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Social Media Madness — The Sweet 16

In the spirit of College basketball's upcoming March Madness tournament, we've got the "Sweet 16" of social media. Check out this scoreboard of each company's strengths and weaknesses,…

By Erik Qualman · 23 Feb 2009

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Twitter Not Planning to Charge for Commercial Use

It’s always a little weird to report non-news, but it’s generally interesting nonetheless. A flurry of recent news reports have said that…

By Nathania Johnson · 11 Feb 2009

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4 Ways That Facebook Can Make Big Money

Facebook celebrated its fifth birthday last week with 150 million of its closest friends. Today, I give my gift to Facebook: four…

By Erik Qualman · 09 Feb 2009

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FriendFeed Updates Search Functionality

FriendFeed has updated its search feature with added functionality. If you’re not familiar, FriendFeed is a social aggregator that enables users to…

By Nathania Johnson · 04 Feb 2009

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Lycos Dropping Lycos Mail, Tripod February 15

Well it looks like one of the last of the old school search companies is closing its email service and website creation…

By Frank Watson · 18 Jan 2009

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7 Social Media Predictions for 2009

It's a new year, which means it's time to raise a virtual glass within your social network and toast your collective social…

By Erik Qualman · 12 Jan 2009

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Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox? Part 2

Many companies still believe they need to get users into their prospecting databases in order to market to them. But businesses capture…

By Erik Qualman · 29 Dec 2008

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Social Media and SEO — Friends with Benefits?

You might be using social networks like Facebook or LinkedIn for the networking opportunities. And, you may use the connections and dialogue…

By Mark Jackson · 23 Dec 2008

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Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox?

E-mail has held on through the years as the King of the Internet. However, the new inbox is shifting toward social media.

By Erik Qualman · 15 Dec 2008

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Alessio Signorini Tapped as Director of Search Technology at OneRiot

Social search engine OneRiot has a new Director of Search Technology and it’s Alessio Signorini, former Director of Technology at Ask.com. While…

By Nathania Johnson · 04 Dec 2008

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Advertising to Cretins Expected To Drop in 2009

While the News Corp founder’s biographer Michael Wolff may think Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace users are “cretins”, the company’s CEO Chris DeWolfe believes…

By Frank Watson · 03 Dec 2008

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Pownce To Fold, Founders Join Six Apart

The founders of Pownce announced they are closing their social networking platform and joining Six Apart – the creators of Movable Type,…

By Frank Watson · 01 Dec 2008

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Social Community: Free Pancakes Anyone?

Human beings long for a sense of community, like a charity pancake breakfast, and this isn't lost with social media. Starbucks, Ben…

By Erik Qualman · 01 Dec 2008

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Only 11% of Social Network Users Will Make a Purchase Based on Advertising

It’s no secret that social networks have had a difficult time integrating advertising that has a bang for its buck. IDC has…

By Nathania Johnson · 26 Nov 2008

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LinkedIn’s New Search Platform Goes Live

A month ago, LinkedIn unveiled its new search platform. Now they’re rolling it out to their 31 million users. Here’s what you…

By Nathania Johnson · 25 Nov 2008

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Workshops Offered by Direct Marketing Association and TopRank Online Marketing

TopRank Online Marketing and the Direct Marketing Association have just announced a partnership to develop and deliver a series of educational workshops…

By Greg Jarboe · 19 Nov 2008

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President 2.0

In the same way JFK benefitted from the emerging medium of television, Barack Obama was helped into the White House by the…

By Erik Qualman · 17 Nov 2008

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LinkedIn Combines Social and Search in New Events Feature

LinkedIn has announced yet another launch. This time it’s a robust Events feature that includes social and search to boot. Members will…

By Nathania Johnson · 10 Nov 2008

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Google’s Blogger Launches New Reactions Feature

Blogger has released a cool new feature that lets readers offer quick responses. It’s called Reactions, and it allows bloggers to create…

By Nathania Johnson · 07 Nov 2008

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Social Media Link Building: From Fantasy to Reality

Sometimes, a company's marketing efforts can have an unintentional impact from a link building perspective. Such is the case with this fantasy…

By Eric Enge · 05 Nov 2008

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The Number of Small Businesses Using Social Media to Double in 12 Months

The number of small businesses using deeply integrated social networking services will double in the next year, according to projections by Access…

By Nathania Johnson · 03 Nov 2008

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Trick or Tweet for CNN

Social media is revolutionary. It allows CNN anchor Rick Sanchez to have a relationship with 30,000 people, and make a connection with…

By Erik Qualman · 30 Oct 2008

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Zappos + Twitter = Innovative Success!

Most companies use Twitter as a PR machine, covered in a thin veil of down-home personalization. But Zappos' CEO exposes a deep…

By Sage Lewis · 23 Oct 2008

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Blogger Releases Two Updates Regarding iGoogle and Commenting

Here’s a couple of updates that you Blogger bloggers should be happy to learn about. The first is the ability to post…

By Nathania Johnson · 23 Oct 2008

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Social Search Site Scour Now Speedier (Say That 10 Times Fast)

Social search engine Scour is now faster. Not only that, there’s a whole host of new things that have been added. Such…

By Nathania Johnson · 20 Oct 2008

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