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02/22/2013 11:01 AM

Rebecca Marino quits tennis because of bullying on social media - Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Yahoo! Sports (blog) Rebecca Marino quits tennis because of bullying on social media Yahoo! Sports (blog) Marino admitted during a conference call this week announcing her retirement that she has been battling depression for over six years and all the negative energy from the social media outlets just pushed her into a darker place instead of improving her ... Pro athletes learning to cope with nasty social media attacksMontreal Gazette Tennis Player Quits Sport After Being Bullied On Social MediaBusiness Insider 'Social media took its toll on me': How online hate attacks led to Rebecca ...Regina Leader-Post Mashable all 54 news articles »

02/22/2013 12:47 PM

Fighter Ronda Rousey is social media savvy - ESPN (blog)

Fighter Ronda Rousey is social media savvy ESPN (blog) In 2012, Rousey admittedly worked to generate press by engaging in an all-out social media attack against Tate. Call it brash. Call it calculated. Call it successful. The digital war of words grabbed the attention of the sports' socially engaged fan ... and more »

02/22/2013 05:00 AM

Learning Social Media Tricks From the Big Boys - New York Times (blog)

Learning Social Media Tricks From the Big Boys New York Times (blog) If you still have doubts about whether social media marketing can be effective, here's a quote from a recent Bain & Company study that you might find interesting: “Customers who engage with companies over social media spend 20 percent to 40 percent ...

02/22/2013 11:59 AM

Cogent Research: Many consumers use social media to help make investment ... - Boston Globe

Cogent Research: Many consumers use social media to help make investment ... Boston Globe About a third of affluent investors are now using social media as one way to gather information they use to make investment and personal finance decisions, according to a new report from Cogent Research, a market research and consulting firm based in ... Wealthy using social media for personal-finance decisionsInvestmentNews all 3 news articles »

02/22/2013 09:14 AM

Chris Hadfield: the superstar astronaut taking social media by storm - The Guardian

The Guardian Chris Hadfield: the superstar astronaut taking social media by storm The Guardian In a deliberate campaign to take Earth by storm, Hadfield harnessed the power of social media to inspire the sort of interest in space exploration that Nasa and other agencies have been trying to attract for more than a decade. In the process, he is on ... and more »

02/22/2013 12:59 PM

Why I Did NOT 'Celebrate' Social Media Week - Huffington Post

Why I Did NOT 'Celebrate' Social Media Week Huffington Post Not the answer she was expecting from a social media marketing strategist, I suspect. I was tempted to ask what she felt might be appropriate. Party hats and streamers? Do we exchange gifts? Send a card to Mark Zuckerberg? When you care enough to send ...

02/22/2013 12:14 PM

Ballet based on social media submissions - San Francisco Chronicle

Ballet based on social media submissions San Francisco Chronicle "It's a great way of engaging people and (empowering) them to feel ownership," says Jonas. She sees the foray into social media as an extension of the company's mission to be accessible to a wide range of audiences. In some ways, Diablo's experiment ... and more »

02/22/2013 02:20 PM

4 Quick Tips for Using Social Media for Customer Service - Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur 4 Quick Tips for Using Social Media for Customer Service Entrepreneur With the popularity of social media, more people are veering away from traditional channels like calling or emailing to voice their opinion of companies, opting to do so over sites like Facebook and Twitter instead. The question is: Are you listening? Has Dating Turned into a Social Media Frenzy?BostInno (blog) Frederick County businesses enlist social media to market their brandGazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online How To Use Social Media in a CrisisBusiness 2 Community Daily Deal Media -The Hindu -PRWeek all 30 news articles »

02/22/2013 11:51 AM

Smartphones Encouraged at This Theater - ABC News

Smartphones Encouraged at This Theater ABC News The show is about to start. You fire off that last text message, tweet or Facebook post about how excited you are. You silence your phone and put it in your pocket or bag. That's all standard practice for theatergoers. But not at the WiredArts Fest. At ... and more »

02/22/2013 12:06 PM

Apps, gadgets and social media pumping up fitness - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minneapolis Star Tribune Apps, gadgets and social media pumping up fitness Minneapolis Star Tribune The Minneapolis resident is among millions of Americans counting on mobile apps, social media and wearable tech gizmos to lose weight or get fit. These digital tools promise a combination of high-tech habit tracking and positive peer pressure that ... and more »