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Google+, and Why +You Should Care

Going by numbers alone, chances are that if you have an internet connection, you already care about Google+. In the past three weeks since it’s gone live, the new social media network has rocketed to over 20 million users. It’s worth noting that it got to that number much faster than the other big boys [...]

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Just Added: The Golden Rule(s) of Social Networking

This week’s new video is on the most important rules for social networking on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and really any social network. For your business to succeed with social networking you just have to keep a few basic things in mind. Members can check it out here. Not a member? You can still see it [...]

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Is Social Networking Separated by Social Class?

That’s what a new Nielsen Claritas study suggests. The study says that there are class differences among users of social networks – particularly Facebook and MySpace. Wealthier people are 25% more likely to use the former, while the less affluent are 37% more likely to cling to the latter. More specifically, the research found that [...]

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What Happens When Your Future Boss Finds You Online?

Sometimes you get fired. Before you get hired. That’s the subject of a recent article on CNN.com, titled “How social media can hurt your career.” In it, gory details of how job seekers ruin their chances of gainful employment by prematurely posting unflattering status updates and sending Tweets that have led to rescinded job offers, [...]

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Are You an Annoying Facebooker?

For all the wonderment that comes from Facebook – we’re hooked on FarmVille! – there are even more annoying aspects to the popular social networking site. Like all the app requests you receive on a daily basis. Virtual chug, anyone? But for all of Facebook’s idiosyncrasies, none are more annoying than the people who use [...]

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Social Network Marketing Is About Brand Building, Not Bringin' in the Benjamins

“What can social network marketing do for me?” We get asked that question a lot. In fact, as early as last week, during our social media seminar, we were asked why social networking is important and how it can help individual companies. A few years ago there were few answers to these questions. The buzz [...]

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Why Isn't Anyone 'Flock'ing?

As of July 2009, Mozilla’s Firefox accounted for nearly 23% of all browser usage – making it the second most popular Web browser worldwide behind Microsoft’s many versions of Internet Explorer, which claim 68% of the browser-usage pie. While these two browsers are the most popular, there are several others – including Opera, Chrome and [...]

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The Social Networking Divide – Pick a Side!

As social media solidifies its presence in our lives – and in some cases, takes over – a growing faction of society is dissenting. Their concern is valid – Facebook and other sites like it make public too much personal information. But how much is too much, and isn’t that relative? On this video from [...]

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