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On our first episode of the new year, we have a roundtable panel of experts who give their opinions on what the biggest trends of 2012 will be. Joining host Robert Tercek are Simon Mainwaring of We First, Martin Beck of the Los Angeles Times, and Maria Armoudian, author of “Kill The Messenger- The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World.” Also, as a special offer to viewers of This Week in Social Media, Simon Mainwaring has offered 50% off admission to the We First Seminar, to be held on Feb. 1. Go to www.wefirstseminar.com and enter code THISWEEKIN to redeem your coupon! TIMECODES: 00:00-00:45 Welcome to 2012! 00:45 Introducing Simon Mainwaring and We First! 1:08 Maria Armoudian, author of Kill The Messanger 1:31 Martin Beck, Social Media Editor for the Los Angeles Times 02:35 The Showdown: Facebook vs. Google+ 03:00 Simon Mainwaring on Google, and how they will succeed in their Google+ venture 03:45 Robert on the traditionally weak Google UI and the improvements in that area 04:46 Martin Beck on Google+ brand pages 06:40 Is Facebook a pedastal?Has the meaning of the word “Friend” changed? 07:30 Simon Mainwaring: When Google is quiet, LISTEN UP! 08:12 Did Facebook screw up when they turned off their blog support feature and moved to notes? 12:35 Twitter as a “pull quote” 12:59 Twitter as a repeater mechanism, or amplifier 14:03 LA Times use of Twitter 16:30 Finding credibility in the Social Media era 16:59 Simon Mainwaring on the effect of authenticity demands on modern …
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All over Egypt thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against Hosni Mubarak’s government. Blogs, twitter, Facebook and mobile phone footage have all played some part in mobilising the crowds and getting messages to the wider world. And this despite a draconian crackdown on media and an unprecedented blackout of the internet by the authorities. In today’s Witness we look back at a film made four years ago, when bloggers were relatively few and new in Egypt. They claimed the Egyptian government was nothing better than a dictatorship, using torture, intimidation and corruption to maintain its hold on power, and they were attracting a growing audience. Back then they were already making waves – and paying a high price. But they were sewing the seeds of today’s multi-media uprising. We are also joined in the studio by two guests who have been following the development of media in Egypt – Sharif Nashashibi from Arab Media Watch and researcher Ramy Aly who experienced blogging in Egypt in 2006 and 2007.
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I produced this video to summarize how online communication as evolved over the last 20 years. It’s a video time line, which is also featured on my company’s blog at www.MarketingProOnline.com The time line starts at the beginning of the 20th Century because that’s when more people started gaining access to the Web. The increase in personal computers and the launch of early Web browsers enabled people to create their own content and connect with one another. This started the Tech Bubble from 1995 to 2000, as anyone could build a website, start an online business and go public on the stock market. The bubble crashed in 2000 after many of the online businesses turned out to be bad investments. But ventures such as Google and Wikipedia continued to evolve, leading to new ideas such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. Now social networks dominate the way humans across the world communicate with one another. And as new concepts emerge and old ideas evolve, MarketingProOnline.com will be there to blog about them. Visit MarketingProOnline.com for help on marketing your business online. Or follow us on Twitter @MarketProOnline.
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Do you want to know how to find the most valuable social media content? Are you looking for great articles and videos to share with your friends and fans? Be sure to watch this edition of Social Media Examiner TV with our host Mari Smith. In this episode, Mari introduces you to the concept of curating content and how it can help your business. And Mari also reviews 8 content curation tools to help you find the best information for your business. Share your feedback, see the show notes and discover how you can be part of a future show below!Here are the content curation tools Mari reviews on this video: #1: Google Alerts – Use Google Alerts to get notifications of your important keywords. Mari also explains how to use Google Alerts for reputation management with vanity searches. #2: Google Reader – Subscribe to blogs in your Google Reader for better social media management. #3: Facebook Friend Lists for Better Facebook News Feeds Get more control over your Facebook news feed with Facebook Friend Lists. Mari shares a great tip on how to make a Facebook Friend List with your favorite fan pages for better content curation thanks to a filtered view of your news feed. #4: Twitter Lists – Mari shares how you can create Twitter Lists to curate information from people who consistently share great content on Twitter. #5: HootSuite – You can use HootSuite with multiple social media profiles to make it easier to share the valuable content you find online. Mari gives you some great …

Welcome to the first Splash Media SplashCast! This series of videos will feature conversations with some of the top names in social media and digital technology, as well as insight and analysis of the latest developments and trends in web marketing/social media from the Splash Media team. In our inaugural SplashCast, host Renay San Miguel interviews Trey Ratcliff, the blogger/photographer behind Stuck In Customs, the leading travel photography blog. Ratcliff tells us how HDR (high dynamic range) technology is adding more colors to the photographer’s palette, and reveals how hearing from his readers through social media helps him expand his own artistic range. Ratcliff offers HDR tutorials on his blog, www.stuckincustoms.com For more information on Splash Media, go to http
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blogs.sas.com SAS’ Deb Orton interviews Chris Brogan of New Marketing Labs. Chris discusses the big opportunities for marketers, mistakes that marketers make with social media and how to solve the common marketers’ excuse of “I don’t have the time.” Learn more on the SAS Customer Intelligence blog “Get, Grow, Keep” at blogs.sas.com .
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What Is Social Media Marketing and Why Is It Important?

