Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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Social media at UW-Madison has “Klout”
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Klout uses an algorithm to measure the true size of a social media user’s
audience, the reach of its content and how other people interact with it.
For UW-Madison, Klout evaluated the university’s flagship Twitter account,
@UWMadison, along with its …
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Much Needed Advice From THE Name in Social Media!
Staugnews
Be First, Inc. has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are the
social media advertising group in the world today! Not to mention the
professionalism, ethics, creativity, and hard-working individuals that make
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Social media helps the hunt for Mark Bosworth
KVAL
By Beth Ford KVAL News Published: Sep 30, 2011 at 5:36 PM PDT RIDDLE, Ore.
– His name and face are on posters in Oregon, a Jumbo-tron in Times Square
- even Lance Armstrong’s Twitter. In the past two weeks, missing man Mark
Bosworth’s face has been …
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

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artofeclipse’s sandbox: jQuery twitter search | drupal.org
By artofeclipse
this module use jquery.twitter.search.js to create a twitter search result
block, and it’s also provide a admin page to configure the the search box
results. Categories: Actively maintained, Under active development,
Modules, JavaScript Utilities …
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Teachers Teaching Teachers, on Twitter: Q. and A. on ‘Edchats …
By By KATHERINE SCHULTEN
Teachers are taking professional development into their own hands with
Twitter “edchats.” In this post we explain, and interview four hosts of
some popular weekly chats.
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The Learning Network
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MediaPost Publications The Twitter Mandate 09/30/2011
By George Simpson
The story goes on to say you could “see the warning signs on Twitter that
it was losing steam. Last year’s ‘Glee’ season premiere garnered more than
half a million tweets the day it aired. This year’s season premiere had a
roughly 200000 drop …
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MediaPost | Online Media News
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Join Twitter Action Asking Boehner: Where are the Jobs? | AFL-CIO …
By Tula Connell
Thousands already have taken part in the Twitter campaign, which urges
people to sign an online petition directed at Boehner. You can join in as
well by clicking here: read more or Tweeting one or all of the
following: America wants to …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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Ashton And Demi Break Up On Twitter
Ashton And Demi Break Up On Twitter: After Ashton Kutcher was allegedly
caught.
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 1 new result for [LinkedIn] ===

Can LinkedIn (LNKD) Ever Link its Market Cap to its Earnings?
InvestorGuide
Shares of career-oriented social networking site LinkedIn (LNKD: Charts,
News, Offers) have bounced in a frighteningly wide range between $60.14 and
$122.70 within the four months since its IPO. The initial euphoria induced
claims that a new Internet …
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

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Sloan Churman, deaf woman, hears herself for the first fime (video)
Washington Post (blog)
(Image via YouTube) Sloan Churman was born deaf. She had never heard the
sound of her own voice until, at 29, she was given a hearing implant made
by a company called Envoy Medical. For more tears, watch a video in this
post of a very young Brazilian …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

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Facebook sued over tracking users after logout
CNET
Facebook is getting more heat over two controversial practices–tracking
users after they log out and its new automatic “frictionless sharing”
feature. A blogger wrote last weekend that he discovered that his Web
surfing was being tracked by Facebook …
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10 Facebook Timeline Designs That Will Blow You Away [PICS]
Mashable
Facebook’s new Timeline design gives users a large “cover photo” space
at the top of the page. We think this revamp is a great opportunity to get
creative with your profile presentation. We recently asked the Mashable
readership to share how they’ve …
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Facebook time is tops abroad, with Singapore No. 1
CNET
Here at the epicenter of social networking, birthplace of Facebook,
Twitter, and LinkedIn, it’s easy to lose sight of just how much the rest of
the world loves our homespun social-media creations. As it turns out,
social networking is enjoyed overseas …
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USA TODAY, Facebook join for Super Bowl Ad Meter
USA Today
USA TODAY and Facebook are joining forces in 2012 to launch the 24th annual
Super Bowl Ad Meter. For the first time, consumers will decide the winner
of the USA TODAY Facebook Super Bowl Ad Meter. They will be able to view
and vote on the ads, …
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Your complete guide to Facebook’s Timeline
CNET
Facebook has once again redesigned your favorite social network, changing
privacy options, adding new features (like the ticker), and killing off
profiles in favor of Timelines. Although we can’t help you accept change
(it’s always tough), …
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Lawmakers ask FTC to investigate Facebook privacy issue
msnbc.com
By Suzanne Choney The co-chairmen of Congress’s Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus
want the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook for potential
privacy violations. The new interest is due to a researcher’s discovery of
how Facebook has collected …
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

