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Five Surefire Ways to Make Social Media A Bonus Job Hunting Tool

Posted by Joshua White on February 6, 2012 · 0 Comment

As recruitment becomes more specialized, jobseekers are finding it increasingly challenging to find a suitable job that matches their skills. Companies, in their frustration with the innumerable number of irrelevant CVs, end up rejecting all of them in a single sweep. To keep away from the common fish, ensure you have a social network profile that shows up on search engines. Jobvite study shows [...]

Category: Social Media Marketing, Social Network

Are Stealing Social Media Concepts Acceptable in Business?

Posted by Dave on February 1, 2012 · 0 Comment

All is fair in love and war…and business. Do you think customers care what is going on behind the scenes, as long as their demands are met? While you struggle to maintain your very unique services or products. Transparency makes businesses vulnerable to intellectual property theft, hacking and downright photocopying, such as website designs. Search results show the vast literature available on how [...]

Category: Facebook Applications, Facebook Blog, Social Media Marketing, Social Network

Four Social Media Gimmicks

Posted by Dave on January 30, 2012 · 0 Comment

Social websites stop at nothing to providing a funny bone to their services. On the other hand, neither do the users. Not that it’s a test of humor, for those who don’t get it. Amusement comes in all aspects, and if one can find it even in the most ridiculous or somber situations, then they will also relate to some of these latest antics on the social network that guarantee a smile at the minimum. [...]

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Networking your way to entrepreneurship

Posted by Dave on January 18, 2012 · 0 Comment

As with all businesses, being an entrepreneur is risky, but given the job market trends and salaries, the risks can outweigh chances of success. But the timing could not be better than it is now, thanks to social media. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook is the ideal example of entrepreneurial success. It did not come overnight nor was it sheer luck. What made it work is the outreach that took [...]

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THE SOCIO-VIRTUAL VILLAGE OF 2012

Posted by Joshua White on December 27, 2011 · 0 Comment

If you think this year was gadget filled, wait till the next --when modifications and innovations will be so fast paced that you’ll need to keep upgrading by the minute! The active pressure amongst competitors is tremendous as each one races ahead of the other, only to be overtaken by yet another virtual inspiration. Here is what some techno experts see coming in 2012: Socio-mobile Mobile [...]

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Emerging Christmas Facebook Apps 2011

Posted by Joshua White on December 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

With the holiday season fast approaching and Christmas right around the corner, a multitude of relevant social media and mobile apps have suddenly sprung up on the digital media airwaves. Christmas apps consisting of page tab apps, chat apps, card apps and calendar apps have all exploded in popularity, as is measured by the spike in monthly average users (MAU) in the existing time period. ‘Emerging [...]

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Google+ Business Pages and Your Branding Strategy

Posted by Joshua White on December 9, 2011 · 0 Comment

The social media marketplace is constantly in flux. Today’s Facebook comes on the heels of yesterday’s Facebook, and is making the way for the next big thing. Whether or not that’s going to be Google+ remains to be seen, but one thing is sure: Google+ is increasing in popularity, and recent changes have made it possible for businesses to establish a presence on the site. Highly personal When [...]

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Online Learning Portals – Changing the Education System

Posted by Joshua White on November 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

The US Department of Education reported over 12.2 million enrollments in college-level credit-grating distance learning courses in 2006 - 2007. Of these 12.2 million enrollments, 77 reported online courses, 12 percent reported hybrid/blended on-line courses, and 10 percent reported in other types of distance education. Of the institutions included, public 2-year institutions reported the highest [...]

Category: Monetization, Social Network

Cloud Services Overcast Social Media Skies

Posted by Faizan Subzwari on September 23, 2011 · 4 Comments

Technological advancement grows by nano seconds. Pace of tech progress leaves not a single shred of doubt in one’s mind that the future is unpredictable. Not only that, but we can be sure of evolution at every step. Latest dish on the tech table, being served hot across the global is cloud services/computing. For many of us, who are alien to the concept of cloud computing, here’s how it works: IT [...]

Category: Monetization, Social Media Marketing, Social Network

Social Community Management: How to do it Right!

Posted by Faizan Subzwari on September 6, 2011 · 11 Comments

“There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.” – James Nathan Miller The whole concept behind the social media is to make your word go viral. Human interactions back your words up like no other medium. Pictorial definition of actions intertwined with proactive discussions and Q&A session [...]

Category: Advertising, Facebook Blog, Social Media Marketing, Social Network

10 Essential Elements of Social Media Engagement

Posted by Melissa Higbee on August 22, 2011 · 1 Comment

Connecting with your customers and potential customers via social media is a wonderful way to increase your company’s business. The fact of the matter is that consumers are turning toward social media in droves, and relying on it more and more for consumer advice. If you want to stay ahead of the game, you need to engage customers via social media. Yet, it’s easy to spend a lot of time with [...]

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Google+ Update

Posted by Dave DiCola on July 29, 2011 · 3 Comments

Background whispers and closed-door meetings aside, the more we hear about Google+, the more intrigued we become. Of course, we’re a bit biased in that regard. Here at Avenue Social, we have a vested interest in all things social media-related. Especially if they have to do with companies like Facebook and Twitter meeting up with additional social media competition. Enter Google+. In [...]

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U-Mass Dartmouth University: The Fortune 500 & Social Media

Posted by Dave DiCola on July 25, 2011 · 4 Comments

When the namesake of an Ivy league school like Dartmouth produces a study about social media networking, everyone involved in the world of digital marketing stands up and takes notice. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Center for Marketing Research is the branch that commissioned the study, which examines the widespread use of social media among U.S. charities. Within the survey, [...]

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What Does a Successful Marketing Strategy Need?

Posted by Hira Khan on July 19, 2011 · 0 Comment

Social media marketing is a full time job and not something that a business man can do on its own on a regular basis for his brand. It requires patience, whole lot of time and resources. For a good running business or brand, a normal practice for a marketer would be to recruit members in his team and come up with creative and innovative strategies for social media campaigns for the company. The kind [...]

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