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Can Greater Social Connections Improve Higher Education?

Social Media Strategery

That’s why when I saw that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently invested $2 million in a Facebook app to improve post-secondary education, I knew that I had to find out more about this app and how it might help further the SMCEDU mission. MS: We’re solely focused on education. Created by Inigral Inc. ,

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Tweeting of purchases is a plug that money can’t buy – Social Media ROI Monetization

Laurel Papworth

Undoubtedly, this is because of the closeness of the social graph (a hundred close family and friends) on Facebook, versus the relative looseness of the connections on Twitter (several thousand acquaintances). It’s worth noting that Facebook shares are worth dramatically more than tweeted links. Twitter: @silkcharm.

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Trends for 2012: Social Media Intelligence

Proactive Report

I saw one today in the Huffington Post that caught my eye because I agree with the 4 trends Beverly Macy highlighted: The rise of Social Intelligence. Social media education and training. Social Intelligence. The number of social media monitoring tools has exploded and at last count there were over 200 on the market.

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10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media

Justin Levy

Share Stories with Friends Another way to spread awareness among your social graph is to share links to blog posts and news articles via sites like Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Digg, and even through email. By increasing the size of their social graph, you’re increasing the size of their reach.

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Social Media Marketing Guide: Facebook

Little Web Giants

Everything you need to know about the six most popular social networks for businesses: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+ and Instagram. Recently I won the Biggest Social Geek competition generously hosted by Marin Software , the largest third-party aggregator of paid search spend globally. Graph Search.

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Social Media Marketing Guide: Facebook

Little Web Giants

Everything you need to know about the six most popular social networks for businesses: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+ and Instagram. Recently I won the Biggest Social Geek competition generously hosted by Marin Software , the largest third-party aggregator of paid search spend globally. Graph Search.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Last of the Great Unknown

Kikolani

Is a College Education Necessary to Be a Successful Freelance Writer – Is having a college degree/college education necessary for a successful career as a freelance writer? Your social graph is your linkerati. Your social graph is your linkerati. Social Media / Social Networking.

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