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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaThis is the story about President Obama special campaign strategy; specifically, it is about the new you-pay internship being offered by former Obama for America 2012’s field team leaders. Under the name 270 Strategies, Jeremy Bird and M...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaIn a traditional sense, Public Relations practitioners have been wordsmiths; conveying written and (limited) visual messages to the public. PR pros have mainly used words and text to increase awareness and educate people about products, ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaToday’s plethora of online tools allow marketers to create beautiful emails while using inbound marketing best practices that their customers will be sure to enjoy. Services like MailChimp, Constant Contact, and HubSpot assist in creatin...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaAt the 2014 Employee Advocacy Summit in Atlanta this September, Liz Bullock will share lessons, methods and cases from some of the world's largest employee advocacy deployments. She worked on social programs at Dell for 3 years and now r...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaIf Facebook is where you connect with your friends, Twitter is where you exchange with professionals from your industry, share articles and ideas, and why not, promote yourself. When Twitter users come across your profile, they will look...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaLately, I’ve been reconsidering who I think are influencers in and on my business. There are those who you follow and hang on every word and there are those you watch from afar with admiration but caution. Who we let influence us, both p...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaWhere LinkedIn really wins over the other social networks is that it offers business value due to the fact that it is based on the professional interests of both businesses and individuals. These characteristics make it the obvious go-to...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaSocial listening is a powerful tool for your business. Learn to use it correctly and you'll know your customers needs, provide better solutions, increase profits and move ahead of your competition.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaDo you want to build out your content team? Find out how to hire a content marketing manager to lead the way.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SocialTimes.comNicholas Thorne is the CEO and a co-founder of basno , the platform for creating and collecting digital badges. He started his career at Goldman Sachs in the technology, media and telecommunications investment banking group after graduat...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Mashable | The Social Media Guide » Social Media FeedA busy second quarter of 2014 will be overshadowed if Twitter is unable to convince investors that its user growth is back on the upswing when the company reports earnings on Tuesday afternoon. The social media company is set to release ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaEmployee advocacy is an emerging new marketing strategy where companies empower their influential employees to authentically distribute brand approved content, create original content, and in turn earn recognition and rewards for their a...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from WebProNews » Social MediaWe’ve known this was coming for a few months now, but the end of chatting on the main Facebook app is nigh. The company is urging users who have not yet downloaded the standalone Facebook Messenger app that they need …
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from VentureBeat » socialConversocial is making the world of customer support just a little more social.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsFacebook may want to look up the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” TechCrunch reports that Facebook plans to take away the messaging feature from its core app and force users to download the separate Facebook Messenger app if th...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SocialTimes.comClick here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Facebook Pushing Messenger, Removing Messages from iOS, Android Apps (AllFacebook) Facebook users who want to send and receive messages via their iOS and Android de...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from TechCrunch » SocialLast month, Tinder launched Moments. It’s a new feature that lets users send photo blasts to all of their matches. The photos don’t last forever, but they’re a much better ice breaker than “hey.” That said, ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from TechCrunch » SocialThere’s money in them loops — apparently. Coub, the Russian startup that lets you create and embed looped, 10-second video clips, has raised a new round of funding. Now seeing 50 million unique viewers per month (up fro...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from The most recent social networking from V3.co.ukOkCupid plays, er, Cupid
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media | Digital TrendsFacebook will this week kill off messaging in its main mobile app, meaning members who want to continue chatting with friends within Facebook will have to switch to its standalone Messenger app. The post Facebook to cut messaging from ma...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Mashable | The Social Media Guide » Social Media FeedYou didn't really think sending the recruiter at your dream company a Facebook message would work, right? That's why you have LinkedIn , the definitive online platform for networking and finding new career opportunities. The website has ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media ExaminerDo you want a quick, easy way to share content to LinkedIn groups? Do you want to measure how your LinkedIn shares perform? Oktopost lets you use multiple LinkedIn accounts to schedule shares and track performance. In this article I̵...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media ExplorerIn the post “Is your ego driving your social presence”), I asked how often you focus on being a thought leader as an indicator of whether or not ego is driving your presence. This is a pretty big topic that likely will bring up mixed fee...