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7 must-haves for your Twitter strategy

7 must-haves for your Twitter strategy | Blog | Twitter Counter.

Need to freshen your Twitter strategy skills? This is a decent and basic primer for when you get back into a situation when you need to think about tweeting more than what delicious microbrew you just had.

 

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Five Amazing Facts About Social Media and the Super Bowl | Special: Super Bowl – Advertising Age

Oh Superbowl.. how your ads suck so. This was quite possibly the most boring halftime show and some of the worst ads I’ve seen in a while…. well since the last Superbowl I think. Sigh.

Anyway, this article is really amazing when you think about it. 5 facts about how Social Media is still BOOMING and on the rise.

1. Bluefin Labs has so far tracked more than 12.2 million social-media comments during and after Super Bowl XLVI, primarily on Twitter and Facebook. That’s a 578% increase over the total Bluefin tracked last year (1.8 million).

Read the rest here: Five Amazing Facts About Social Media and the Super Bowl | Special: Super Bowl – Advertising Age.

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Google teases social networking plans

The last sentence in this article says it all.

Considering the odds of that ever happening are not likely, Schmidt has
just one thing to say: “Failing that, there are other ways to get that
information,” said Schmidt.

It’s ALL about the information… YOUR information.

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Sigh, Yet ANOTHER Groupon wannabe

This is another “aggregator” of Groupons and Adility.

From TechCrunch:
The group buying craze is now officially in overdrive. There are so many group buying sites—Groupon, LivingSocial, BuyWithMe, SocialBuy—that it is hard to know where to go for the best deals. Enter the DailyD, a new site that just launched today which pulls together all the deals for a city in one site and sends out a daily email as well.

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21 Tips for Using Twitter and Facebook for Business

Good Read!

Last year, Forbes magazine assembled a visual list for its Top 21 Twitter Tips to showcase business examples on how to use Twitter for marketing, service, sales, and ideation. The original compilation served as inspiration for a new list, one that helps businesses of all shapes, sizes, and focus embrace not only Twitter, but all social networks of relevance.

While many of the examples and quotes remain the same, the list is modified based on my observations and personal experiences.

via 21 Tips for Using Twitter and Facebook for Business.