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02/05/2013 10:16 AM

Social Media 'Sneezing' - The Germ You Really Do Want To Spread - Forbes

Forbes Social Media 'Sneezing' - The Germ You Really Do Want To Spread Forbes Have you heard the term social media “sneezer”? Here's a hintâ€Â"it has nothing to do with the flu. I heard the term from Seth Godin, who wrote about the concept in his book “Ideavirus” to describe the incredible power of social media in the hands of ...

02/05/2013 12:58 PM

Tracking Rape In Syria Through Social Media - NPR

NPR Tracking Rape In Syria Through Social Media NPR Lucas Dixon, a research fellow at the University of Edinburgh who studies social media, says using crowdsourced data is still controversial, raising questions such as how to verify sources and how to ensure a representative sample. But still, there is ... and more »

02/05/2013 04:04 PM

MLS banning phones and social media from dressing rooms an hour before ... - Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Yahoo! Sports (blog) MLS banning phones and social media from dressing rooms an hour before ... Yahoo! Sports (blog) Whether social media and electronic communication during matches is an actual match-fixing concern or not, it's the perfect excuse for any league to ensure that for at least the most important hours, players are focused on their job more than their ...

02/05/2013 12:47 PM

How Big Businesses Are Maxing Out The Social Media Multiplier - Forbes

Small Business Trends How Big Businesses Are Maxing Out The Social Media Multiplier Forbes Social media is turning into the great multiplier. When it comes to just about anything a company wants more ofâ€Â"positive press, the size of a devoted user base, how much time a consumer spends engaged with a brandâ€Â"a successful social media campaign ... Stats don't lie: social media continues to vex small biz ownersBoston.com (blog) A more than social networkDailyuw How To Focus Your Social Media MarketingSmall Business Trends Wall Street Journal -CMSWire -hypebot.com all 61 news articles »

02/05/2013 10:54 AM

Applebee's social media faux pas a 'learning experience' - NBCNews.com (blog)

Business 2 Community Applebee's social media faux pas a 'learning experience' NBCNews.com (blog) R.L. Stollar, news editor at the Eugene Daily News, stayed up all night to watch and document what he described in his blog as a “social media meltdown.” Stollar said it was like watching a train wreck. “This is a company that didn't understand how to ... Applebee's Social Media Crisis: Should The Waitress Have Been Fired?Business 2 Community US restaurant Applebee's commits 'social media suicide'Courier Mail US Applebee's face social media stormSky News Australia all 31 news articles »

02/05/2013 11:03 AM

German politicians just don't get social media 05.02.2013 - Deutsche Welle

German politicians just don't get social media 05.02.2013 Deutsche Welle "What I see in Germany is that many [politicians] still communicate in the form of press releases," Teresa Bücker, the SPD's social media officer, told DW. "If you want to communicate via social networks, then of course that only makes sense if you're ... and more »

02/05/2013 11:19 AM

Social Media Marketing Suite Viralheat Redesigns, Adds New Analytics ... - TechCrunch

Social Media Marketing Suite Viralheat Redesigns, Adds New Analytics ... TechCrunch When it comes to social media management and marketing suites, most people think Hootsuite and move on, but there are quite a few smaller competitors that vie for a piece of this market, too. Viralheat, for example, just launched its redesigned service ... Viralheat Adds First-Ever Unified 'Smart Stream' to its Social Media Marketing ...PR Newswire (press release) ViralHeat Gets Smart About SocialCMSWire Viralheat Adds Smart Stream To Media Marketing SuiteAllFacebook Technorati all 6 news articles »

02/05/2013 10:59 AM

Social Media: Pulse of the Planet? - National Geographic

Social Media: Pulse of the Planet? National Geographic In 2010, Hillary Clinton described social media as a new nervous system for our planet (1). So can the pulse of the planet be captured by looking at social media activity? There are many who are skeptical not least because of the digital divide: “You ...

02/05/2013 01:19 PM

Students turn to social media to find jobs - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Students turn to social media to find jobs Atlanta Journal Constitution In that moment, Taylor joined an ever-growing number of college students and employers who are using social media networks in the search for jobs and job candidates. In fact, according to a 2012 Future Trends Survey by the National Association of ... and more »

02/05/2013 07:08 AM

Social media editors: Do you have a robot deputy? - Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard

Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard Social media editors: Do you have a robot deputy? Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard It was only about a year ago that Liz Heron â€Â" then a social media editor at The New York Times, now in a similar role at The Wall Street Journal â€Â" predicted her job title wouldn't exist in five years. The job has already changed a lot, “some in ways ... Analytics platform Visual Revenue launches social dashboardJournalism.co.uk (blog) Visual Revenue Is First to Measure Success and Failure of Online Publishers ...San Francisco Chronicle all 3 news articles »