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What drives participation in a social network?

Direct Marketing Observations

With that being said, once people are “there&# , and they “get it&# , they can see pretty quickly what the trans-formative nature and power of social media is like, and what it can do. As well, by simply creating and putting it “out there&# validates our existence in these social networks.

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Yelp is Broken and Social Flashmobs Apparently Rule

Direct Marketing Observations

This doesn’t absolve the restaurant owners but it does highlight the typical flash mob actions that occur on social networks. How many of those 1131 reviewers actually ate at the restaurant and how many just piled on for some good old flash mob social media bashing? What can Yelp do about that?

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Version 2 of Viral Success

Mindjumpers

Radiotjänst really put a focus on thanking their customers and is doing so with quite extreme actions; they also did Sweden´s greatest flash mob as part of the campaign. As social media marketing often shows, it’s profitable to give to get. Isn’t it always like that? Isn’t it always like that?

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Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup

Laurel Papworth

In 2007 I blogged on Kevin07 portal: We will see more of ‘static portal hybrid hosted social networks’ for a while – companies and government distancing themselves from the challenges of social networks by outsourcing to social network platforms. Please spell out I.R.O.N.Y Facebook talks like a pirate.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way.

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Occupy Wall Street – The Revolution is Twittervised

Laurel Papworth

Social networks were widely used by gangs to co-ordinate the riots across the country. And in other news, San Francisco subway shuts down cellphone signals to stop social media organisation of civil protests and Braunschweig, Germany bans flash mobs (using Facebook to organise sudden demonstrations).

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We live in strange times…

The Way of the Web

I’ve seen the media mis-label social networks and flash mobs, and at the same time as they look at communication tools as a cause, they’re using them to share their own content from reporters on the ground and news teams back at the studio.