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8 Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Live-Streaming

Ignite Social Media

Live-Streaming isn’t a new tactic, it’s been around awhile now with companies such as Live Stream and UStream just to name a few. If you’re going off site to live-stream, visit the location ahead of time and test it out or bring along a mobile hotspot such as a MiFi so that you’re not relying on someone else’s network or your data connection.

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Twitter’s Big Announcement

Janet Fouts

I just listened to the live Ustream broadcast of Twitter’s big announcement thanks to @Scoble and Ustream. A few stats: 375,000 new users sign up per day, 16% of those are on mobile. There’s a greater need for people to be able to use it on mobile devices. Twitter mobile users are up 250% this year.

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Learning via the Social Media Game

Bare Feet Studios

Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game , an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. Web and mobile updates.

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Social Commerce And The New Consumer

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It's not just Social Media. These evolutions of technology, media and the general digitization of information is forcing brands to rethink the most fundamental question they have ever asked themselves: "why do people buy from us? Social Commerce And The New Consumer. Video streaming by Ustream. social 2011.

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

Convince & Convert

I’ve been thinking lately about why I got involved in social media. But as I pondered this connection, I realized that there was a portion of the advertising world that shared a lot of elements with social media – infomercials. The same is true in social media. But, I’m not.

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Are Meerkat and Periscope Good News or Bad

Convince & Convert

And while we have had live streaming apps in the past like Livestream, Ustream and others, the time appears to now be right for live streaming. Faster Internet access to mobile phones (even when not connected via WiFi), plus a more robust and popular Twitter community are the fuel for the new live streaming fire.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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by Wendy Harman, Social Media Director, American Red Cross – Reposted with permission (original post appeared on the NTEN blog ). In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked. The American Red Cross is mentioned more than 1,000 times per day on the social web.

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