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from NYT > Social MediaThe dating website OKCupid has published the results of three experiments it conducted on users in the name of social science.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media | Digital TrendsInstagram is rumored to be just days away from launching a new app called Bolt. Trouble is, there's already one out there with the same name. The startup behind communications app Bolt on Monday asked Instagram to rebrand its expected of...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsFollowing what the company describes as a successful trial in Europe, the world's largest social network is going to confine the ability to message Facebook friends solely to the dedicated Facebook Messenger app. Over the coming day...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Twitter - News and ReviewsLord Best, who is chairing a House of Lords committee on online crime, said widespread anonymity made it difficult for police to track down offenders
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Social Media ExaminerAre you using user-generated content in real-time? Do you want to display all of your social media updates in one place? Streaming social updates to a social hub encourages your audience to share more, in real-time. In this article you&#...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from StuartJDavidson.com( By StuartJDavidson on StuartJDavidson.com - Social Media Marketing Resources ) Have you clearly defined your marketing vision? It’s paramount that you have a crystal clear marketing vision. It goes without saying that if you don&...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from The most recent social networking from V3.co.ukUsers must install app with one-and-a-half-star review average to chat with friends
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Mashable | The Social Media Guide » Social Media FeedLinkedIn 's flagship app has gotten a major overhaul. The company rolled out an update to its app Tuesday morning, unveiling completely redesigned user profiles that focus on adding contextual information. The extra info aims to make it ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from NYT > Social MediaA mob of about 1,000 stormed through a minority Ahmadi neighborhood in a Pakistani city, leaving a woman and her two granddaughters dead.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from NYT > Social MediaThe ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith caused a stir with his remarks on domestic violence, and his quick apology might affect the network’s leniency.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from MediaPost.com: social"As a native New Yorker and improv-based comedian, Fred was a perfect fit for this effort," Colin Westcott-Pitt, VP of marketing, Heineken, tells "Marketing Daily." "His smart, off-center brand of humor aligns well with Heineken's. Fred ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Inside FacebookFacebook is looking for users of its new Slingshot photo- and video-sharing application to join a panel and take part in a three-month study. The social network announced in a post on the Slingshot blog: Calling all...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from AllFacebookFacebook is looking for users of its new Slingshot photo- and video-sharing application to join a panel and take part in a three-month study. (more…) New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Inside FacebookFacebook users who want to send and receive messages via their iOS and Android devices will soon only be able to do so via the social network’s Messenger applications, as messaging will be removed from its flagship applications for both...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from AllFacebookFacebook users who want to send and receive messages via their iOS and Android devices will soon only be able to do so via the social network’s Messenger applications, as messaging will be removed from its flagship applications for bo...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Facebook news and reviewsFounder says site deliberately matched people who were not compatible to find out the results
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsBy Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - OkCupid, a top U.S. matchmaking website, intentionally mismatched users to test its technology, the IAC/InterActive Corp service said on Monday, weeks after Facebook Inc admitted to misleading u...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialIn a surprising admission, dating site OkCupid acknowledged today that it has deliberately lied to users about potential dates. OkCupid co-founder Christian Rudder came clean about the site's experiments in an apparent attempt to defend ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialAhead of its second-quarter earnings report this week, Yelp on Monday introduced the ability for all users to post short videos of restaurants and other venues via its mobile app. The new feature allows people to upload three- to 12-seco...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsBy Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A quiet woman wearing a flowing, black dress and mysteriously strolling along busy highways in parts of the U.S. Southeast and Midwest has the curious wondering who she is and spurred a social media si...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialWill these tiresome tweets ever go away? I'm all for tweeting while watching television if that is what someone is moved to do. (Indeed, Twitter has made watching awards shows tolerable again.) But I think that tweets belong on Twitter r...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inside FacebookMeasuring social return on investment doesn’t require a degree in statistics or voodoo dolls. Just follow these nine steps to diagnose how your social and Web efforts come together. Basic techniques: Look at referral traffic...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Forbes - Social MediaNew ephemeral messaging app slashes the taps it takes to send a disappearing photo from four to one. ‘That’s three taps you could be spending with your children.’
