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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

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Our hope is that Klout helps companies recognize the value of these types of people. Our hope is that Klout helps companies recognize the value of these types of people. As much as I try to understand it (and I carefully read this article), I still think it's just more social media noise. Customer service?

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

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Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy.

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30 Social Media Sites, Tools, Posts and Articles that I Bookmarked from 2010

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Gaming the System: How Marketers Rig the Social Media Machine. 18) This pretty sweet image tagging tool from Tangelo was another one of those “this is cool but will people use it type of applications&#. 16) Stick this QR-Code Generator in your back pocket. 21) Regretsy was one of my favorite sites of 2010-where DIY meets WTF.

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Ignore Foursquare at Your Peril - An Analysis of Potential.

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There are three primary benefits: awareness via virality and social proof; loyalty and rewards; and market research. Recently, I had the good fortune of hosting the weekly #socialmedia chat (Tuesdays 9am Pacific) where social media types congregate on Twitter and answer three questions posed by the host.