Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
I understand why people find it hard to see twitter as anything more than ‘fun’ and a ‘waste fo time’ - and indeed it can be both of those things (separately and together in fact!).
But Twitter can also be a great business and marketing tool. (Read More)
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: I agree, Twitter is an excellent tool for networking. Perhaps it's a generational thing, Millenials and Xrs seem to be pretty adamant about having fun with our careers. We work as hard as our parents did, but we want cartoon whales and chatty friends to be a part of the daily grind.
: I am part of the re.net crowd that is adopting social media to create transparency and innovation in Real Estate. Many of the early adopters gather on Twitter....truth be told, Between Twitter and FriendFeed, this is where i get most of my industry news.
: I think Twitter can be used as a business tool. Just look at what Southwest Air, Zappos and others are doing with it. I think it's really a question of what you want to accomplish with tools like Twitter and then work it into the framework of your business.
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Hey alpha-mates. We're going to try a little contest here on socialmedian.The two individual on socialmedian who have the most followers (besides myself and any other socialmedian employee) by midnight eastern time this Friday, July 18, we're going to give a free iphone to. Just a little something to help folks start to d (Read More)
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: It worked as a nice way to get people to know about the Newsmaker feature. Now, it's really up to the site working for itself and for the people using it.
: congrats to the winners. I'm back to stubbornly awaiting the u.s. launch of the Blackberry Bold (and then still possibly biting the bullet and going w/ iPhone)
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The title says it all, really: | View | Upload your ownVia Social PRobioticIt’s rather punchy message aside, the presentation is also very slickly done and excellent selection of the most relevant and hard-hitting statistics about social media today: 14% of people trust adverts while 78% trust word of mouth. Millennia (Read More)
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Our children are for the most part pretty incredible beings within their own right. They can make us proud and they can break our hearts. They are growing up in a world that is changing faster than ever before; faster than it has even changed within my lifetime so far. I still remember turning thirteen, getting ready to cel (Read More)
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