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Why Twitter is Trying to Turn Itself Into Facebook

Convince & Convert

Today, Joel discusses various aspects of Twitter, including changes that seem to be moving Twitter away from a unique user experience to more of a Facebook user experience. Even though Twitter owns Vine, it’s exciting to see its own native video platform coming to life, similar (again) to Facebook.

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Microsoft buys LinkedIn: the largest martech acquisition in history?

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This is the largest acqusition in Microsoft’s history — over three times the size of its acqusition of Skype for $8.5 In fact, both Google and Facebook have been better positioned as marketing technology power players than LinkedIn — but Microsoft’s acqusition of the company changes that. Actually, yes.

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How to Use Social to Attract Great Employees

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By utilizing a number of channels to push campaigns for #CiscoLife and #WeAreCisco, Carmen has shifted the strategy of talent acquisition to be less job posting, and more interacting and engaging. Cisco Careers on Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , and LinkedIn. If you could do a Skype call with any living person, who would it be?

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Discover Global Markets E-Commerce: Trends in Mobile & Social Media Adoption Across The Globe

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Facebook (1.49B) / Facebook Messenger (700M or 40% growth since beginning of the year) – Even with the significant growth in adoption of Facebook Messenger, the combined giant amongst social media platforms actually appears to be losing ground to WhatsApp over the past year. Skype (300M). QZone (668M). Viber (249M).

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Forget Best Practices – Get 100,000+ Likes with Your Genuine Voice

Convince & Convert

David Oliver, Chief of Police at the Brimfield Police Department in Ohio, joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the insane popularity of his department’s Facebook page, his book at the foundation its proceeds benefit, and the importance of maintaining a consistent presence and voice in social media. Just 10,600.

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You Do Not Own Your Audience

Convince & Convert

To win a copy, just find an audience acquisition method in the wild – some way that businesses are capturing emails, Facebook likes, Twitter followers, etc. They can turn off their televisions, unfollow you on Twitter and RSS feeds, unlike you on Facebook, unsubscribe from your email lists. in the offline world.

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The Best Job in Social Media

Convince & Convert

Facebook and Twitter are their “keynote” channels, with Tour Diaries a close third. Yahoo may have a history of ruining companies they acquired, but perhaps they will have learned something from Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram: buy the company, then let it run itself. Four Your Information.