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Next Web » Social MediaLeak is a new email service that lets you send messages without disclosing your identity. Because passive aggressive subtweeting and Facebook rants aren’t enough. The service is simple: Type in the email address; choose your relationship...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from TechCrunch » SocialOver the next few days, Facebook will stop allowing messaging in its main iPhone and Android apps, and force all their users around the world to download its standalone Messenger app. Facebook first started requiring users in Europ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialMany athletes - particularly CrossFitters - are hardcore adherents to the Paleolithic ("Paleo") diet that positions bacon as a key food group. Bacon is recommended for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack time. Now, Reebok and ad agency V...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialMIXIM, a new fat-free Greek yogurt , is launching an integrated advertising campaign to make some waves, raise its awareness, and garner market share. Developed by creative agency StrawberryFrog New York, the effort includes TV spots and...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from BizReportEffective branding has always been an important part of business and is an especially important component of the customer experience, reflecting each company's promise and commitment. In today's complex environment, though, companies can...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from BizReportIt is no secret that a bad experience - whether in store or online - can hurt the reputation of a business. New data out from Showpad and Demand Metric shows just how important experience has become because in a majority of cases (72%) b...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from E-Commerce TimesIt appears Apple is close to acquiring talk radio app Swell for $30 million. Much of Swell's development team reportedly will be joining Apple, and the app is expected to be shut down sometime this week. Although Swell managed to raise $...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from TorrentFreakAustrian ISPs have been told they have just days to block not only The Pirate Bay but also Movie4K, one of the world's most famous streaming sites. The blockades, which were demanded by Hollywood-backed anti-piracy outfit VAP, are suppor...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Practical EcommerceSocial media, like any other marketing channel, has to prove itself as a customer acquisition, retention, and sales tool. Analytics is one way to make ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine JournalSmall business owners face a number of challenges when competing for attention on the web. As advantageous as the internet is by making it easier for companies to promote their brand and build a strong customer base, it doesn’t necessari...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianCan the social network convince investors that the future's bright or is the 'Twitter quitter' becoming a real headache? With only 140 characters, it can be hard to tell the right story on Twitter. In its short life as a public company, ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from InternetAfter testing the strategy in Europe, Facebook said that the rest of world will also have to switch very soon. NBC News reports.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from InternetYoussef Squali, Cantor Fitzgerald, shares his outlook on Twitter and explains why he think the social media company can still make a comeback.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Phys.org: Internet NewsThe rise of online education and massively open online courses (MOOCs) have prompted much naysaying on their effectiveness, with detractors citing single-digit completion rates and short-lived pilot programs.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianWe want to see your unlikely memorabilia . Do you own something that makes a giant Tunnock's teacake seem like a sensible purchase? What's the best - or worst - item of memorabilia in your possession? Perhaps you're the person who spent ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Phys.org: Internet NewsA new type of ransomware known simply as Onion, has been discovered by Russian based security firm Kaspersky Lab. To force victims to hand over money, the software encrypts stored data files and then uses Tor (anonymity network) to facil...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine JournalOne of the most fascinating things about social media is its ability to clue you in to things that you might otherwise have had no idea even existed—there are tons of conversations, communities, articles and so much more just waiting to ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from InternetOkCupid purposely mismatched users to test its technology and the effect of telling people their compatibility.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from BizReportWhile traditional forms of communication continue to play a major role in the customer experience, people now expect to be able to use multiple channels as they switch between devices and locations. However, as a new report from Webhelp ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Business Cloud NewsWith retail operations in 11 countries and a growing portfolio of telecommunications services, Carphone Warehouse is currently Europe’s largest independent mobile retail outfit. Paul Scullion, head of business intelligence at Carphone Wa...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Search Engine JournalOne thing that never ceases to amaze me is how often the basics are ignored in hopes that the itty-bitty details will somehow make up for the lack of hard work. This is true in life and in AdWords as well. We often have prospective clien...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Creative Bloq Web designRead more about Colour theory for the web at CreativeBloq.com There are lots of colours available to us, and for the most part, we describe colour in a way that makes it difficult to see the relationships between different colours. Names...