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June 16th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
It is no secret. Facebook is everywhere. You can’t pull up a newspaper (or an RSS feed, depending on your fancy) without finding something new about Facebook. Many use Facebook for fun, and many use it for money. What most people don’t know is that there are clear rules in play that make Facebook effective for a business vs. ineffective…
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June 16th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
The backyard brawl that is the tech industry just got a little dirtier. On Tuesday it was confirmed that Facebook engineered a behind-the-scenes smear campaign against its competitor Google. The Daily Beast reports that Facebook hired public-relations firm Burson-Marsteller to spread anti-Google stories to news outlets. The goal of the stories was to raise concerns claiming that Google was invading…
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June 15th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Social networking websites are gaining much popularity in recent days for their outstanding features that are beneficial to the bloggers, especially. For those who want to update blogs for their business, social networking websites functions as an excellent marketing tool. But to get benefited majorly from the social networks, it is not only important that you sign up for an…
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June 13th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
If you’re in the market to find a new job in the current financial wake – it might be worth taking a peek at Facebook to help you successfully get a new job? Social media is getting more and more popular and many of my friends have actually used websites like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to help themselves find interviews…
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June 10th, 2011 by Ann Smarty
Facebook recently expanded its facial recognition abilities to include users throughout the world, where it previously (as of December 2010) was only available in the United States. There’s been a bit of an uproar for two main reasons:
Facebook failed to properly prepare users by not explaining exactly what the facial recognition software did or how it was used.
Instead…
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May 18th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Where has marketing gone? Is the day of big budget corporate executives debating the 4P’s gone? The same marketers that once scrambled to drive purchase decisions are now trying to simply acquire likes. Are they really that valuable? Well according to a Chompon.com research report, a Facebook like is worth a whopping $8 per like in terms of gross revenue…
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May 12th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
When we think about online dating, we instinctively think of Plentyoffish and eHarmony. Particularly in the past 12 months though, mobile technology and dating apps have integrated with many dating sites that now use the massive reach of Facebook and Twitter as a legitimate and highly targeted dating and social solution.
Because the Internet in widely used and accepted within…
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April 29th, 2011 by Tisha Tolar
Two independent resources have conducted studies about the habits of social media users and it seems the results are consistent with Friday being the ideal day to head online and find out what you need to know.
During the research, it was found that the majority of updates, status changes, and Tweets occur on Fridays, with an 18% increase over…
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April 27th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
The power of social media can not be negated in the present world. Social media has become such an indispensable part of millions of people’s life and has extended its reach to almost every part of the world. Like any other marketplace, the web world also has lot to derive through the new found mode of connection.
Even though, almost…
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April 13th, 2011 by Ann Smarty
I will admit it, I live my life on Facebook. I mean that quite literally…I am on it
all the time. During work, at home, on my cell phone. I get more social interaction through that website than I do in real life. Friends, family, even strangers…I have nearly 300 people on my friends list and I keep up with…
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