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8 ways to deal with negative comments in online communities

Laurel Papworth

So we ran (in the virtual world) an Olympics for them and they shut up about the logo change. When Foursquare users were being called “douchebags&# for updating their Facebook and Twitter status with their location, Foursquare brought out a much sought-after badge called… you guessed it… the Douchebag badge.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. Virtual Real Estate a tough one again if you are not a virtual world like Second Life but how about a special forum for payment. Collectibles buy an account and get special badges like the Pro badge above.

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

Today, this notion of real-time sharing is flourishing in services like Facebook and Twitter and newcomers like Foursquare, and while there’s nothing out there quite like Radar we’re gratified to have contributed what we have to the birth of mobile through these past few years. Obvious stuff. An exit event pre-shutdown.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

When you can go to an appliance Web site (like my new client Conn’s ), and see not just reviews of a refrigerator, but reviews from your friends and friends of their friends, the world changes. As a relative newbie to the “virtual&# world, our business model is being very successful.

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Women in Blogging: 125 Fearless Female Bloggers

Kikolani

Her latest posts include Charitable Gift Ideas for the Holidays , Sony Virtual World Free Online Games for Teens and Tweens , and Tips for Teens by Teen Author in Brain Snacks for Teens on the Go. Follow her @jenwag57 on Twitter. Jessica Gottlieb. Jessica is a mom, writer, thoughtful consumer, and speaker. Lakesha Brown.

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Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches?

Convince & Convert

Twitter is walking into a huge room full of different people meeting together just to get to know each other, socialize, have a few virtual drinks, and relax. Twitter is walking into a huge room full of different people meeting together just to get to know each other, socialize, have a few virtual drinks, and relax.

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Facebook Credit: Zuckerberg next Treasurer of the Internet App2User

Laurel Papworth

Called Facebook “Credit&# it includes a real world component named, rather fetchingly, “App2User&# , which aims to encourage merchants and loyalty programs like Qantas Frequent Flyer points and Flybuys and whatnot to use the Facebook points social media system. Foursquare? Future: Facebook buys Foursquare, you get stuff.

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