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The iPad Should Be Free

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In a world where Apple not only sells their iPad (ranging from $400 - $900) and also controls the majority of the content that you can put on it from iTunes , why wouldn't they deploy a similar model to Amazon's in the hopes of owning the consumer by way of the hardware? The Kindle and the iPad could be free. or does it? buying habit.

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10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News by Adam Sherk on January 28, 2010 Now that the first wave in the Apple iPad crazy-a-thon has past, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of what people are saying about the iPad from the perspective of the news media.

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Measuring Facebook Fan Engagement Beyond the Like

Convince & Convert

Throw out a sweepstakes app, dangle a free iPad, and buy some cheap Facebook ads. It’s time we adjust our aim – and retrain our stakeholders’ focus – beyond that initial click of the like button and toward real engagement. Depth of engagement. At Bulbstorm, we’ve defined a metric we call brand engagements.

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The Facebook News Feed is Changing to Favor Person to Person Engagement

Jon Loomer

” “Now, I want to be clear: by making these changes, I expect the time people spend on Facebook and some measures of engagement will go down. For far too long, weaknesses in the news feed have been exploited with click bait headlines, engagement bait, and other manipulations from brands. ” Is this true?? ” Nope.

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How Brands Can Create Social Engagement Via Music Festivals

Ignite Social Media

The fashion retailer established a pop-up shop on the festival fairgrounds where Coachella attendees could seek refuge from the heat, refill water bottles, engage with the psychedelic video booth and use on-site iPads for online shopping. Live Lokai. Need help promoting your brand during a live event? Contact us for a consultation!

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How gamifying employee advocacy can boost your program’s success

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So, to avoid this *very* large hurdle, you’ll want to build their enthusiasm and engagement for your strategy. Utilizing both can dramatically enhance engagement in advocacy programs, expanding participation and cultivating a community of passionate brand ambassadors. No advocates, big problem.

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Employees Are A Critical Element To Your Social Media Success – Are You Leveraging Yours? Apple Isn’t!

SocMed Sean

It befuddles me that there are still social media ostriches out there that STILL don’t trust their employees to engage in social media. Recently, I have been having issues with my iPad. I upgraded to iOS 5 and it turned my iPad 1 into a giant crashing brick. Engage your employees. Those people. Don’t be Apple.

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