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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Over the past couple years, one of the most common questions from business owners has been, “Do I need to be on Facebook and/or Twitter?&# On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Tourism/Travel/Hospitality.

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Facebook Graph Search: Why Investors Shouldn’t Worry

Mindjumpers

If you need tips on e.g. a travel destination, Mexican restaurant or music inspiration, your search results will be based on your friends’ likes and check-ins. Similar Posts: Ad Opportunities on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Tumblr. But the investors’ question remains: How will Facebook make money out of it?

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YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places

Firebelly

Posted by: Mike Brewer | August 24, 2010 at 10:23 PM Facebook Places gives me the impression of being like a travel journal, almost - but certainly with a lot more microscopic detail. The worrying thing is that it's a travel log that everyone can view. Love the blog - wish I had more time to participate in the conversation.

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Jake's Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas

Firebelly

MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter together dominate theweb. Follow him on Twitter. | Main | Are We Addicted To Social Media? » June 24, 2010 Jakes Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas Almost everyone is aware of the major social networkingwebsites in existence. Or people who sky dive? Or even lovers of TheTyra Banks Show?

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5 Helpful Social Search Articles

Firebelly

For many news pages, social media has become the number one referrer and we are seeing some evidence that websites in the travel vertical and other such experience/story based content websites are moving towards the same pattern. View an alternate.

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I’ve traveled more than ever before. I dabble in social media sites, particularly Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! I consume my news via Bloglines.

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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brian Simpson is a cancer survivor and discovered Twitter in the spring of 2008 when he endured the grueling process of chemotherapy for a period of 7 months. Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# He explains that “Twitter allowed me to be social without having to be IRL.&#

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