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Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Social Capital 2012 conference took place on Saturday in Ottawa and more than 220 people turned up to share and learn about the latest in social media thinking, issues and technologies. One highlight was Kelly Rusk’s session on using social media for research. 100 free social media resources.

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Using word clouds in communications analysis

Sherrilynne Starkie

Wordle is one popular free tool to create word clouds. Related posts: Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012. Social media in call centres. Three biggest myths of social media. Word clouds are a sexy way to visually display what can be highly complex discussion threads. Do you use word clouds?

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Twitter’s Biz Stone speaks at CIRA’s AGM

Sherrilynne Starkie

He told the crowd made up of Internet geeks, social media enthusiasts and business professionals about how Twitter was born in 2006. At the time his business associates weren’t convinced of the usefulness of a tool that would let friends communicate through only short text messages. They said the idea was too simple. Related articles.

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From Living in a Van to IBJ’s “Forty Under 40?: The Daniel Herndon Interview

Firebelly

The greatest capital that any business has is their human capital, often used to refer to employees. To me this also includes social capital, meaning your customers that believe in you. When you inspire people, and offer them the tools to share that inspiration with others, you can make big business happen.

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Need to Fundraise? Stick With What Works!

SocialFish

The use of social capital builds trust and makes strangers more willing to donate for a worthy cause. You may also want to incorporate auction software such as OneCause, which has a wide range of tools to make your planning more seamless. Shoe drive fundraiser.

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Need to Fundraise? Stick With What Works!

SocialFish

The use of social capital builds trust and makes strangers more willing to donate for a worthy cause. You may also want to incorporate auction software such as OneCause, which has a wide range of tools to make your planning more seamless. Shoe drive fundraiser.

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4 Ecommerce trends you need to know for 2022

Sprout Social

Livestream shopping is the blend of social commerce and live-streaming. Using their social capital, influencers and brands livestream to highlight products and services. If you’d like to create a customer service chatbot , use a tool like Sprout to build it within Facebook Messenger or Twitter DMs. Livestream shopping.

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