Toronto firefighters lose jobs over social media posts

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Toronto firefighters lose jobs over social media posts

Three Toronto firefighters have been fired for the way they used social media accounts.

Readers on CBCNews.ca are polarized in their reaction to a Toronto story about firefighters being fired after sexist remarks were posted on Twitter and other social media.

The Toronto Professional Fire Fighters' Association said it would work to have the men reinstated because it...

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Why Small Businesses Cannot Ignore Social Media | Marketing Tech Blog

Social Media is an important part of your internet marketing strategy, especially for small businesses. Douglas Karr from Marketing Tech Blog goes over a neat infographic with some tips for small businesses to have a success in social media.

This video is a segment from the 78th episode of Edge of the Web Radio with Erin Sparks (@erinsparks), Tom Brodbeck (@tbrodbeck), and Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr). To learn more about Edge of the Web Radio, visit our websites: http://edgeofthewebradio.com...

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What social media habits make us less happy? | HowStuffWorks NOW

Social networking sites contribute to the anxiety that we’re not living our best lives, compared with our peers. This, plus exposure to negativity online, can lead to a cycle of oversharing that chews into our self-esteem. So how do we stop the cycle?

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Is social media a friend or foe of the classroom?

To mark London's Social Media Week 2013, we asked teachers, students, policy makers and businesses to join us to explore the benefits and dangers of social media as a learning tool for young people.

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Social Media Visualization (2012): Sugiyama's Rules and NodeXL

In this video, produced for the undergraduate Analyzing Social Media course at the University of Maine at Augusta, we begin with a consideration of some of Kozo Sugiyama's rules for network graph visualization. But we learn when we deal with real-world Twitter search networks that some of Sugiyama's straight and narrow rules are best when bent a bit. Learn more about the social media certificate at the University of Maine at Augusta by visiting...

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Adam Brown: Social media and the power of data

Adam Brown led social media at Coca-Cola and Dell and spoke at Ragan's 6th Annual Social Media for PR and Corporate Communications Conference at the Walt Disney World Resort. In this clip, he discusses the power of data.

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Social Media Monitoring in Google Analytics

In this brief webinar on tracking social media channels in Google Analytics, we demonstrate how to track and monitor Social Media channels such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook using Google Analytics. Learn more by taking our classes at http://www.webucator.com/course/catalog.cfm

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Beware Social Media roles and titles: They can be marketing too.

Just because a company changes someone's title to that of "VP Social Business" or "Social Media Director" doesn't mean they are qualified to advise you when it comes to Social Media program development, integration, management, or measurement. Consider the possibility that the company behind the appointment might be trying to package services that such a title/role would help validate.

Be very careful before signing on the dotted line. Do your research, not on the company, but on the "expert."

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Social Media Optimization Packages

Social media marketing known as SMO in short has become one of most important part of Internet marketing at present never mind your location. Samyak online service provides a professional to prepare customized SMO Packages for you are manifold. It would help to check the varied benefits before you opt for a professional company creating a SMO package exclusively for you. For more info visit at : http://www.samyakonline.net/smo-packages.php

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Want Your Employees to Share Company Social Media Posts? This One-Click Tool Makes It Easy.

Convincing your team to regularly share company social media posts is no easy task. Here, social media marketing expert Brian Honigman reveals his favorite fix for this common conundrum. Read more at: http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/234693

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