Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Goal of Twitter’s New Homepage? Be the World’s Water Cooler

Via Mashable July 28th, 2009 | by Ben Parr Twitter now has a brand spankin’ new homepage. Of course, if you’re a regular TwitterTwitter user, you’re rarely going to see it because you’re already logged in. But for the 5 … Continue reading

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7 Secrets to Tweeting Your Corporate Culture

Via Mashable July 27th, 2009 | by Sharlyn Lauby Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. I admit I’m a Twitter addict. … Continue reading

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10 Ways Universities Are Engaging Alumni Using Social Media

Via Mashable July 23rd, 2009 | by Vadim Lavrusik Vadim Lavrusik is a new media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is @lavrusik on Twitter () and blogs at Lavrusik.com. In the current economy, job security … Continue reading

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Twitter Launches a Twitter 101 Guide for Business

Via Mashable July 23rd, 2009 | by Ben Parr We know that Twitter’s rising rapidly in popularity. We also know that a huge number of Twitter users don’t stick around. So what’s a company with a user retention problem to … Continue reading

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How Internal Communicators Can Lead Your Organization’s Social Networking Beginning

Via INTRASKOPE – INTERNAL COMMUNICATION VIEWPOINT FROM INDIA July 16, 2009 by aniisu Planning to get your organization on the social media map? There are factors which I learnt along the way that is needed to get completely immersed. Read … Continue reading

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The Coming Change in Social Media Business Applications

Via Social Media Today.biz The Coming Change in Social Media Business Applications

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Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Much Older.

Via Mashable July 7th, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder Analytics company iStrategyLabs has examined the demographics stats from Facebook ()’s Social Ads platform, and they’ve reached some very interesting conclusions. Facebook’s userbase, as a whole, is getting much older very … Continue reading

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10 Ways Universities Share Information Using Social Media

Via Mashable July 15th, 2009 | by Vadim Lavrusik Vadim Lavrusik is a new media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is @lavrusik on TwitterTwitter and blogs at Lavrusik.com. Instead of focusing their attention on promoting … Continue reading

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Web turns marketing and communications on its head

Via Gerry McGovern Traditional marketing and communication is about getting people to do things. Web marketing and communication is about helping people do things. “If you don’t like a particular ad on your screen, just throw it in the bin … Continue reading

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Personal Branding Becomes a Necessity in Digital Age

Via Media Shift by Mark Glaser, July 16, 2009 In 2007, Atlantic Media’s director of digital strategy Scott Karp was named one of the 40 most influential people in publishing by Folio magazine. But Folio wasn’t honoring Karp for his … Continue reading

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