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The 5 Biggest Faults of Social Media

Since social media is a fairly new medium for which to communicate ‘socially’ with friends and family, there have been many flaws in the system, and dealing with the death of one of it’s members has been one of many.  The others, privacy, child safety, difficulty terminating accounts, misplaced advertising, spam, hacking and the lists go on.
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The Biggest Twitter Trends of 2011

There’s no denying that Twitter is getting bigger and better every year. 2011 has been no different, and has been a landmark year, seeing the site reach the 250 million members mark. Although this is a long way from challenging the Social Networking giant Facebook, it’s still pretty damn impressive.
The great thing about Twitter is that is leads the… Read more

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Were You Facebooking on Christmas Morning?

Let’s face it, even on a day like Christmas that is supposed to be sacrosanct, Facebook will no doubt be choc-a-block full of users spreading Christmas cheer and sharing information. In fact research indicates that Christmas day could be the busiest of the year on Social Networking sites. What gives?
These are some of the reasons why individuals take time… Read more

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5 Social Travel Companies that Make Trip Planning Fun

Social networking was the most popular online activity in 2011, and it will continue its momentum in 2012. As a consequence, many companies will include social networking features, to enhance user experience, and to keep up with an increasingly competitive market.
For the travel industry, 2011 was social as well, and here are the top 5 companies that make travel… Read more

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Why Aren’t Many Older Business Owners Using Social Media?

Social media is a powerful tool that all businesses should integrate into their marketing campaigns.
However, there are many older businesses owners that avoid, or even refuse to use social media.
According to a report from The Business Journals, the younger business professionals more so than older business pros view technology as a critical component to effectively do their jobs.… Read more

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5 Good Tips to Gaining Twitter Followers and 1 Bad Tip

Twitter has been gaining a lot of headway lately and with the new user interface you can be sure to see an increase in usage. You are going to want to get a hold of some followers along the way to build your social network. It isn’t always easy to gain followers and some people do not know who to… Read more

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5 Steps Avoiding Social Media Blackmail

Years ago, it was difficult for ordinary individuals to get the attention of the masses. Today, social media makes it possible for anybody to become popular through the Internet by getting others to follow them through social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others.
This is well and good, however, exposing oneself to others virtually has negative repercussions.… Read more

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Social Networking for Tweens

Tweens
There is a particular age when children may not be little kids anymore but are not yet considered teenagers. This in-between age group is known as tweens. Tweens can also be called a tweenager. More specifically a tween is a child between the ages of eight and 12. A tweenager is a more specific age group consisting of 10… Read more

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Losing Our Minds Over Social

Have you ever wondered if be immersed in social media, networking for hours on end might affect your brain? Probably not, at least not in the ways scientists are beginning to understand. New theories suggest being a social guru on the web could be changing your metal faculty.
Facebook, Twitter, even g+ are having profound effects on the ways in… Read more

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Top Twitter Blunders Actors Have Made

With the advent of social media it seems that actors have a whole new way to ruin their public images. The problem with these publicity outlets is that it’s all too easy to say something off-the-cuff and have no way to take it back.
Ashton Kutcher and the Penn State Scandal
When Ashton Kutcher heard that Penn State Coach Jo… Read more

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