=== News – 7 new results for [Twitter] ===

Using Twitter to track people’s moods
Los Angeles Times
There’s a lot you can read about on Twitter — including, it now appears,
the patterns of human moods. After analyzing two years’ worth of tweets by
2.4 million people around the world, researchers at Cornell University have
concluded that individuals …
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 8 Beta, Includes Twitter Search
PCWorld
Among the new features in Firefox 8 is the addition of Twitter to the list
of default search engines that users can access from the browser’s toolbar.
The new entry–which is available only in the Mac and Linux versions of the
browser–makes searching …
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Federal Reserve Wants to Monitor Facebook, Twitter
Forbes
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is recognizing social media’s
potential to shape public opinion, and requesting monitoring and analysis
of Facebook and Twitter conversations. The Fed’s “Request for Proposal
for a Sentiment Analysis and Social …
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Ashton, Demi split up on Twitter
Ninemsn
By ninemsn staff Demi Moore and her husband Ashton Kutcher have split up
temporarily on Twitter, after reports he had an affair with a 23-year-old
blonde woman. Moore, 48, reportedly removed Kutcher, 33, from the list of
people she follows and he did …
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New York Times ‘sexy chicken’ now on Twitter
Washington Post (blog)
Tony Ceincola’s photo was the talk of Twitter, got its own Times blog post
and was condemned by PETA. Naturally, the chicken carcass is now tweeting.
Tony Cenicola’s “sexy chicken” picture. (Tony Cenicola – The New York
Times. …
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Alex Radulov’s Twitter trade request adds to KHL coach drama
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
They’ve had a few weeks of bitterness; and Radulov’s discontent has now
become public thanks to a candid, and quickly deleted, Twitter message —
directed to Evgeni Malkin (notes) of the Pittsburgh Penguins . Earlier this
month, Coach Mikhalev and …
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Decoding Our Chatter
Wall Street Journal
Researchers have found a bonanza of real-time data in the torrential flow
of Twitter feeds. By ROBERT LEE HOTZ When Virginia’s magnitude 5.8
earthquake hit last August, the first Twitter reports sent from people at
the epicenter began almost instantly …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

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LinkedIn Could Get Some Love From Obama Jobs Plan
Forbes
With Obama’s town hall meeting hosted by LinkedIn itself, [2] the
professional networking site benefits from even greater visibility after
its much-hyped IPO earlier this year. The big question is however whether
or not LinkedIn manages to work as …
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Top 5 pet peeves at the office-The readers’ perspective
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
A few days ago, SFGate posted a list of the top five office-related pet
peeves as revealed in a new survey taken by LinkedIn. The response to the
blog was overwhelming. In over 400 comments, readers wrote about all of
their own personal pet peeves, …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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Survey: IT Professionals Fear Social Media Use at Work May Pose Threat
Technorati
Security vendor Websense, sponsored a global study in which 4640 IT
security professionals were asked their feelings regarding potential
security risks associated with their employee’s social media use at work.
The study found that 63% of respondents …
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Awlaki’s death hits al-Qaeda’s social media strategy
BBC News
By Seth Jones Political scientist, Rand Corporation Anwar al-Awlaki was
adept at using social media to export al-Qaeda ideology to the West. His
success at inspiring acts of violence shows the US campaign against
terrorism is a battle of ideas that …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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Social Media Brings China New Challenges, Opportunities
Voice of America
September 30, 2011 Social Media Brings China New Challenges, Opportunities
William Ide | Washington, DC China has more people online than any other
country in the world despite strict government controls on the the web. As
China marks National Day, …
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Using Social Media to Predict Box Office
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Not only was the film competing against buzzed-about titles like the Brad
Pitt baseball drama “Moneyball,” but the 17-year-old title was also
being presented in premium ticket-priced 3-D. The social media tracking
company Fizziology, however, …
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Social media engagement key to keeping clients happy
KoMarketing Associates
According to Digital Fire, the use of social media platforms, including
Facebook and LinkedIn, are one of the key ways that businesses can get
better feedback from clients and send out messages in a timely manner. The
group says that companies should …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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County councillors talk social media
Minden Times
By Chad Ingram How social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter
can be useful for municipalities was brought up at workshops during the
recent Ontario East Municipal Conference, councillors said as they
discussed the conference at their Sept. …
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The killing of al-Awlaki stirs passions in social media
USA Today
While the ACLU released a statement, saying the killing violated US and
international law, others have taken to social media to post/tweet their
disdain. @Jake__Springer: Got another one of the bad guys.. @xiaoyue0207:
American citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 1 new result for [LinkedIn] ===