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianIt's not only Facebook treating us like lab rats. Dating sites can manipulate our emotions, too and blame it on user testing. The possibilities are endlessly scary If you thought the internet industry was chastened by the public firestor...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchThe latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “21 Essential Social Media Monitoring Tools”.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldThe growing hype surrounding data lakes is causing substantial confusion in the information management space according to Gartner Inc. Several vendors are marketing data lakes as an essential component to capitalise on Big Data opportuni...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldCEF Open Day presents roadmap to globally integrated cloud services.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldIconic global brand launches Rip Curl Search GPS a world-first for the surfing industry powered by ObjectRocket from Rackspace.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldExponential-e extends IT infrastructure out of the studio so Jellyfish Pictures can deliver faster turnaround increased flexibility and enhanced client service.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldJuniper Networks says that Cloudwatt a new-generation European public cloud provider has deployed OpenContrail to improve network operation efficiency and ensure data sovereignty and security for its large-scale cloud deployment.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldNew version enables balance of user productivity with IT cost management and security across virtual desktops physical PCs and DaaS with sub-10-minute installation
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Business Cloud NewsFrench cloud service provider Cloudwatt announced that it has deployed open source SDN controller OpenContrail in its OpenStack-based datacentre in a bid to improve network operations and deployment speeds.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from TorrentFreakPolice in the UK have begun placing ads to warn visitors that the 'pirate' site they're viewing has been reported to authorities. Ironically, tests carried out by TF reveal that on the site illustrated by the police, ads are also being r...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchMegan Ritter says, “Sometimes it can be difficult to choose the right social network for your business. Sadly, you can’t make this choice based solely on the popularity of a network, because each social site attracts a different ki...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchThe latest ‘ClickBank’ blog post is titled “The Secret Weapon of Successful Online Entrepreneurs”.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchMatt Bacak reports he usually earns over $500 per day from an email to writes a few minutes. He reports his finding that you have only 6 seconds to capture the readers attention long enough to get them to open and read your email. To get...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchArnie Kuenn says, “With the rise of business-blogging success in content marketing, it seems like every company has hopped on the bandwagon, which could be a great thing for audiences everywhere. Unfortunately, many companies are s...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchThe latest article on 'MarketingProfs' is titled "How to Reach World Cup Fans Without a Big Marketing Spend".
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianWeary of biased reporting from British news outlets and seeking more balanced coverage of the issues facing the world today? Help is at hand in the form of The Sarah Palin Channel . Yes, the former governor of Alaska has moved on from th...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchSam Kusinitz says, “I’m sure you’ve heard that if you want people to share your blog posts, all you have to do is create exceptional blog posts. It’s that simple, right? Truthfully, it’s not that easy. Without opt...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Business Cloud NewsAT&T Labs, IBM Research and consultancy Applied Communication Sciences (ACS) said this week they have seen the culmination of a project that started out as a hypothetical network study in 2007, resulting in a real-world, proof-of-co...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchLance calls himself Warrior2008 because he joined the Warrior Forum in August 2008. He has been creating Warrior Special Offers (“WSOs”) for some time since then. Now, he offers you a surprising “all you can eat” ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchThe latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled "How Facebook Will Fuel The Next Wave Of Open Source Businesses".
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Business Cloud NewsAussie surf brand Rip Curl announced it is using Rackspace’s cloud-based NoSQL MongoDB service to support the company’s recently launched smart watch, which allows surfers to capture and analyse a range of data from their surf sessions.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchSam Oakley says, “Five years ago if you were a brand and you wanted to make a video, you went to a video agency, begged them to make it more viral than h5n1 and paid through the nose for the privilege. If you wanted an infographic ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatchJerod Morris says, “So … how did you sell out all 400+ tickets three months before the event even started? What was your content marketing strategy? This is the question a friendly reporter asked me during the opening night party f...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from CBR - E-commerce NewsThe range of victims is growing, according to Symantec.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from RSSHeritage Auctions released recently a video in which explaing the benefits of owning a premium domain name. Read More...