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How to Make Time for Social Media

When it comes to social media, nonprofits and small businesses share the same concern.  They know it is a powerful marketing tool, and they know a lot of potential donors/customers are using it; however they are not sure how much

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Pinterest for Educators

Here’s a great idea presented by Online Universities.com.  Presented in an infographic, it describes how Pinterest can be used by educators to share information and content on the web. For those that don’t know, Pinterest is an ever-growing social media

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Facebook Buys Instagram

Forbe’s reports that Facebook is buying Instagram for a cool $1 billion.  It seems the social media giant is maintaining its edge in the mobile photo sharing environment.  The Instagram app and community are one of the fastest growing communities

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More Mergers and Acquisitions in Social Media

Well, some big-business moves are again happening in the social media world.  The big-mega “news” giant CNN is looking to buy the big-mega social media news giant Mashable.  Also,  Twitter has acquired the blogging platform Posterous.  It’s relatively unclear what

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Infographic: Demographics of Social Media

The folks at OnlineMBA have done a great job presenting social media demographic data in one great infographic.  By comparing social media to a solar system, they show how big the various social media outlets are, who’s on them, and

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Posted in Facebook, Social Media

The Beginning of the End of Facebook?

From a marketing standpoint, what separates the internet from other media outlets is the ability for users to control the message they receive from companies.  Search engines allow users to seek out the message they need, email allows users to

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