Maximizer Announces Maximizer CRM 12 with LinkedIn Integration and More
TMC Net
By Rajani Baburajan Maximizer Software, a provider of simple, accessible
customer relationship management (CRM) and mobile CRM solutions, announced
enhancements to its CRM software with powerful LinkedIn (News – Alert)
integration and built-in mobile …
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

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Was Killing al-Qaida’s YouTube Preacher Illegal?
Wired News
By Spencer Ackerman It’s still not confirmed that the US killed Anwar
al-Awlaki, the American citizen who spread al-Qaida’s message on YouTube
and who bit the dust on Friday in Yemen. But it’s more likely than not. And
that raises the question of …
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Sony DADC Gives PlayStation?? Users Ability to Capture and Upload User
Created …
Broadcast Newsroom
Developed by LOOT, Sony DADC’s Digital Services development team, the LOOT
Active Camera features YouTube- functionality and is available today in the
LOOT store on PlayStation Home, the social game platform available
exclusively for PlayStation …
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Governor Chris Christie’s ‘Get the hell off the beach’ and other
memorable …
Washington Post (blog)
has made him something of a YouTube sensation, and could help him if he
enters the presidential race. Christie made headlines in the 2010 elections
when he defended Meg Whitman, then a candidate for Senate in California,
against a heckler. …
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YouTube Video Captures Violent Beating at Columbus Apartments
The Columbus Packet
The video was then posted on YouTube but was taken down earlier today.
However, the Columbus Police Department was made aware of the video before
it’s removal from the website. Interim Chief of Police Selvain McQueen says
that the beating occurred in a …
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Honey badger sells out — to pistachios!
msnbc.com
By Helen AS Popkin The crazy nasty*** honey badger has been doing what he
wants since he first hit YouTube in January via “nature documentary footage
with voiceover narration provided by Randall, a self-proclaimed animal
lover who has since launched a …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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Nicola Formichetti On Social Media, Doing Meditation To Stay Sane
NBC New York (blog)
“I was a late starter with social media,” says Formichetti. “When e-mail
came out, I said, ‘That’s going to be gone in a few years.’ But I really am
fascinated by technology. Now I have friends who are bloggers, and it’s
really interesting to have this …
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The killing of al-Awlaki stirs passions in social media
USA Today
Others have taken to social media to post/tweet their disdain.
@Jake__Springer: Got another one of the bad guys.. @xiaoyue0207: American
citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki killed without due process, and people are
cheering? Seriously? …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

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How Apple and Facebook Nearly Fell Out — Over the HP TouchPad [EXCLUSIVE]
Mashable
Tech titans Facebook and Apple have a contentious relationship that is
frequently put to the test. But a Facebook for TouchPad application was
very nearly the last straw, Mashable has learned from multiple sources.
Facebook and Apple, united by a …
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Facebook changes mark big privacy shift
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Amid Facebook’s various changes last week, it disclosed that user activity
on certain applications is now fair game for posting to the site, marking
what’s ultimately a big privacy shift. Users will no longer make a
conscious choice about sharing, …
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Facebook’s Timeline Sells Emotion
Huffington Post
Apparently 800 million Facebook users have a problem and Timeline is the
answer. Timeline, “the story of your life,” “is the best way to express who
you are,” according to Zuckerberg. I’ll admit, when I first used Facebook I
wasn’t as “expressive” …
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Facebook Use By Country: See Who Spends The Most Time Social Networking
(STUDY)
Huffington Post
Data monitoring and analysis firm Experian has released the results of a
study examining the Facebook habits of users in eight countries across the
globe. Experian examined the users’ visits to the social network and
determined how long the average …
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Facebook Faces A Whole New Round of Privacy Concerns
WebProNews
Last year at f8, Facebook revealed its Open Graph and social plugins.
Shortly thereafter, privacy concerns became a major point of discussion
throughout the media and around the water coolers. We all watched CEO Mark
Zuckerberg sweat through …
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ACLU joins call for FTC Facebook probe
USA Today
Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes says Timeline and the new Open Graph
applications are intended to make it easier for users to share music and
other content with their friends. He acknowledged that Facebook does use
tracking cookies to monitor and …
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Facebook & USA Today Plan a Super Bowl Ad Extravaganza [EXCLUSIVE]
Mashable
Facebook and USA Today have teamed up to build an application that will
rate the commercials broadcast during Super Bowl XLVI, Mashable has
learned. The app, called the “USA Today-Facebook Super Bowl Ad Meter,”
will reside on Facebook and USA Today’s …
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Facebook web series adds your photos to Jackson Rathbone’s world
CBS News
That’s the world Warner Brothers and director McG want to create for
Facebook users in their new web series “Aim High.” At first, we were ready
to scoff at the show. The plot is a bit hokey. Rathbone plays 16-year-old
Nick Green, a “top agent” for the …
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Enrique Iglesias to appear on popular Facebook game
Fox News
Los Angeles – Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias will appear on CityVille,
the popular game on the social networking site Facebook, as a way of
publicizing the artist’s current tour introducing his new album “Euphoria!”
the technology company Zynga said …
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

