Social Media Business Success Stories

"Chances are, most of the businesses you interact with as a consumer are on social media. Your local restaurant is blogging, your grocery store is on Twitter — even your favorite candy is on Facebook. Companies in mainstream, consumer-facing industries are all over social media."[via mashable] ... 

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Applications to Make Your Facebook Page More Engaging

"Standing out from the static requires you to dress up your Page and make it more interesting and fun for your ‘likers’. That’s where Facebook applications come in. They’re basically like plugins for your Page and there are tens of thousands of them available. "[via social media today] ... 

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Tips and Tricks of Blog Promotion

Sometimes you come up with a great blog story. You know it will drive you a lot of traffic but you have a problem. No one knows about your great blog post. In order to get maximum attention you need to spread the word around. This is where the social / bookmark networks come handy. Bill Gate is using... 

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Insightful TED Talks on Social Media

"The 2010 Technology Entertainment Design conference will be kicking off tomorrow in Long Beach, California, bringing the leading minds of many fields together to talk shop about innovation, change, and what the future holds."[via mashable] ... 

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How Social Media Helps One Small Business Connect with Fans

"Customers of Seattle-based bag manufacturer Tom Bihn are as passionate about the product as the company’s 22-person staff.The company’s namesake has been designing and making bags for more than 20 years. He always has a sketchbook, regularly works on up to 10 designs at once and always sews... 

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Traits for Social Media Success in Your Career

"Want to know what it takes to start, and develop, a successful career path in the realm of social media? I recently had the pleasure of talking with 17 bright, enthusiastic professionals who are on the rise in their respective careers about some of the things they have learned and are continuing... 

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Ways Foursquare is Changing the World

"Sometimes the smallest changes in the status quo can have the greatest impact on the world. So while Foursquare may appear to be nothing more than a mobile application getting excessive buzz, it’s actually fueling the location-based mobile space with unique creativity that competitors can’t copy... 

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Tips for Becoming a Smarter, Social Business Person

"The web is filled with social networks: We have Twitter for meeting new people, Facebook for old college buddies, and Bebo for those of us who don’t want to hang out with the mainstream."[via gigaom] ... 

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Use Social Media to Connect with Other Entrepreneurs

"Starting a company is often a lonely and nerve wracking process. One day, you’re working at a big company with tens of thousands of people and health benefits, and then the next day it’s just you, maybe a co-founder, and a lack of steady income."[via mashable] ... 

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Things you should never say through social media

"Everyone and their great-grandmother is on Facebook these days, celebrities are tweet-fighting with their children, and normal people can’t seem to stop broadcasting every trivial detail about their lives. Things that never should be told to anybody are now online for anyone to Google and find. No... 

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