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Understanding the Types of Social Media

Business Plan Blog

Social media is a great way to build awareness about your company as these sites allow community members to share their experiences with you and other members of the community. Facebook is the largest social networking site in the world followed by LinkedIn. Users can post comment on your microblog and forward it.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. I use this social bookmarking tool to keep a record of useful websites. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog.

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Do Entrepreneurs Need College?

Duct Tape Marketing

Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman founded the social bookmarking site reddit shortly after graduating from the University of Virginia. College for the entrepreneur has always been more about community and connections and learning how to try stuff out. They sold it a year later to media giant Condé Nast.

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Social Media Matching

SoCal CTO

It was to fundamentally rewire people, communities, civil society, business, and the state — through thicker, stronger, more meaningful relationships. I would agree that the primary goal for most social networking sites today is to help produce deeper relationships and build new online communities.

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Top 5 DIY Content Marketing Tools & Resources That You Need NOW

Brandanew

It’s works as a social bookmarking tool, allowing us to submit our own content and to bookmark external pages that we find interesting. Twitshot is free, it integrates with Buffer and is really easy to use, so be sure to include it in your content marketing tools arsenal! #4 4 StumbleUpon.

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5 Trends That Will Shape Small Business in 2012

Duct Tape Marketing

Customer service goes community. The cable provider Comcast launched Comcast Cares , a social media push to repair a poor customer-service perception. It set the bar for how brands need to engage with their customers in the always-on, always-public world of social media. Apps inside social networks provide answers.

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How and Why to Use Pinterest for Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Essentially, Pinterest is a social bookmarking site that focuses on images. Smart marketers are starting to wake up to the buzz and branding power of the growing Pinterest community. Having your products raved about and pinned by the community says a lot about your brand at the moment.