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Twitter used to study happiness patterns
USA Today
By Lauran Neergaard, AP WASHINGTON – Twitter confirms it: People tend to
wake up in a good mood and are happiest on weekends. Carrie Antlfinger, AP
A study using a computer program to search millions of tweets found people
are happiest on weekends. …
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How Not to Lie On Twitter
Gizmodo
And I’m an even bigger fan of lying on Twitter. Or at least, satire and
joking on Twitter. But The Onion fucked up. And it fucked up because it
lied wrong. Yeah. There is a right way, and a wrong way to lie on Twitter.
At least if you’re trying to make …
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Demi Moore And Ashton Kutcher Still Follow Each Other On Twitter
Huffington Post
Page Six and Gawker picked up the Twitter story, too, but the evidence
points to the contrary. A quick scroll through the “following” list of
@aplusk, Kutcher’s Twitter account, reveals that Moore, who’s known on
Twitter as @mrskutcher, is still there, …
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Happy Anniversary: Barack and Michelle Obama Pucker Up
msnbc.com
11:00 am, Sep 30 via Twitter dens: Hey Austin, turns out out hotel for
wedding is the SXSW Hilton What are your best recs for non-BBQ,
walking-distance lunch? 11:00 am, Sep 30 via Twitter chucktodd: @QBKILLA
btw, have no idea about what u heard. …
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Twitter ad revenue projected to soar
Brafton
Rising Twitter revenues should signal to marketers that the platform is
increasingly valuable when it comes to reaching social audiences. Ad
revenue generated by social media website Twitter is projected to approach
$400 million by 2013 as the company …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

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Timelines.com Sues Facebook, Says Its New Timeline Feature …
By Robin Wauters
The suit essentially claims that Facebook’s Timeline service (see their
blog post announcing the feature) has the potential to put Timelines Inc.
straight out of Compton business. From the complaint (also embedded below):
This matter seeks to …
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TechCrunch
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Mick Jagger: I’m Hooked on Facebook | Music News | Rolling Stone
In an interview with USA Today, Mick Jagger says that he has become hooked
on social media to the point that it distracts him from making music. I
spe.
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MORE CHANGES? Facebook Refines Appearance
By Jackie Cohen
We continue to find more unannounced changes that appear to be refinements
of the massive overhaul of the past couple weeks.
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All Facebook
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Facebook changes coming fast and furious, Company pages now …
By Drew Olanoff
Facebook is working fast, and making a ton of small changes to the user
experience, much like Google+ is.
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The Next Web
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How Facebook Mobile Was Designed to Write Once, Run Everywhere
By Dan Rowinski
Facebook has the most downloaded native application of all time. It also
has perhaps the most visited mobile website of all time with nearly 350
million users and …
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ReadWriteWeb
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Social Media Alert – hubspot

=== News – 1 new result for [hubspot] ===

Small Businesses That Are Hiring
Inc.com
“You have a really skewed sample,” says Brian Halligan, CEO of HubSpot, an
inbound marketing software firm that ranked No. 33 on this year’s list. …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 1 new result for [LinkedIn] ===

Facebook vs. LinkedIn
Washington Post (blog)
But, rather than pit Facebook and Amazon against each other, we decided to
go with a less widely-reported pairing: Facebook and LinkedIn. (Full
disclosure: The Washington Post Co.’s chairman and chief executive, Donald
E. Graham, is a member of …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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Amazon Kindle Fire is hot according to social media
GigaOm
Since Monday, when CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage to unveil Amazon’s new
tablet, named the Kindle Fire, individuals have posted some 11k+ comments
in sources tracked by SocialNuggets, a leading social media analytics firm.
Mining these data gives us an …
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Click Consult Unveil New Social Media Monitoring Technology
PR Web (press release)
Click Consult, a premier UK digital marketing agency, have launched another
new technology designed to improve the social media marketing services they
offer their clients. There has been a real upsurge in the number of clients
that are looking to …
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Social Media Alert – hubspot

=== Blogs – 1 new result for [hubspot] ===

5 Ways to Analyze Landing Page Data to Generate More … – Hubspot
By Rebecca Corliss
1. Make sure your best content keeps giving back. 2. Investigate why some
landing pages perform better than others. 3. Relaunch your best conte.
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HubSpot’s Inbound Internet Marketing…
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