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HOW TO: Retweet on Twitter

April 16th, 2009 | by Ben Parr

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Retweeting is an integral part of the Twitter experience. The retweet (or “RT”) allows Twitter users to share the best links, tweets, and gems they find from others using the service. But for beginners, it’s not immediately obvious what retweets are, or what tools to use to make retweeting easier. Read on...

Defeat Your Twitter Archenemy on Tweefight

April 15th, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder

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Another day, another Twitter-based time waster. Luca Filigheddu, the author of Twitter search engine Tweefind, has a new application out: Tweefight. Read on...

Do We Really Need Twitter Search Alternatives?

April 13th, 2009 | by Adam Ostrow

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Competition is good. And generally speaking, it drives innovation – just look at the innovate and imitate process we’ve seen unfold at Facebook, Twitter, and FriendFeed over the past few months as the social sites duplicate each other’s popular features.

One area where we’re currently seeing a ton of competition is in Twitter search. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve seen the launch of Tweefind and OneRiot, not to mention other existing tools likeSocialMention that incorporate Twitter search as part of broader social media monitoring.

Today, yet another tool launched – Twazzup – that adds a slightly new twist on Twitter search, most notably real-time analysis (similar to the new FriendFeed) and a beautiful interface. However, the big challenge facing all of these products is that Twitter already offers an excellent search product. So why bother? Read what Adam has to say and more.....

Why Brands ABSOLUTELY DO Belong on Twitter

December 14th, 2008 | by Lon S. Cohen

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Lon S. Cohen is a writer and social media strategist. He is @obilon on Twitter.

A Mashable article by Dr. Mark Drapeau was passed around on Twitter this Friday, calling for a ban on brands on Twitter. Cohen respectfully disagrees.  Read more from Lon here...

HOW TO: Create Groups for Twitter

February 15th, 2009 | by Doriano "Paisano" Carta

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One of the most demanded features for Twitter has been the ability to create groups, allowing members to focus on different sets of people they’re following. For example, you could create groups for all of your fantasy league friends, colleagues at work, friends in real life, family members, and so on.

Because Twitter still does not provide any group feature, it has opened the floodgates for countless third party solutions. There are many different ways Twitter members can create virtual groups. Here is a roundup of some of the most popular methods employed today. Read more here....

Find ‘Em On Twitter: 15 Twitter Directories Compared

January 30th, 2009 | by Jennifer Van Grove

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Searching for people or applications on Twitter? Good luck with that. Since Twitter offers little in the way of people search features (though they now have a suggestion tool), your search for interesting and dynamic people to follow and applications to use could be a giant time suck.

Thankfully there are more than a few third-party resources that you can turn to for finding new people to follow, and new tools to help you do what Twitter won’t let you. We’ll shed a little light on these 15 directories by separating them into four categories: applications, people, politics, and strictly business. Read more...

HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter

March 13th, 2009 | by Sarah Evans

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Sarah Evans is the director of communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois. She also authors a PR and social media blog and is the founder of #journchat.

Tough economic times call for innovative approaches. An estimated 51 million people internationally are expected to lose their jobs in 2009, and with the unemployment rate on the rise, how does one find career opportunities fast? One great option is Twitter.

Twitter is evolving as another resource, in addition to traditional methods, for both job searching and recruiting. Read more here..

Social Networks Get Report Cards..

The Fastest Growing Social Sites
April 20th, 2009 | by Adam Ostrow

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Each month (and often more frequently than that) we take a look at trends in social networking, by the numbers. Recently, we’ve focused on Twitter’s astronomical growth - now up better than 2,500 percent in one year - and Facebook’s climb to become top social network over MySpace.

However, this month there are a few other trends within the numbers – provided by Nielsen Online – that highlight some other storylines within the social media space, as well as continue to put meat behind the trends we’ve been covering over the past few months.

Link here for some notable developments from March.

The Web in Numbers: The Rise of Social Media

April 17th, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder

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2009 is the year of social media. Once, Twitter was a place where you could read about someone else’s cat. Now, it’s the first place you go to when there’s breaking news. Sites likeDigg, Reddit, and Facebook can now leave a huge impact on the real world; lives are changed, important questions are asked (and answered) there. Many milestones have been reached; the growth of nearly every aspect of social media has and continues to be enormous. We’ve dug up some amazing statistics and numbers from this realm. Read more here.

Social Media and SEO: 5 Essential Steps to Success

April 15th, 2009 | by Lee Odden

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Lee Odden is the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing and editor at Online Marketing Blog.

Now more than ever, company marketers are charged with improving performance with fewer resources and shifting marketing budgets from traditional to digital tactics likeSEO and social media. There are significant benefits from combining search engine optimization and social media marketing tactics ranging from increased social network discovery via search to the ability to attract links for improved SEO.

Making the most out of combining SEO insights with social media marketing tactics can be accomplished with a roadmap that identifies the audience you’re after, the goals you’re trying to reach (and can measure) as well as a strategy that sets the stage for the tactics you’ll use to execute your game plan. Read on to get a better understanding of how SEO and social media complement each other and a step by step guide for creating a social media roadmap. Read more...

Social Networks: Facebook Takes Over Top Spot, Twitter Climbs

Written by Andy Kazeniac (contact - e-mail) -- February 9th, 2009 | Share - Save - E-mail

With Facebook officially turning five years old recently, combined with the site surging past MySpace in Monthly Unique Visitors, it seems like a good time to take a little deeper look at the social networking giants.