Article by Eric Pratt

Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. These are all examples of social media, and I bet as soon as you hear these words, you can add at least another three sites to the list off the top of your head. But what is it? Social media is the future of communication, plain and simple. It represents the online tools that enable you to interact in one-one, one-many, many-many conversational format deviating from usual one-way broadcasting options offered by media.There are many ways it can be used in ways to promote a business. Some examples are to establish a brand, to increase traffic, contain knowledge, and to interact with your customers. In the near future people are going to use It to find products and services. Hence, isn’t it time you embrace it to establish branding of your product or service?Statistics of it are obvious reasons on why each company needs to put time and energy towards it in order to be leaders in their industry. 80% of companies are using LinkedIn in order to find employees to work for their company. If a company is not using LinkedIn than how will they learn about possible future employees? 80% of people tweet on mobile device anywhere anytime. If you are not on Twitter how will your company stay up on the latest news? YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world. That shows companies need to be interacting on YouTube to be recognized by target markets.Now, you are probably what the main tools that can be used in order to promote your business. The big four tool are Facebook (social network), Twitter (Micro-blogs), LinkedIn (Business Social Network), and Blogs (Social Media blogs).Social networking is always important when it is real and it will be a useless distraction when it is fake. Companies need to measure their cliental based on having all connections worthwhile to them and gain benefits rather than just trying to maximize numbers. It consists of the attempt to use it to persuade consumers that one’s company, products and/or services are worthwhile. To use It effectively, businesses have to be perceived as members of the it community, willing to interact with other members.Still, it is a type of marketing that many small businesses could benefit from, if only to find out more about what their customers are thinking – and saying – about their brand and their products.

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Revenue River Marketing specializes in social media marketing, marketing, branding and web development services for the Colorado Front Range area as well as several related business technology and media services. Contact us at (720) 344-5020 or visit us at http://www.revriv.com/.

Social Media Purism: A Simple Truth Masked Friendly Foes

Article by Marshall Adler

Social Media purism is my coined phrase for what the Gurus of our modern day society are called. They preach that true success means you having to createcommunity and passion and social interaction in order to brand yourself as thenew solution to a specific problem. What if I told you that “Social” anything was put here in our laps to impede us fromaccomplishing the real goal? Do I have your attention? You see the elite few, themillionaires and Donald Trumps of the eWorld knew we were getting too close. Tooclose to figuring out how easy it truly is to accomplish the basic goal, so whatdid they do? They inserted Social Media into the mix to distract us all from whatit is we are truly after.Whether you live in a constant state of fear or paranoia, or you’re just scaredshitless that you’re going to fail if you climb back up the ladder from Social Media to the simple path of Consistency, there’s one common truth that applies toevery Entrepreneur, Internet Marketer, Executive, Employee, Business Owner and Human Being on this earth…the goal that we are being restricted from accomplish,YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE MONEY!Believe me, I know it’s hard to hear but the Social Media Purists out there preaching”community” and “passion” are just trying to mass hypnotize the true go-getters from reaching their goals. I know you say, “But I like Social Media. I have a massive following on Twitter and they read all of my blog posts, I’m getting known as the expert. Soon enough I’ll be making good money!”Do you want to make money soon or make money now?You see, while you and I are fighting through the Social Marketing jungle trying to brandourselves as the “experts” in our niche, those Donald Trumps and Millionaire Marketersare making money now doing simple easy tasks that any monkey with half a brain can do.If I came to you and told you that you could make ,000 a year working only 4 hoursa day, going door to door and saying a 30 second pitch to everyone you speak to wouldyou be willing to quit your 8 hours a day Social Media, Blogging, Twitter Loving life?At some point you will wake up and realize that a HUGE curtain has been pulled overyour eyes to stop you from seeing how simple and how easy it truly can be for you tomake money. Social Media is the biggest curtain our “friendly” millionaire marketers have created for society to “profit” from!How much food have you actually put on the table from what you do every day in the online world of Social Media marketing? Don’t fall in line with the sheep! Be your own guide and let fate come to you. It’s way easier to accomplish this goal than youthink. Cheers to a Happy New Year!

About the Author

Marshall Adler is a true innovator and Entrepreneur who recognizes that certain people have blanketed our society with “curtains” and other illogical elements to stop and impede those of us who truly are getting close to accomplishing the one goal that’s hidden underneath all the Social Media lies and purism.