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Social Media Explained [Fun]

Social Media Explained

Here’s some social media fun for the weekend. Read you on Monday!

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Top 15 Brands On Twitter 2011

Top 15 Brands On Twitter

Hootsuite, the social media management dashboard, released an infographic showing the top 15 trending brands on twitter from 2011. To round out the trendiest topics they also included Topics, Tags and in Memorium Trends. Interesting to note MySpace is still … Read

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Interruption Marketing aka Twitter Spam

Twitter Spam Or Interruption Marketing

I keep on receiving more and more unsolicited replies from people I don’t even know, and, this happens every day. Next to the popular and over-used tumblr spam this is another big thing: twitter spam. Apparently it also goes by the … Read

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Emotionally Needy Brand Cartoon

Needy Brand Cartoon
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Twitter’s Redesign Looks Nice

Watch this video on YouTube. Twitter on Thursday introduced a new look for Twitter.com and TweetDeck that it hopes will simplify the user experience. One major difference on the homepage is that tweets appear on the right side and take … Read

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7 Strategies To Increase Targeted Following On Twitter

Twitter Followers

You have heard it said, time and time again, that Twitter is a great marketing tool. The key is to have an interested following, they say. Just how this “targeted following” is developed and cultivated, is something that most Twitter guides neglect to discuss. This is exactly what this article is all about while giving you 7 strategies you should follow.

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Seth Godin On Social Networking

Seth Godin On Social Networking

Interesting thoughts by Seth Godin on Social Networking. Video after the click. Networking is always important when it’s real and it’s a useless distraction when it’s fake… It’s worthless to have lots and lots of friends on Facebook ’cause they’re … Read

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Five Ways Your Twitter Account Can Boost Marketing

Twitter

Twitter is one of the few social networking platforms that has exploded in popularity and captured the attention of media and major names alike. Celebrities, CNN News, even the President of the United States have Twitter accounts – and are using them to increase their exposure.

If you’re one of the millions of users who have come on board with this free service, you may be wondering how this mini-update application can boost marketing exposure for a business or special interest project. Imagine being able to immediately reach your clients with breaking news at zero cost.

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Twitter 101 Guide For Business

Twitter just launched the 101 Guide For Business, a guide for getting started with using the Twitter service. It covers the basics of Twitter, how to get started, the lingo, and includes case studies.

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Most Engaged Brands In Social Media

The social media hype is big with keeping in touch with friends and I’m sure most of you have a facebook or linkedin account, both, or even more accounts. So what do the big brands do for keeping in touch … Read

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NIGAZ With Attitude – Branding #fail

The perils of international branding have once again been highlighted with the news of Russian gas giant Gazprom’s new joint venture with Nigerian firm NNPC — to be called Nigaz. (The logo on the left is a selfmade mockup) While … Read

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Indie Musician Makes $19,000 In 10 Hours Using Twitter

Interesting post from Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls on using online media to connect directly with fans and make money. so there i am, alone on friday night and i make a joke on twitter (which goes out to … Read

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Tropicana: We’re not red, we’re not blue. We’re 100% orange

Simon Owens told me about a non-traditional branding project he’s been working on for Tropicana: an abstract visualization of the aggregate conversation on Twitter showing frequency and context of election-related words. The site pulls a continuous stream of tweets mentioning … Read

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