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Topics related to social media search engines and sites. For more background, see the Let's Get Social column or social media news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Here is 10 Pearls of wisdom taken from my reading and my experience as an entrepreneur. Discover them. read more »
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When you create a new profile on twitter, and the account is banned, twitter’s system does not remove it from the following count of others. So if you were to create thousands of fake profiles, and follow people could artificially inflate their foll read more »
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Everyone is promising of best exposure to the maximum number of viewers. Yesterday, Google & Facebook both announced the launch of their new application- Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect respectively. read more »
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A few months ago, I was messing around in feedburner and noticed something pretty drastic, I was rapidly losing subscribers on a regular basis. I bet that you are losing subscribers too, even ones that have signed up for your feed. Since this discov read more »
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Yesterday, Facebook has announced Facebook Connect- a feature to integrate the power of Facebook Platform into your own site!!!! read more »
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20 of 400 new modifications made to the soon to be released 2.7 version of WordPress. Great post by Sean P. Aune over at Mashable. read more »
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“We’re testing sponsored links in the box where random fresh links have been appearing for the last few months. These sponsored links will be indicated with a blue background and the words ’sponsored link’ (not unlike in Google search results). That read more »
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This WordPress email list management plugin allows the visitors of your blog subscribe to your mailing list using a double opt-in method. You can also use the plugin to convert your blog RSS feed into an email newsletter and send it out to your subs read more »
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Stumpedia bookmarklets now makes it easier for you to submit web sites and interesting content directly from your web browser's toolbar. read more »
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Joe Hall interviews Brian Chappell on Marketing Pilgrim about Social Media Marketing.

"Last week, I came by a video on IM Broadcast that caught my attention. In this video social media marketer, Brian Chappell, responded to people that claim they read more »
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In this short interview this guy outlines how he is doing with his blog, what has made the difference for him in building the blog, and his plans for future growth. read more »
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Obama’s twitter feed following the election:
We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks

Everyone is talking about Barack Obama’s social media advantage. read more »
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Is Twitter just a productivity killer? Or can it actually generate leads? read more »
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How can Twitter be used as a representative sample of your online reputation, and the ways you can monitor what is being said about you or your brand? read more »
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Post includes wonderful examples of how social media is used for PR in Big Pharma, Start-ups, Consumer Products, Entertainment and Tech. read more »
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What you can learn from Hank Hill, + 6 posts that discus social media realistically. read more »
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Developing your Social Media strategy or game plan is just as important as actually executing it. This is a great fundamentals post for anyone trying to figure out where and how to get started. read more »
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"No longer will Twitter be amongst the cool internet marketing crowd or be confined to the 35 and under set (for the most part). So what’s next?" read more »
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This is supply and demand - when people have access to lots of facts, the value of facts drops and the value of point of view about those facts rises. The Internet has created enormous amounts of data, and as a result, value is shifting to viewpoin read more »
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This is a great case study of knowing your audience and targeting them on their terms - not yours.

Pam O’Neal, VP Marketing, BreakingPoint, didn’t want to adopt a typical demand generation strategy...her startup company had a limited budget, and read more »
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This is a great case study of knowing your audience and targeting them on their terms - not yours.

Pam O’Neal, VP Marketing, BreakingPoint, didn’t want to adopt a typical demand generation strategy...her startup company had a limited budget, and read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "Everyone’s on the hunt to find a way to monetize social media. Or at least that’s what we hear. We hear about the networks themselves trying to make money. The advertisers looking for ways to pad their pockets. But what about u read more »
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When friends convince you to join a social network, they mention all the positive aspects of being connected. They tell you about reconnecting with friends or how sites can assist you with finding a new job. Some only want you to join these sites ju read more »
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Free Greasemonkey script add-on for Firefox that streamlines using Facebook's Ad Manager. If you've got a large grouping of ad campaigns it becomes time-consuming using their current UI, this script provides you with quick-links to add, delete, rest read more »
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