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Justin Bieber Gives The Late Show 10,000 Twitter Followers With 2 Tweets

By On February 1, 2011 · 1 Comment

What do these numbers really mean? I have no clue. But David Letterman’s @Late_Show Twitter account got quite a large bump, from 40,000 to 50,000 followers, from the Twitter and pop star, Justin Bieber (@JustinBieber).

Bieber appeared on the Late Show Monday night, January 31st. Bieber’s tweets went out earlier in the [...]

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Explaining The Social Media Consultant Onslaught

By On December 13, 2010 · 6 Comments

People love to bitch about there being an overabundance of social media consultants our there on the internet.

5 Reasons People Bitch About The Abundance Of Social Media Consultants They think they are opportunists just out for quick money They think they are talentless They think they have no experience They think they are annoying (pushy/egocentric) [...]

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You Can Now Edit Your Friends’ Interests On Facebook

By On December 5, 2010 · 11 Comments

My buddy Clay Hebert (http://twitter.com/clayhebert) just added Tennis to “Sport I Play” on my Facebook profile. Yes, you read that right. You can now (depending on privacy settings) add interests to your friends profiles (similar to how you can check them in to Facebook Places).

Clay was right. I do play Tennis. [...]

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Laughing Cow Takes Over Fan Avatars on Facebook

By On December 1, 2010 · 1 Comment

One of the biggest differentiators of big social media successes is creativity. When you surprise your audience in a fun way, they respond. Laughing Cow Cheese posted a very simple contest on their Facebook Page today.

Change your avatar to your favorite flavor of their product and comment about it and you get entered [...]

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The Quiet Social Networks

By On July 22, 2010 · 23 Comments

When we talk about social networks, we are talking about Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Myspace. Usually in that order. Let’s take a look at their number of users. Facebook is obviously the Goliath in the room.

These big four social networks are the most social, most active, most feature rich communities. Or are they? [...]

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