truth is your prospects, customers, online audience and social network communities are bombarded by information, news and media. If yes, then this episode of today's Social Zoom Factor podcast is for you.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Internet , Opinion , Social Media > Every Social Network is Different: Here’s What You Need to Know Every Social Network is Different: Here’s What You Need to Know by Tamar Weinberg on January 25, 2008 Share Over at the Blog Herald , Chris Garrett says that Twitter is changing his news consumption habits. Definitely not.

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How Do I See Who Is Following Me On Facebook – And Why You Shouldn’t Be Asking This Question

SocMed Sean

Because Facebook apps, by definition, require you to give them certain permissions in order to interact with your Facebook profile. Facebook definitely is at the center of some serious privacy concerns, but the more control you take over your privacy, the more you can minimize the risk associated with posting things on the social network. Facebook Featured Mobile Social Media Tech best practices blog facebook security social social media social networking tech tips

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[ANSWERED] Troubleshooting Facebook Issues Like “No Photo Description Available” Or Photos Not Displaying

SocMed Sean

Click To Tweet For today, the issue is really one related to Facebook’s network and their ability to render photos. Down Detector is a good tool check to see if a major network is down Personally, I find Down Detector to be a little more reliable and more expedient when it comes to reporting major issues. Yes…there are definitely issues. Maybe it’s your internal network or Internet Service Provider (ISP).

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[SOLVED] Uploading Photos To Instagram AND Responding To Comments From Your Laptop Or Desktop

SocMed Sean

Definitely! Featured Instagram Social Media desktop hootsuite instagram laptop photos social social media social networking tech tipsAs you probably, Instagram is really a mobile-based application, which means it’s difficult to upload photos to Instagram from your PC or Mac. There is a web version of Instagram, but it is VERY limited as to feature-funtionaly, really just letting you view photos and read comments.

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Qantas Airways on Twitter and the Black Face criticism

Laurel Papworth

My view is that there are deeper issues here -Qantas brand voice on social media is not their traditional marketing voice. Staff should be backed on social media and the Community is NOT always right! For once my social network let me down – I was off Twitter and therefore unaware of the Black Face incident! In the interest of completeness, below is what I rattled off to Maddie, in full about social networks and value systems.

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Pros And Cons Of Translating Your Blog Posts Into Other Languages

SocMed Sean

If I have a few more posts that I choose to translate, I’ll definitely use the Fiverr seller again. Blogs Featured People Social Media WordPress Workplace blog content management marketing social social media social networking translation Web Content Management wordpressThe Quick Overview: Translating your blog posts into other languages can have positive impacts on your search engine traffic.

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What Steps Should I Take When My Instagram Engagement Is Dropping?

SocMed Sean

Sometimes, Instagram can really set you in a foul mood… If you depend on social media platforms like Instagram as your marketing platform of choice, then you know how critical dropping engagement numbers can be for your brand. Instagram is a notoriously fickle social network and they make changes and even ban accounts without any real rhyme or reason. Quality of content is critical to any social media platform and more so with Instagram.

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[ANSWERED] How Do I Hide My Facebook Posts From Friends Without Unfriending Them?

SocMed Sean

In fact, I would get that questions relating to content restriction are probably one of the most common questions that get via my contact form or direct messages on the various social networks. Apparently, they never learned Thumper’s Rule …which definitely applies to comments on the Web. If you have a question about Facebook or another social channel that you’d like answered, feel free to reach out via the contact form and ask away.

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[ANSWERED] How Do I Save Groups Of Hashtags For Reuse On Instagram?

SocMed Sean

Since the goal of the trip was to share our adventure and grow the following of the account, hashtags were definitely part of the process. Featured Gmail Instagram Social Media Tech content content management content marketing hashtags instagram photography social social media social networking tech tipsSocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean [ANSWERED] How Do I Save Groups Of Hashtags For Reuse On Instagram?

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Facebook: Iceland Constitution and Gov 2.0

Laurel Papworth

Iceland have turned to social media to ask the population to crowdsource writing Iceland’s new constitution. The main online community Facebook – and other social networks such as Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Livestreaming – have been appropriated for the Icelandic Government’s communications channels to it’s own people. HOWEVER and it’s a big however, according to my 7 Steps of Social Media Engagement, these look very campaign based.

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7 Skills Every Marketing Student Should Learn And Why They Matter

SocMed Sean

He is also a content writer for various blogs about higher education, entertainment, social media & blogging. While a college degree is definitely a great place to learn the mechanics of marketing, these “soft” skills can be the difference between becoming a good marketer and a great marketer! Skill #5: Social Media Engagement. For one, most brands use their social pages as customer care desks, marketing platform, communication tools and for PR purposes.

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Social Branded Applications – build it once and leverage on several social networks

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Expo Social Networks are clearly here to stay with almost 50% of the population is using these sites (70% of teens). Social Network have all opened up their platforms which means that brands have cost effective access to more than 500M engaged users (250M of them on just Facebook and MySpace alone!) The new ad model will be about creating social brand loyalty by creating Social Branded Applications that allow users to interact with your brand attributes.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

How can you protect your children from social media? “I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? Create a network via Ning. Create hundreds of profiles on hundreds on networks. It goes viral in a social network and people get hurt. Know all social sites that your child is a part of it.

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Using Social Media Humor Can Benefit Your Business, But Be Cautious Of The Pitfalls

SocMed Sean

Today’s guest post comes from Hazel Fogg, creative social media manager and editor at Academic Brits. Just recently she started to create her first social media course. Thanks to Hazel for sharing her thoughts on the use of humor in social media. Social media is an integral part of modern life and the role it plays in your business is no exception. Social media marketing isn't necessarily about content that goes viral. Definitely.

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4 Rules for Successful Interaction with your Social Media Audience

SocMed Sean

Thanks to James for sharing his insights on the topic of social media engagement and how to interact with customers! Building a following for your social media can be quite challenging. The number one thing everyone knows for certain is that it will definitely take a lot of time before you manage to create a stable following. Here are just some tips to help you out in order to keep your social media audience engaged and interested in your brand.

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Ultimate Social Media Image Sizing Guide for 2017 + Adobe Photoshop Templates

Pam Moore

Are you tired of your Facebook cover image, Facebook advertising images, Facebook Group image, Twitter cover images, Pinterest board covers and LinkedIn images not looking as beautiful as the cool social media kids (aka visual savvy social marketers)? If you are ready to take your visual marketing (and images) to the next level of quality, impact and business results then you have definitely landed on the right blog post today! The social world is going visual.

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Targeting Your Social Tribes in Social Media

Mindjumpers

In our increasingly social minds, we’re starting to put more and more focus on the fact that our audience is not just consumers. From social networks to social tribes. Definition of social tribes. Word-of-Mouth Marketing: How It’s Connected With Social Media. Marketing & Communication Tips definition human beings marketer marketplace mission plan ROI Social Media social tribes TargetTweet.