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Great post and sound advice from Robb Clarke and Noupe!
"Following these Ten Commandments of Social Media will not only make you a better user of social media sites but they will also make your friends and followers appreciate you that much more. They aren’t hard to follow." Give these "10 Commandments of Social Media" a go
Let me know what you think, maybe you've got some to add!
The GoogleWave is all the talk recently. At the Google I/O conference in May of 2009, the Wave was presented as a limited developer's preview. At the present time, Google is accepting applications from the general public to obtain what they call a "sandbox account". The Google Wave Sandbox is a developer's preview in which anyone who is granted access can take the API code, modify it and use it for pretty much anything they want. You can incorporate the Google Wave Api into just about anything. The Google Wave is a mash up of Twitter, Facebook and all of the blogging sites rolled into one. By
continue How to Apply For A Google Wave Sandbox Account | eHow.com
Google Wave is an open source client that connects social networks, applications, and protocols. It combines instant messengers, blogs, and other communication outlets into one user interface. This application makes the Internet a hyper-personal productivity machine, interweaving all networks and applications into one hub.By Z Padmore
continue here How to Ride Google's Wave | eHow.com
Today’s tough economic marketplace, coupled with highly price-conscious consumers, is forcing companies to take a look at which marketing activities maximize their return on advertising dollars. Nielsen has developed eight guiding principles to show marketers how to increase ad effectiveness.
With consumers becoming increasingly price conscious in a highly competitive marketplace, maximizing the return on their advertising spend is more important than ever.
Ensure ad dollars are allocated to activities that best maximize sales…
Marketing return on investment (ROI) is the amount of sales achieved for every dollar spent on marketing/advertising. In today’s tough economy, measuring this return is vital to ensure that ad dollars are allocated to those activities that best maximize sales. The steps necessary to achieve the greatest return differ across brands, and an evolving tailored strategy is necessary. see "Maximize the Return on your Advertising Spend | Nielsen Wire"
"The what, why and how of Social Media ROI: Business definitions, methodologies and situational narrative. This presentation's purpose is to clarify what ROI is and isn't within the context of Social Media and offers a basic explanation of how to tie Social Media activities to real ROI"
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