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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public

Sprout Social

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. 9 best practices of social media and journalism. So much of social media and journalism boils down to looking the part. . Reposting and retweeting others allows you to both keep your feed fresh and build relationships at the same time.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

I liked that it had the ability to search through feeds to find specific content. But little by little Twitter and Facebook have taken over the reader duties for me. Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds.

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Top five: Women rule content marketing!

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s top five social media must-know news sees Instagram and Google working to raise standards, shows how podcasting continues to grow and new innovations from Facebook. Facebook introduces 3D posts. Facebook is introducing a cool new feature, 3D posts, and some big brands are already using it.

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5 Social Sites That Aren’t Facebook

Waxing UnLyrical

Facebook has been struggling since its IPO in May. Facebook was not initially built to monetize; it was built to go viral. Unlike Google, I am not on Facebook to look for products, hence I’ve never clicked on a Facebook ad. Guest post by Kate Endress. I really just want to check in and connect with my friends.

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Top Five: social networks push new shopping features

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week's top five must-know social media news come from LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Google and Pinterest. Facebook introduces new shopping features. Facebook's new store sales optimization brings the power of machine learning to help retailers show ads to the people who are most likely to make an in store purchase.

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Facebook And Walmart Team Up for Black Friday Mobile-Ad Blitz

The Realtime Report

On Black Friday, Facebook and Walmart launched the social network’s largest mobile advertising campaign ever. Walmart had pre-purchased the ads, “edging out” other retailers for exposure at the start of the holiday season, according to The Wall Street Journal. ” The result?

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Why Facebook Is Cleaning Up The Neighborhood

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Brands (and the people that work for them) are going apoplectic about where Facebook is headed next. Facebook founder and brainchild, Mark Zuckerberg , just published a long post about how Facebook will be changing in the next little while. Wait, Facebook cares about our well-being? Facebook knew it had a problem.