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The New Faces of Social Media

BY Mark Borden
Relevancy Score: 63

From YouTube celebrities to chief social-media officers, these unexpected players exert outsize impact and power online -- offering new channels of communication that businesses can't afford to ignore.READ»

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Did Borders' New Self-Publishing Tool Make Blogs Smarter or Books Dumber?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 43

Borders is trying a new experiment to combat Amazon and Barnes & Noble in the e-book wars: It's partnered with BookBrewer, which will bring self-publishing powers to its platform. And the intriguing chance to turn blogs into e-books.READ»

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Eavesdrop on the Internet With Trendrr

BY David Zax
Relevancy Score: 43

The digital business intelligence platform, whose latest build launches today, lets you get a read on what countless sites are saying about your brand.READ»

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Saudi Crackdown on Bloggers Is More Subtle, Sinister Than Mere Licenses

BY Neal Ungerleider
Relevancy Score: 100

When Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture and Information undersecretary Abdul Rahman al-Hazzaa appeared on Arabic-language news network al-Arabiya for an interview on Thursday, the goal was to put a positive spin on a new electronic media law. Instead, al-Hazzaa sparked a media furor after his comments implied Saudi Arabian bloggers would be required to register with their government.READ»

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Google New Tells You What's New...At Google Itself

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 77

Google releases or updates products at a dizzying pace, and it can be hard to keep up, even for things that might be interesting or useful. So Google has come up with a way to keep you updated on what's new within Google itself.READ»

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Are We All Drug Pushers And Voyeurs?

BY Lon Safko
Relevancy Score: 54

Are social networks making us all drug pushers and voyeurs? You betcha! It's the drug rush of being a voyeurs that keeps us social.READ»

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Nintendo Accessory Designer Tweaks Out: 3DS in November?

BY David Zax
Relevancy Score: 33

Thank goodness for the Twitter leak -- or "tweak." But could the Nintendo 3DS really be coming out months earlier than expected?READ»

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It's Not About the Pizza and 7 Other Social Media Insights

BY Drew Neisser
Relevancy Score: 35

Everything you need to know to succeed in business you can learn from the Pizza delivery guy.READ»

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How I Landed a No. 1 Album on iTunes Using Social Media

BY Ryan Marshall
Relevancy Score: 100

What I learned by activating my online influence (without the help of Ellen DeGeneres).READ»

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Women Outperform Men as Social Customers

BY Francine Hardaway
Relevancy Score: 36

No wonder women were gathered at the shipping counter of New York's Hilton Hotel last week; every attendee had the chance to leave BlogHer with multiple shopping bags of swag offered by desperate brands vying to get her attention. ...READ»

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BlogHer Blogs for Water, Opportunity to Help Pakistan Floods

BY Jenara Nerenberg
Relevancy Score: 57

Just how far can social media cause marketing campaigns go?READ»

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Julian Assange of Wikileaks Promotes Print, Disses Digital in Latest Leak

BY Jenara Nerenberg
Relevancy Score: 44

Wikileaks champions free press, but partners with major news sources and no blogs to break story.READ»

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Display Your Expertise

BY Nick Nanton & JW Dicks
Relevancy Score: 48

In my latest installment of our Fast Company, Brand or Die blog, I reveal the strategy that is the keystone of developing your Credible Celebrity Expert Status!READ»

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Vlogger Sarah Austin Perfects the Work/Life Balance: One Seamlessly Feeds the Other

BY Mark Borden
Relevancy Score: 57

This interview is part of our ongoing series related to The Influence Project. Not long ago I had lunch with the vlogger and lifecaster Sarah Austin. We ate on the patio at Aureole and not ten minutes in she asked if I we could ...READ»

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Survey Reveals U.S. Tweets and Blogs More Than Any Other Nation

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100

A research company has been looking at who around the world writes blogs, and who uses Twitter for social networking. The results may surprise you: Almost a third of bloggers are in the U.S., yet over 50% of Twitterers are ...READ»

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Ford Speaks: How to Sell Cars and Influence People

BY Mark Borden
Relevancy Score: 39

This interview is part of our ongoing series related to The Influence Project. Scott Monty is the global digital communications chief for the Ford Motor Company, and full disclosure, a force to be reckoned with in The Influence ...READ»

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More Social Media Policies: LA Times, Harvard Law, Microsoft, and Cisco

BY Lydia Dishman
Relevancy Score: 62

In our earlier story (Corporate Social Media Policies: The Good, the Mediocre, and the Ugly), we asked you to send us more corporate social media policies, and you delivered. Here is a second batch, with good, mediocre and ugly ...READ»

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Science Bloggers Outraged by PepsiCo-Sponsored Nutrition Blog

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 58

Corporations sponsor blog posts all the time. It's a reality of the world of online journalism--corporations can provide the big bucks necessary to keep the figurative lights on. Why, then, is the scientific community so riled up ...READ»

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Missed Chinese Connections: Why You'll Have to Hook Up With Asian Army Hotties the Old Fashioned Way

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 39

Security issues have forced the Chinese military authorities to clamp down on their troops' Internet use. As well as a moratorium on blogging, the 2.3 million military personnel are forbidden from using online dating sites, personal ...READ»

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The Definitive Case for B2B Social Media Marketing

BY Drew Neisser
Relevancy Score: 45

How Kinaxis, a supply chain management solutions provider based in Ottawa, is achieving extraordinary results via social media marketing.READ»

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Tactics, Tools & Strategies  - Five Steps to Implementation

BY Lon Safko
Relevancy Score: 100

Every business plan, campaign, or project comes down to Tactics, Tools, and Strategies (hence the subtitle of my book). To conceive, develop, and implement a sound social media marketing strategic plan that will be successful needs to have those three critical components; Tactics, Tools & Strategies.READ»

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Wanted. A Few Good Reviews.

BY Alicia Morga
Relevancy Score: 47

Do these jeans make my butt look big? The answer is, well, subjective. As is practically any other experience. Yet for some reason a whole host of review sites have cropped up slinging subjectivity as objective ...READ»

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A Blog Won't Help Your Business

BY Rich Brooks
Relevancy Score: 85

Have you ever heard that a blog will help your business? Sadly, not true. Find out what *will* help you increase your online visibility, establish your credibility and drive qualified leads to your site.READ»

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Search Warrant Used to Raid Gizmodo Blogger's Home Reveals Apple's Involvement

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 33

The case of the stolen iPhone just got stickier: The judge involved just ruled that, due to the massive publicity the story has received, there's no need to keep the search warrant a secret any more. It's been released, and it shows just how involved Apple was in the investigation.READ»

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Social Media 101 for Small Business -- An Introduction to Web 2.0

BY Lee Eldridge
Relevancy Score: 56

Learning how to utilize social media to promote a small business is smart. Understanding Web 2.0 is the first step in developing a cohesive marketing strategy.READ»

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