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June 14th, 2010 by SEM Contributor
Twitter is the new phenomenon in social networking and the celebrities are definitely enjoying their direct dose of public adornment. Twitter has become a force to be reckoned with in our society because of the immediate response systems and the access to millions just 140 characters away. People are using Twitter more and more to mobilize people for their cause,…
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June 9th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Advertisers can now introduce Google users directly to their Twitter page right from their Google ads. Last year, Google struck a $15 million deal with Twitter that would incorporate ‘tweets’ into the search engine’s results. Google is finally ready to unleash a new type of display ad that will allow Twitter users to follow advertisers directly.
The new ads will…
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June 8th, 2010 by Bethany North
There are quite a few things that should not be done through social media, no matter how appropriate you may think that they are at the time.
Since everyone and their grandmother is literally on Facebook, and celebrities are using Twitter to have public fights, it is about time that social media gets reined in by avoiding these fatal mistakes.…
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June 2nd, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
BP is finding out the hard way that maybe they should have had all their bases covered when it came to recent developments. Not only is there a major environmental disaster but the recent storm over some not so popular tweets surfacing from major social networks have left BP holding the bag.
With tweets such as:
‘The good news: Mermaids
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May 18th, 2010 by SEM Contributor
Twitter is not just a popularity contest to see how many followers you can amass – it’s also a way to make money. People who already have huge followings are finding Twitter an easy to keep in touch with their fans. They’re also being paid to send ads by advertisers who want to reach those fans.
For example, this dish…
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May 10th, 2010 by Bethany North
Yes, everyone you know out there has a Facebook and possibly Twitter account, but there is still a right and a wrong way to approach social media.
To begin with, you may want to be careful with anything you say in the public environment of Twitter. There was an actual situation in Chicago where someone talked badly about the state…
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May 10th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Recently at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, White House Correspondent Ed Henry had the opportunity to rub shoulders with the likes of JayLeno, teen sensation Justin Beiber and, of course, the President and First Lady.
While secretly ‘tweeting’, First Lady Mrs. Obama struck up a conversation and confessed to never having ‘tweeted’ before. Having all the ducks in order…
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May 6th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
One of the biggest drawbacks perceived when considering using Twitter for your business is the danger of it coming a “time suck”. And, if you don’t implement a strategy for using this great social networking tool, you could easily end up spending too much time tweeting and not enough building your business.
While you may use Twitter sporadically for personal…
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April 28th, 2010 by WAHumor
I’ll admit I’m not good with all these social media tools: Facebook, Plurk, Plonk, Yelp, Yippee, Yahoowie and HarDeHarHar and all the rest. They can eat up an entire day before you know it. They can be worth it.
Here’s a little success story about how one of the most popular social media tools helped me more than I could…
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April 23rd, 2010 by SEM Contributor
It’s Friday! Finally. You’ve been waiting all week for this, trudging through each day looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. It has arrived, and what greets you first thing the morning? A Twitter stream full of spammy hashtags & user lists.…
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