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Facebook vs. Twitter, if you had to choose

Benjamin K. from Florida asks: “I have a limited amount of time to spend on social media marketing for my apparel company. If I had to choose, should I spend more time on Twitter or Facebook? Which provides the best ROI from a time perspective?”
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Engaging Conversations: Cast One, Episode One: Social Media & You

Recently Robby Berthume of Epsilon Concepts and Moon Berthume sat down with Andy Koehn, Jeff Haden, and Andrea Knight to discuss how social media is affecting business models, particularly in jewelry and bridal related industries, over a series of eight webisodes. The series was produced by Where To Get Engaged, an engagement and wedding social network built and operated by Epsilon Concepts and directed by Josh Gooden.
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Twitter For The Rest Of Us (Pt 2) + 10 Ways To Use Twitter

Last week I wrote about what exactly Twitter is. Despite how popular Twitter has become, believe it or not there is still a large group (we’ll call these the “late bloomers”) who have no idea what’s going on. I know, hard to imagine. So we defined Twitter and discussed who started it, why it’s popular, how I personally use it, and the love and hate going around about it, complete with a video mocking the concept of twits and tweats. This week, I want to continue the discussion by attempting to answer the following question…
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Twitter For The Rest Of Us (Part 1 of 2)

Twitter has rapidly grown into an Internet phenomenon with countless geeks, journalists, and twentysomethings jumping on board. So is it really useful, over-hyped, or both? Is it a colossal waste of time or the greatest thing since sliced bread? Should Twitter really have a place in your social media toolbox?
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Thank the taxpayers…

Inauguration Day didn’t simply usher in the 44th President heralded globally as hope for an Extreme Makeover: USA Edition. Exciting for web heads, the first change this President made, nearly on the dot during the botched oath was The White House official website.  Keep in mind, this is the president who talked about social networking on the campaign trail, embraced Twitter, now posts his weekly address via YouTube, and fought fiercely for his BlackBerry over the last few days.  Needless to stay, we web-heads are eager to hear his choice …
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My Election Day Arsenal

I wasn’t planning on following the election too closely this year, but I can’t help myself considering the enticing tools available online. So here’s my online election arsenal for the day: I’m using Pollster.com to follow polling data (a couple of other projection sites are covered in Mashable’s 12 Presidential Poll and Electoral Projection Resources) and for twitter eye candy there’s the Election Results According to Twitter. For coverage: Election 2008 on Current tv “Co-hosted by Digg and Twitter, with video from 12seconds.tv, and with a Live DJ set by …
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[Textless Tuesday] Twitter for Marketing & PR

Social Media Club LA Wrap-Up

pic used w/permission of Wm. Marc Salsberry of TechZulu (more pics & videos can be found at their site) I had the pleasure of attending the LA Social Media Club event at Mahola‘s headquarters here in LA this past Monday night. Approximately 200 people in and outside of the social media realm attended the event which included dinner, drinks, networking, and a panel discussion emceed by Jackie Peters of HeavyBag Media and including Nicole Jordan from Rubicon Project, Michael Dorausch a chiropractor who’s use social media as a pioneer in …
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Twiistup, Social Media Camp & LA SummerMash Wrap-Up

The latter part of last week was a whirlwind for the LA social media / tech scene and it was oh-so nice to have the weekend to relax and finally put everything in perspective! Starting off the festivities, Thursday night was the fantastic Twiistup 4 at the Viceroy in Santa Monica, which certainly lived up to expectation, what with smart people, good conversation and walking on water (yes, it’s ok to be jealous). Other highlights of the night included: BookRenter.com My only qualms with these guys is that they failed …
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