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better time management with smart calendars

The Effective Marketer

Make your calendar available to your direct reports and your peers : companies differ on their network policies and who has access to what, so you may not need to do this but just in case your company locks down access to other people’s calendar you should proactively let your direct reports (those who work for you) and your peers see your schedule.

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A Brief History of Social Media [Infographic]

Oktopost

The Top 8, Birth of Facebook, and 140 Characters: 2003-2009. Over 2008 and 2009, Facebook and Myspace continued to soar, earning millions of unique users across the world. In 2011, Facebook sought other methods of monetization and launched a desktop ad program called Sponsored Stories. A Not-So-Distant Past: 2010-2015.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace. But, I absorbed many smaller lessons that will help guide my thinking about the conference, technology, and social business in the coming months.