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NEW: Twitter Tags Location to Your Tweets - http://www.penn-olson.com

Posted by Sarah_Chong under Social Media
From http://www.penn-olson.com 5146 days ago
Made Hot by: ritchelalms on August 21, 2009 3:49 pm

Twitter is planning to tag location to your tweets more accurately. Tagging location right now depends on users to fill in their current location manually. With people putting their location as “at the top of your mind!” or “in your heart”, it doesn't really make up to reliable location data. This new API will allow developers to add latitude an Read More

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7 Ways Auto Dealers Can Fail at Social Media Marketing

Posted by kimmendrez under Social Media
From http://dealermarketing.com 5147 days ago
Made Hot by: stillwagon428 on August 20, 2009 5:08 pm

“Social media marketing” is a hot new buzzword in the Internet marketing industry, which generally refers to using popular social websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Digg (as well as niche interest forums and blogs) to market your business. It's “hot” because it works—from the smallest Internet forum to the front page of Digg, the marketing op Read More

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MediaPost Publications AMEX OPEN Forum To Bridge Social Media Divide

Posted by roseanderson under Social Media
From http://www.mediapost.com 5147 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on August 20, 2009 5:08 pm

American Express OPEN Forum has begun to develop tools that will allow small business owners to bridge the gap between building relationships and connecting through social media. Read More

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Cool Startup Alert: Knowem.com | Small Business Trends

Posted by ZaneSafrit under Social Media
From http://smallbiztrends.com 5147 days ago
Made Hot by: biancaaquino on August 20, 2009 5:08 pm

KnowEm.com allows a brand owner to protect their online brand and its identity across, well, seemingly the entire universe of social media sites and resources. Check it out. Very impressive. Read More

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Penn Olson — 10 Facebook Applications for Business

Posted by williswee under Social Media
From http://www.penn-olson.com 5148 days ago
Made Hot by: aliciatrinidad on August 20, 2009 4:07 pm

Have you ever considered using Facebook for your business? I bet you have heard stories on how businesses have used it successfully for marketing, branding, customer service, file sharing and work management. This post will introduce to you 10 Facebook Applications for Businesses. Read More

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Social Media Best Practices

Posted by williswee under Social Media
From http://www.penn-olson.com 5148 days ago
Made Hot by: roseanderson on August 19, 2009 4:06 pm

After studying the top most engaging brands on the web and going in depth to see how Starbucks and Dell did it, I have gathered some tried and tested best practices businesses can apply into their own social media efforts. Read More

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The Five Biggest Mistakes in Measuring Social Media

Posted by andynew under Social Media
From http://www.clickz.com 5149 days ago
Made Hot by: biancaaquino on August 19, 2009 3:37 pm

I know: You feel like you're already taking social media seriously. You're Tweeting and posting, blogging and following. You've got accounts on every site that allows you to share and you've got them all linked together. You're out there and you're social. Big deal. Read More

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The Cultural Divide In The Social Media Evolution

Posted by CindyKing under Social Media
From http://cindyking.biz 5152 days ago
Made Hot by: jnelson on August 19, 2009 3:08 pm

Erik Qualman's Social Media Revolution video raises questions with regards to international social media and how different countries will use social media in the future. As the social web brings us closer to each other, will there be a bigger cultural divide on social media in the future? I would love to hear your thoughts, questions and remark Read More

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Why Your Twitter Followers Aren't Leads—Or Are They?

Posted by sannwood under Social Media
From http://dmiracle.com 5149 days ago
Made Hot by: roseanderson on August 18, 2009 6:36 pm

Can Twitter really help your business? Or is it just another place on the web to waste time. Read More

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It's Planning Season: Five Ways to Apply Social Media to Marketing Planning

Posted by biancaaquino under Social Media
From http://pr-usa.net 5150 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on August 17, 2009 5:28 pm

For almost two years, industry publications and experts have been talking extensively about what is happening and why when it comes to social media. In many cases stories focus on how the “world is coming to an end” as consumers take the power of branding away from the brand managers and chief marketing officers and start owning viral perceptions Read More