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4 Ways the Twitter You Know is Changing Forever

Convince & Convert

The rise of Twitter was accompanied by the slow demise of RSS and Digg, as the surging popularity of the 140-character kid made many previous pointing and info-gathering technologies unnecessary. But what if we stopped thinking about Twitter as a broadcasting tool? Twitter became (and still is) the headline news of the modern age.

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5 Great Reasons to Retweet Others on Twitter

Webbiquity

But Twitter is a social tool, not a broadcasting medium. Others are more likely to retweet your content when they view you as someone trying to share helpful content with the community rather than just broadcasting your own material. Share this on Facebook. More often than not, they end up talking only to themselves.

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8 (of the) Best Web Analytics Guides of 2010

Webbiquity

One of the great advantages of online marketing is that it’s measurable to far greater degree of precision and richness than older media like broadcast and print. How can you use GA to track visits to a Facebook page? How to Add Google Analytics to a Facebook Page Tab by SitePoint. Share this on Facebook.

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Proper Care and Feeding of a Blog

Webbiquity

The best blogs communicate with readers rather than just broadcasting to them. When someone is thoughtful enough to link to your blog, show your appreciation: leave a comment on their blog, link to their post from your blog or from Twitter, Digg their post, send them a quick note, do something to affirm the recognition.

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Demand Generation Vendors Offer Few Social Media Applications

Customer Experience Matrix

This lets people easily send a Tweet, post to a Facebook wall or create a LinkedIn article that points to the original content. Treehouse Interactive is the only demand generation vendor to offer anything beyond a simple LinkedIn integration, and even Treehouse is only making it easier to use social media as a broadcast medium.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Share this on Facebook. Social Events (e.g., Rich Meyer.

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Five Big Shifts in Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity

While many if not most marketers have adjusted to the new practices required, one still sees corporate Facebook pages with few fans and no clear purpose, Twitter streams filled with nothing but obnoxious “Hey! Now, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media tools have exploded this capability. Buy my stuff now!&#