Social Media

According to one definition, social media "describes the online tools that people use to share content, profiles, opinions, insights, experiences, perspectives and media itself, thus facilitating conversations and interaction online between groups of people."

With the rapid adoption of social media by businesses, there is an ever-growing focus on social networking services like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, as well as the plethora of other social networks, and how to use them most effectively. There are several blogs by everyday power users of social media that cover this topic, providing valuable insights and recommendations about using and measuring the effectiveness of this versatile tool.

Whether you want to increase awareness or drive traffic to your website, landing page, free report, or simply network with other like-minded folks, social media can be a beneficial tool in your marketing arsenal.

Social media may not be for everyone, so if you're thinking of trying it out, do a little research first to determine if it's a good fit for you and your business. And don't be afraid to get your feet wet - sometimes that's the best way to judge things for yourself.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “Social-Media”

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  Avatar Interactive Trailer Offers Slew of Social Media Goodness
  Avatar's interactive trailer offers some intriguing social media goodness.
  by ebrage / on Nov 25, 2009
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  Blog Focus: Xbox Live Social Media Users in the “Millions” Already
  11 days in this is a *big* deal already.
  by ebrage / on Nov 24, 2009
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  Digital Curation and the Future of the Internet
  There’s an enormous need for a mix of automated and human tools to help us make sense of and synthesize the chaos of information overload
  by ebrage / on Nov 23, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Social Media”

• Life Schmooshing

  
  adammclane.com — Authority: 128
  “ How do I keep my private life private with social media? ” When I pull away all the onion layers for people learning about social media, this is their core fear. They wrestle with two primary realities. Why would anyone care about what I am doing? How do I control the message? I’m not saying that every ...
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• 2009’s Word Of The Year Is Twitter

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 545
  To further cement just how crazy people are for social media and social networking and microblogging services and all that kind of thing that people want to use but don’t really understand and soon abandon, the Global Language Monitor has announced the most used word of 2009 .  In case you’ve been living under a ...
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• Tasha Huang Joins Business Wire as Regional Sales Manager

  
  Your Story — Authority: 591
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tasha J. Huang has joined the Newport Beach, Calif. office of Business Wire as the company
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• SEO and Social Media Experts Help Charities by Sending Santa Claus Higher …

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 555
  By Business Wire Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and social media professionals are invited to put their skills to charitable use this holiday in a program … More» More»
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• How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page

  
  Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg — Authority:
  This is a guest post by Jesse Stay , founder and CEO of SocialToo.com and all around great Facebook Fan Page coder. He’s volunteered to give away a copy of his recent book, FBML Essentials , to two readers. Scroll down to the end of the post for details on how to win. Marketers love Facebook. With 350 ...
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• Social Media & Sales

  
  Zach Braiker — Authority: 100
  How do businesses generate sales? Answering that question helps to establish social media’s ROI. Rather than connecting social media directly to sales, try connecting social media to the factors that contribute to sales. 1.     Hire better sales people. If you want to generate revenue hire talented people who ...
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• Facebook Investor DST Expands …

  
  AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog — Authority: 168
  Facebook Investor DST Expands Mail.ru With Astrum Online Merger: Digital Sky Technologies (aka DST), the Russian In… http://bit.ly/8VECMK
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• Getting Ready For My Teleconference On Field Marketing

  
  The Forrester Blog For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals — Authority: 458
  By Peter ONeill I like I like to be prepared. Next Monday I give (present? perform?recite?) my first Forrester Teleconference about field marketing. See http://www.forrester.com/rb/teleconference/field_marketing_professionals_must_adapt_to_new/q/id/6065/t/1 As I am busy on other tasks the rest of the week, I have ...
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• This years tweet cloud

  
  Pharma Strategy Blog — Authority: 423
  Many of you will know that Im fascinated by text and data mining - once a scientist, always a scientist!  Everyone seems to have been checking out their tweet clouds based on their Twitter stream so I thought I would check mine out too.  Heres what I got: Source: ...
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• Taking “Social Media” to the next level!

  
  Ask Haley — Authority: 122
  br>Social media is spreading faster these days than a California wildfire. It seems to be everywhere. It’s probably touched your staffing business or life in some small manner or form.Some questions we all have been presented with are whether to jump into that pool or not. Is now the time? Is it a trend or [...]
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• Deal Radar 2009: AppRiver: Dea…

  
  AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog — Authority: 168
  Deal Radar 2009: AppRiver: Deal Radar continues its analysis of the Web security landscape with App River, whic.. http://bit.ly/5Djjbx
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• The King of Pop rules Yahoo Search in ‘09

  
  TECH.BLORGE.com — Authority: 619
  Yahoo released its top 10 search queries for 2009, crowning Michael Jackson with the number one spot in the wake of his untimely death.  Jackson also shared the top 10 with other celebrities both old and new. The second most popular search [...]
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• Add Social Networking To Your Litigation Toolbox

  
  Lawyerist — Authority: 139
  Plenty of attorneys use the traditional press as part of their litigation strategy—using Facebook and other social networking sites may be the next step. A Vermont brewery fought off a copyright claim from Hansen Beverages, the company behind Monster energy drinks, in part by launching a viral internet campaign ...
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• Israel plans to use social networking sites for improving image

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 555
  Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) spokesman Brig Gen Avi Benayahu said the new department would focus on the Internet’s social media networks, mainly to reach … More» More»
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• If You Suck, Your Personal Brand Does, Too

  
  Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel — Authority: 595
  Personal branding is not shameless, endless self-promotion. It’s not direct messaging me with your faux request to “take this IQ test and see if you’re smarter than me.” It’s not directing me to your website with every post. It’s not seeing yourself as the epicenter of everything to do with your ...
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• Twitter, Facebook, Google Go Red for World AIDS Day

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 866
  Today, December 1st, is World AIDS day, and companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter are joining the (RED) campaign, raising awareness about AIDS in Africa . You may have noticed that Twitter homepage has turned red, but you can also help out by adding the hashtag #red to the end of your tweets, which will ...
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• Fring Brings Free Video Callin…

  
  AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog — Authority: 168
  Fring Brings Free Video Calling To The iPhone, Nokia Smartphones: Apple has long been rumored to integrate vide.. http://bit.ly/7s8RSE
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• google wave for the community

  
  brandflakesforbreakfast — Authority: 576
  The Seattle Times is using a public Google Wave to try and help catch that brutal killer in the northwest. The public wave lets anyone (with a Google Wave account) contribute to the thread. This is one of the first massively public waves used in a timely community fashion, and it will be interesting to observe. ...
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• twitter tells you when to send marketing email

  
  brandflakesforbreakfast — Authority: 576
  Chris Penn and Toddle show you how to use Twitter and your Google RSS reader to find the most excellent time to send that email newsletter to prospects. From @ogilvydigital
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• The Proliferation of Online Video

  
  Brian Solis - PR 2.0 — Authority: 651
  Source: Shutterstock Online video continues to capture the attention of producers and viewers, with the market as well as industry leaders, leading us into a more pervasive form of video entertainment, communication and education. With YouTube quickly transforming from a user-generated video network into an ...
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