Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly

With internet access rapidly expanding in Burma and the price on SIM-cards and smartphones falling, more and more people are using social media.

But while it can be a way to keep in touch with friends or promote your company, media analysts warn that it can also be a source of hate speech and fear mongering.

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From: DVBTVenglish

Related topics : why use social media

Using Social Media for Commodity Affiliate Programs

This video is from Affiliate Summit West 2009, which took place January 11-13, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV.

Affiliate programs are a commodity biz: you compete based on SEO or page design. Well explore other ways to approach your business, including how to use social networks to gain the upper hand.

- Dave Taylor, Principal, Intuitive Systems

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From: Shawn Collins

Related topics : social network affiliate program / business using social media

How education industry must use social media

Team Franchise India attended Intelligentsia Summit, hosted by CIHF, CIAC Global and The Education Post, and got insights from the bigwigs of the education industry on how the industry works. Here’s Arvind Passey, Sr Columnist, The Education Post, speaking about the importance of branding and engaging through the social media for players in the education industry.

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From: Franchise India

Related topics : social media in education industry / social media engagement / social media branding

Social Media in the Workplace

The law has struggled to keep up with the implications of the use of social media at work. This course identifies where the main legal issues for employers are likely to arise and analyses the approaches that employers should take.

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From: dbedlow

Related topics : social media legal issues in the workplace / social media courses

FOCUS 2012: Scott Welty of JDA Software on Social Media and Assortment Strategy

JDA's Vice President of Retail Scott Welty talks with Cindy Kim about how retailers need to balance intuition and analytics to drive assortment strategy, as well as how they can use the power of social media to support retail processes, merchandising strategy and planning.

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From: JDA Software

Related topics : social media strategy

Companies using social media to hire talent

Can 140 characters land you a job? It would seem so. Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are increasingly being used by HR consultants to spot the right talent

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From: Mint

Related topics : social media sites like facebook / use of social network sites / social networking sites

New Era: Customer Relationships with Lithium Social CRM Software

Learn more about Lithium's Social CRM Software: http://bit.ly/wvdyW5

Lithium Social CRM allows businesses to proactively build stronger, deeper customer relationships by integrating social customer conversations into existing CRM business processes and systems. Lithium Social CRM moves well beyond using social media channels to reach individual customers instead, it creates a network of customer advocates that is integrated into core business processes, allowing companies to drive millions of...

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From: InSocialCRM

Related topics : custom social network software / social media software for business / business social network software / social marketing crm

Social Media Monitoring and Analysis by Rankur.com

Social Media Monitoring, Online Demographic Analysis, Community Engagement, Reputation Metrics & Reports by http://rankur.com

Rankur is useful for digital PR, marketing researches, online reputation management (ORM) and more.

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From: rankurORM

Related topics : social media analysis online / social media online reputation management / online reputation management orm / online reputation management monitoring / social media reputation management

Social Media Marketing from YouthNet

Tash Judd, the Marketing Manager at YouthNet, shares tips, ideas, and lessons learned about using social media tools for marketing and promotion of a nonprofit's work; presented at the September 8th, 2009, London Net Tuesday event hosted at YouthNet's office.

For more information on London Net Tuesday, visit http://netsquared.meetup.com/31

For more information on YouthNet, visit http://youthnet.org

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From: Amy Sample Ward

Related topics : social media marketing ideas / marketing through social media / social media management tools / social media tips / manage social media

How To Sell Your Art Through Social Media-Interview with Artist Natasha Wescoat

http://DrawnBySuccess.com Today we Hangout with artist Natasha Wescoat. She’s a brilliant artist, her work is vibrant, flowing and energetic. It’s no wonder she’s developed a successful following.

But That’s not all…

Additionally she’s one of the more tech savvy artists out there using social media to drive her success. She discusses how she uses on Etsy, Ebay, Pinterest and now Facebook to build her audience and sell more of her work.

How does she do it? Find out in this...

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From: Carlos Castellanos

Related topics : why use social media