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Jump into Social Media with Peter Shankman

01.13.2011 Tech
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Today I got to go see a web celebrity speak about Social Media. Peter Shankman is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and worldwide connector. Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about Social Media, PR, marketing, advertising, creativity, and customer service and might be best known for founding Help a Reporter Out or HARO which [...]

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Twitter for Busy People

07.05.2009 Blogging

Some simple observations are that twitter is a cool tool to communicate and stay abreast of new information by those whom you follow. The problem is if you follow more than about 10 people who tweet often it becomes a full time job. Reading 140 characters about others becomes a monster to keep up with especially in a busy world.

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CNN blasted by New Social Media

06.17.2009 Business

Since last Friday Twitterers has crucified CNN for their Iranian election coverage. Just do a twitter search with the hash tag #CNN Fail. The tweets blasting CNN has been huge. It has been so huge that CNN has had to address it and produce content refuting the tweets. It has also become so important that the State Department this week asked Twitter to postpone a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its service to keep information flowing from inside Iran amid the growing crisis over its disputed election. Associated Press.

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