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http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/instagram/ Are you thinking about putting your business on Instagram? Are you looking for content ideas for this increasingly popular mobile social platform? Read further to discover how you can use Instagram to give your business extra visibility and better engage with the Instagram community . What Is Instagram? Instagram is a free mobile photo-sharing app with 80 million users and counting.

10 Creative Ways to Use Instagram for Business

http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/opinion/if-you-dont-know-edgerank-youre-not-invited-to-the-facebook-party/4002853.article It still baffles me how many people masquerading as social media executives, consultants and - worse - experts still don’t know what Facebook’s EdgeRank is and how they can use it to their advantage. For those still in the dark, EdgeRank is Facebook’s secret formula that determines how many people see a brand’s or personal user’s posts in the news feed and how high that particular content is positioned. It has been well publicised that on average, Facebook page posts only reach about 16% of that page’s fans. Even brands that have amassed tens of millions of fans often only reach a couple of thousand of that base via the news feed with their posts.

If you don't know EdgeRank, you're not invited to the Facebook party | Opinion

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5 Time-Saving Tools for Twitter

Check out a round-up of apps that will let you do less and benefit more from your social media marketing efforts. 131 in Share Connect with Evernote: Please Login to Connect Your Account with Evernote It's safe to assume that anyone who has a substantial number of Twitter followers (say, tens or hundreds of thousands) is not only interesting and entertaining... but is also really good at managing the process. If you want to be good at managing your own Twitter process the problem is there are hundreds of Twitter tools and apps, including some really good tools you probably aren't using . http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/5-tools-to-streamline-your-twitter-activity.html
For business, the rising popularity of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media Web sites presents a tantalizing opportunity.

Beware Social Media Snake Oil

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The 10 Most Misleading Social Media Metrics in the World

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A new software category has emerged to bring performance marketing to social channels. After interviewing over 10 software companies and 10 agencies, a new trend has emerged that will change the social business landscape. http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2012/05/04/a-new-category-defined-social-performance/

A New Category Defined: Social Performance Software