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November 9th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Most of us are active at a number of social media networks, yet few of us take time to properly go through each social media network rules and terms of use.
How do our favorite social media sites define spamming? Sadly, none of them has a clearly-cut definition, so we can only arrive at conclusions based on the various contexts…
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November 8th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Facebook has numerous new and old features. It is so easy to get lost.
Besides, there are tons of people there now. No wonder “blocking” tool has become so popular.
But how does it work actually? Will blocking a person restrict him from seeing your messages on your mutual friends’ wall? Will it restrict him from seeing your profile? How…
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November 8th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Embedly is a WordPress plugin that offers an easy way to embed any content (including Tweets) to your web pages. Enjoy!
We built the Embedly plugin not to compete with Embeds in WordPress, but to expand the number of providers they offer. With the plugin right now, 14 becomes 73 with a few clicks. So let’s look at the Plugin.
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November 4th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Last week, the almost-forgotten social media site MySpace got a makeover. The once profile-driven site has changed formats, perhaps for the better. The new look now features more content with a focus on entertainment for the 100 million users currently still using the space.
Users can still create and maintain personal profiles but the majority of the information and updates…
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November 3rd, 2010 by SEM Contributor
Let me state right off that I think Facebook is one of the two social media sites on which all companies – all businesses – should be participating at this time. (The other is Twitter.)
That said, I also think Facebook is extremely difficult for ordinary people – people who don’t continually read tons of blog posts about Facebook, pay…
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November 2nd, 2010 by SEM Contributor
Social Media facets, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are all great ways to keep your fans in touch with your brand. However one drawback is, if that fan or customer is not at their news feed at the right moment, you missed them. That is one reason why email marketing has and still will be a major player to communicate directly with…
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November 1st, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Ever wonder if you should have your social media contact information on your business card? If you already do, your card may look something like this:
Your Name
Company
Company Address
Telephone Number
Cell Number
Fax number
Email address
Twitter handle
Facebook page address
Linked In profile address
Pretty soon business executives and salespeople will have to exchange 8 ½…
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October 28th, 2010 by SEM Contributor
Twitter can be a fun way to stay closely in touch with all of your friends and acquaintances. It can be an entertaining way to find stories, news and information that add bits of fun to your day. However, it has grown into something much more than that. It’s a tool used by businesses to grow their brands. And it’s…
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October 27th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Zenergo is a social media promotion site which combines location based services with activity orientated networking. The aim of the site is to allow people to find and promote events based on activities they love, not only within Zenergo but across most of web 2.0 as well.
Aesthetically the site is fairly minimalistic, in a good, clean way. Users can…
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October 26th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Karmaback is a new type of commercial social networking service, that aims to provide a platform from which advertisers can promote their brands, by harnessing the power of peoples personal social media accounts.
Karmaback hopes to achieve this by offering non-business users the ability to earn karma points, which they do by interacting with the Karmaback system. Points can then…
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