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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Social curation and bookmarking sites. Examples: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat. Platforms like Instagram, which has more than 1 billion monthly active users , have made it easier than ever before to curate and share photos and images. Curate and promote user-generated content via branded hashtags.

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Content Curation: How to Become a Thought Leader

Writing on the Web

Here’s an important post from Joe Pulizzi’s Junta42 blog, Content Curation Grows Up, Original Content Still Key. I first heard the term content curation is this post by Rohit Bhargava back in 2009. Rohit positioned that, as more corporations and individuals create content, the role of the content curator is needed.

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Is Facebook Suffocating the Rest of Social Media?

Convince & Convert

The fact that the number of social networkers (read: Facebook) is almost as large as the number of blog readers and video watchers (59% to 68%) is the most striking finding in this research. Is Facebook Making Us Stupid? Why read a blog, when we can look at the headline and first two sentences in a Facebook status update?

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Unskewing the Web: Curators as filters

Biznology

What was unclear back then was that social media was not only lowering the barriers for content creators: it would eventually enable a new breed of editors, the social media curators. Online content curators are playing an increasingly crucial role preserving that diversity beyond mainstream. And she is right.

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A Comprehensive List of Link Building Ideas for B2B Software and Technology Marketers

KoMarketing Associates

Participate in a targeted LinkedIn or Facebook group. Submit blog posts and articles to popular news aggregation and bookmarking sites such as Pocket , Digg , or even Reddit , if applicable. Publish / repurpose blog posts through places like LinkedIn or Medium. Network through LinkedIn. Participate in relevant discussions on Quora.

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B2B Marketing needs to Curate a Vibrant Community

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Share this on Facebook. This is something I am working on for FY11 and will be more than just a social network for our best customers. Stay tuned as I begin to launch this for next year. Tweet This! Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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The Pinterest Buy Button Might Rock Your Ecommerce

Convince & Convert

Unlike Facebook or Twitter, Pinterest serves as a platform for inspiration for users. In some ways, the platform serves as a social way to curate and build wish lists. Both Facebook and Twitter have experimented with marketplaces of their own, but they are struggling to gain user trust and identify consumers’ intent to buy.

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