It’s hard to believe that last year around this time we discussing the effects of bad PR for Facebook and if the site had ‘jumped the shark,’ but those arguments now seem to more appropriately apply to other properties.

A year ago, we ranked the top 25 social networking sites by monthly visits, and I was curious to see how the positions would change if we re-ranked those same sites with the most recent figures. Read more and get stats...

Big Domain or Big Homepage? Homepage Visitors at the Top Publisher Sites

Written by Alex Patriquin (contact - e-mail) -- April 21st, 2009 | Share - Save - E-mail

Yahoo!, MSN and AOL are the top ranking portals on the web – but how do their homepages stack up? With several hundred thousand dollars a day paid for some homepage ads, a lot of money is at stake. Compete ran the numbers on visitors to top publisher homepages and compared them to visitors to any page on the publisher’s domain. What we found may surprise you.

At the top of the list are some familiar faces. Google and Yahoo! have the most domain and homepage visitors on the web. But did you know that 22 million more people visited Google’s homepage than Yahoo!’s in March? Kind of surprising considering that Yahoo!’s homepage is a bonanza of fresh, interactive content and ads, whereas Google’s homepage is basically just a blank white screen, logo and search box. Read more...

Need To Find A Job? Here are some great resources courtesy of Mashable.com

30+ Websites to Visit When You’re Laid Off
February 19th, 2009 by Ben Parr

For the next several months (or maybe years), we are going to have to endure a new and stark reality - a tanking economy and swelling unemployment. The U.S. economy lost an eye-popping 540,000 jobs in January alone, making it likely you or someone you know has become a victim of the crisis. Read more...


Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job
February 24th, 2009 by Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.

Here at MashableMashable reviews, we’re trying hard to help you stay afloat and succeed in the current economic crisis. We’ve told you how to build the ultimate social media resume, sites to visit if you’ve been laid off, and the secrets to finding your next job using social media tools. Now we’ll look at ten incredible social sites to help you in your job search.

Some of these sites allow you to craft a resume, while others are networking platforms that contain job listings. Read more...


CAREER TOOLBOX: 100+ Places to Find Jobs
December 16th, 2008 by Sean P. Aune

Despite the current recession, there are plenty of companies in a variety of fields looking for qualified employees. Here are over 100 sites for job listings, resume reviews, networking and more.

Whether you’re in the tech world, a teacher, translator; in the United States or abroad, these sites will help you launch a modern day job hunt. Read more...


7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media
January 5th, 2009 by Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.

Between current economic conditions and the technological evolution of the Internet, the traditional approach most job seekers have taken in the past is no longer viable.

The approach — developing a resume and cover letter, locating jobs on and submitting your resume to corporate sites and job banks, and crossing your fingers in hopes of receiving a call from a hiring manager — is, for the most part, a thing of the past. The new approach is far different. It boils down to the fact that there are fewer jobs available, more competition for those jobs and more touch points for recruiters and seekers to interact. Read more...


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Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs

Here are the top 10 social networks for entrepreneurs. Each helps entrepreneurs succeed by providing them with the guidance and resources to setup their company.View article...

ForSaleByTxt: Get Instant Information on For Sale Signs via SMS

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Article published by Mashable and written by Jennifer Van Grove: http://mashable.com/2009/03/10/forsalebytxt/
March 10th, 2009

* This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: ForSaleByTxt.com

Quick Pitch: ForSaleByTxt.com allows buyers to get the information they want, when they want it.

Genius Idea: How often do you see for For Sale signs while you’re driving in your neighborhood? Most of them have a contact number that you can call for more information, but if you’re looking for more immediate information to consume at your convenience, ForSaleByTxt just makes sense. Sellers can use the tool for their big-ticket items — think boats, cars, houses — to let potential buyers use SMS to receive more info.

It’s not the prettiest site, but ForSaleByTxt does offer a service that plenty of buyers want and sellers should want to support — information made available via SMS message — and it’s pretty painless to use. Read more here

35+ Examples of Corporate Social Media in Action

Article published at http://mashable.com

July 23, 2008 - 11:38 am PDT - by Aaron Uhrmacher

We’ve discussed some tactics to get your company better engaged with social media. Lest you think there’s a limit to how you can connect with business and customer facing audiences, we’ve assembled this list of more than 35 companies who are experimenting with social media in a host of different ways.

This list is by no means exhaustive, and it represents a wide variety of businesses, industries and social media tools. As you can see, engagement takes many forms. Some are likely to generate more discussions with the company while others might result better connections between customers. Some will fade away over the next 6-12 months while others will continue to grow and evolve.

Link to article here: http://mashable.com/2008/07/23/corporate-social-media/

[Disclosure: Aaron Uhrmacher works with several Fortune 1000 companies, some of which are included in this list.]
Aaron Uhrmacher is a social media consultant at Text 100 Public Relations. In addition to his posts for Mashable, he blogs at: http://www.disruptology.com/.

25 Great Blogger Widgets

Published on http://Mashable.com
January 26, 2009 - 9:22 am PDT - by Sean P. Aune

Many people think that Blogger lacks in all of the extra goodies you can add to other platforms like WordPress, but it simply isn’t true. By using widgets you can customize your blog as much as you like by just adding little snippets of code to the sidebars.

Allow users to talk to you via IM, see what your most popular posts are, or even read news from sites such as Mashable. With these 25 widgets, you can create an even more powerful way of communicating with your visitors, just make sure you don’t overload them with too many!

What are some of your favorite widgets for use on Blogger?

Check out these: http://mashable.com/2009/01/26/blogger-widgets/