Why Do We Follow Companies on Twitter? (INFOGRAPHIC)

10 Twitter Tips

from mashablehq:

We asked readers to send their Twitter tips for a chance to win a copy of Twitter for Dummies. Here are the winning submissions:

1. #EIR: Engage — talk to people, comment on their tweets, join chats; Inform — post links to useful informative blogs or articles; Retweet — Retweeting helps promote others and spreads useful info. (Jenise Fryatt of La Quinta, CA)
2. Always leave room for other people to add comments when retweeting. (Jan Flesher of Seattle, WA)

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6 Reason Why I Chose Tumblr

WHAT IS TUMBLR

Tumblr combines, blogging, micro-blogging (think Twitter) in one  platform. It unifies everything I enjoy about Twitter, Blogger and Facebook in a clean, well designed package. Here is a short list of why I like Tumblr.

Ease of Use

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Infographics! - Why Social Media “Experts” Love Them

Social media “Experts” have a secret love affair with infographics. If you frequent blogs like Mashable.com or TheNextWeb.com you have come across them. They are really long images that cram a books worth of information into cleverly crafted blurbs, stats and graphics….

Information graphics or Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly

 The cynical aspect of my personality often drives my blog and has pushed me ask: Why are Infographics Interesting?

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Social Media and the PFunk All Stars

This post doesn’t directly relate to George Clinton and the P-Funk All-stars….but it does involves their former lead guitarist Michael Hampton. For those that are not aware Michael “Kidd Funkadelic” Hampton is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee known for his solo rendition of the classic “Maggot Brain”

I know this is random but hang with me…..

While berating my good friend Eduardo “Eddie” Maisonet on his sports blog www.EdtheSportsfan.com, I noticed a very insightful Bengals posting under the name “Michael Hampton”. After a little social media research I came across his blog www.MichaelWHampton.com.

I realize this may not be important to you. However, this is an example of how social networking through social media makes the world we live in small. 6 degrees of separation is more like 2 degrees. You are only a LinkedIn search or Facebook friends request away from connecting with a great business contact, potential client, or in my case… your favorite guitarist.

6 things Young Americans Need to Know About Social Media

With the help of social media, the internet has become the place young people spend much of their time, socially connecting. They are attracted by social medias entertainment value. However, its full benefit is over looked and/or the opportunity it offers, is wasted due to ignorance or tunnel vision. Here a 6 tips that will make your successful personally and professionally.

#1 As Soon As you Get Used to Something It Will Change

“The illiterate of the 21^st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn” – Alvine Toffle

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