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Twitter Strikes Gold with Promoted Trends for Brands

By: Kathlene Hestir | Published: June 18, 2010
ShareTwitter released a new advertising feature this week that is sure to revolutionize their business model as brands can now pay to have their Tweets brought to more users. Similar to sponsored links at the top of Google search – companies can buy the top trending spot on Twitter search. Twitter explains the new feature in [...]
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Top Dads on Twitter

By: Lauren S. Leighton | Published: June 15, 2010
ShareThey change diapers, heal boo-boos, chase away scary monsters—oh yeah and they tweet too! When these digital dads aren’t saving the world one sippy cup at a time, they’re tweeting and in some cases to nearly 4,000 followers. In honor of Father’s Day this weekend (June 20) – I wanted to give a shout out [...]
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20 Mommy Bloggers Making an Impact

By: Kate Hollingsworth | Published: June 2, 2010
ShareThey blog. They cook. They raise kids. They swap childbirth accounts and child-rearing anecdotes. These up and coming Internet individuals are the “mommy bloggers.” The Internet’s capacity for social networking has united a demographic that, throughout most of history, has been private in the home.  Today’s mommy bloggers are banding together, revealing and publicizing the homemaker [...]
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Saints: 31, Super Bowl Advertisers: 0

By: Andrew Jones | Published: February 8, 2010
ShareI didn’t notice this until about halfway through the Super Bowl when Gary Vaynerchuk pointed it out. It seemed despite the millions of dollars big brands spent on Super Bowl ads this year, not one (at least that I saw) specifically directed people to their Facebook pages. Maybe it’s because my “day job” is now [...]
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Twitter to launch location-based trending topics

By: Josh Martin | Published: January 22, 2010
ShareAccording to a breaking-news Mashable article, Twitter will launch location-based trending topics. All I can say is, about time! This new feature will allow you to set your specific location, so that you can see what’s trending around you. It looks as though it will be limited to a few counties and cities, specifically 15 [...]
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