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Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US

In 2008, Twitter introduced the ability for advertisers to buy promoted trends, a way of taking over a portion of the...
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Why did Facebook make Instagram evil?

If you’re one of those who almost deleted your Instagram account but did not because you figured you’d give them one...
Avatar of Sal McCloskey Sal McCloskey
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5 types of Facebook content that make local businesses stand out

In an environment with a billion users, millions of business pages, and just about every company in every industry trying to...
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Mark Zuckerberg on privacy

Facebook graph search has the potential to be a great thing for Facebook and its users. Perhaps more importantly, this is...
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Businesses should not follow everyone who follows them on Twitter

One of the biggest old-school truths that is obsolete today is the idea that you should follow everyone on Twitter that...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a scientist. He’s a philosopher as well. About doilies.

We all knew that astrophysicist Neil deGrass Tyson was an intelligent and witty man of science, an advocate for space and...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
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Triberr increases exposure with the power of the like-minded

While learning incredible things and meeting equally incredible people at the New Media Expo in Vegas, I ran into Triberr founder...
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Has social media gone beyond recording life to influencing life?

One of the initial promises of the internet was realized when social media started taking hold a few years ago. Constant...
Avatar of Sal McCloskey Sal McCloskey
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Always keep your eyes open for social media opportunities

“I sit down at the computer and think of things to post on social media.” This is the problem. It’s the...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
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Businesses on social media should never ask for anything without a reason

I had thought the days were behind us. Call it a hope, but I believed that the majority of businesses who...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
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Is social media destroying the world? I don’t think so

Everybody has a different view of social media: enthusiastic, annoyed, indifferent.  However, when it comes to being amusing, nothing beats the...
Avatar of Michael Gillen Michael Gillen
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The microscope stays on as Facebook’s IPO needs further analysis

The best that could have happened in tech blogging would have been for Facebook‘s IPO to “pop”. We still would have...
Avatar of Sal McCloskey Sal McCloskey
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Why retail loves Pinterest

It’s all a matter of expectations. When we go to Facebook, we expect to see our friends and family detailing (often...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
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Interesting facts about the IPO that everyone is discussing

While there is definitely a lot of interest in Jimmy’s Fish Stick Company’s upcoming IPO, the main focus is on Facebook....
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