Like Twitter, Instagram is a real-time social platform that enables popular images to rise to the surface quickly, both on its network and on the other social networks it is linked to. We doubt it will take a photo like Krums’s to get other news organizations to follow NPR’s lead. As a quick, easy-to-use tool for taking and distributing photos — and thus drawing in audiences — it arguably has no peer, although its accessibility is severely limited by the fact that it is an iPhone-only application.
Mashable | Is Instagram the Next Distribution Opportunity for News Media?
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Social Media Is Not Advertising
When considering social media, I can’t fully deconstruct analytics or measurement tools. I respect them and recognize them as the valuable indicators of aggregate human behavior that they are, but I don’t *know* data. What I do know is that social media is not advertising.
Rather, it’s a litmus test to individuals, organizations and companies across strata: how do you handle change? How do you adapt? How flexible are you? How secure are you? (full article…)
TAG Communications, Inc.>/b> | Social Media Is Not Advertising (by Molly M. Cantrell-Kraig)
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A large swathe of mobile users cannot be reached by more sophisticated mobile marketing efforts like sponsored apps, in-app ads or campaigns on the mobile web. According to location-based advertising network 1020 Placecast, opt-in text alerts are the smart way to target a fuller mobile audience. (full article…)
eMarketer | Mobile Users Ready for Location-Based Text Marketing
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http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_8586/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=tUOpsU7x Get news on the go with the Mobile News Network. Visit http://www.apnews.com to learn how to get it for your phone.
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Get the download link for the free 22-track Hydra Head Sampler HERE!
TrackListing:
- Oxbow + Philippe Thiphaine
“Coalking” From Songs for the French (5:46)- Daughters
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“Calamity” From Wonder (1:43)- The Austerity Program
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Hydra Head Records | Free Hydra Head Digital Sampler!!!
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If you’re not taking advantage of Social Media in your E-mail Marketing and vice versa or your efforts aren’t as effective as you’d like them to be, then please join us for another informative and in-depth Social Media Breakfast.
Our Special Guests:
Adam Holden-Bache, CEO/Managing Director, Mass Transmit, an Internet marketing agency.
Greg Cangialosi, President/CEO, Blue Sky Factory, the industry leading email service provider.
Jeffrey L. Cohen, Social Media Marketing Manager, Howard, Merrell & Partners; Managing Editor, SocialMediaB2B.com
Who Should Attend:
Anyone with intermediate to advanced understanding of social media, web 2.0, SEO, marketing and media.Date: Tuesday, June 22nd
Time: 7:30 am to 9:00 am
Location: Mez at the EpiCentre in Uptown Charlotte
Cost: $20 per person including a continental breakfast buffet, coffee/water, tax and gratuity. (parking is validated)CHARITY NOTE:
A portion of this event’s proceeds benefit Tamela Rich’s social media supported “Tradeoffs: Leveraging the Longs & Shorts of Life” roadtrip (8,000 miles, 20 states and 3 time zones) benefitting the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
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Foursquare is getting a lot of attention these days, not just because of their meteoric growth, but also for being at the forefront of enabling businesses to market and promote with their location-based service. The promise of marketing with Foursquare is that it “will empower you to develop more engaging ongoing relationships with [your] customers” but the cost and risk involved make achieving this much harder than it sounds. (full article…)
SocialFresh.com | Bringing Marketing on Foursquare Into Focus (by Lyell E. Petersen | @93octane)
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