40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media. By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed) Getting started with social media, whether for personal or professional use, requires learning the basic fundamentals. Social media is more than just creating a blog or Twitter account. The tools are great and give us big advantages, but they are simply extensions of how we engage and participate in social media, they are not the answers.
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