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How to Use Social Networking Sites for Marketing and PR

New York Times - Tue Dec 2, 5:05 pm EST

Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace can be powerful communication tools for your business, as long as you learn how to use them wisely.

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The Distributed Social Networking Puzzle: Putting The Pieces Together
ReadWriteWeb - Wed Dec 3, 5:41 pm EST
Distributed social networking - where users can connect their profile, friends and other data across multiple sites - is still a relatively new concept and not fully developed. There are plenty of companies and projects vying to be a major piece of the distributed social networking puzzle. The big Internet companies have initiatives such as OpenSocial (Google), Facebook Connect , MySpace ...
Atlanta's HSW International acquires social networking site
TechJournal South - Wed Dec 3, 10:11 am EST
ATLANTA - HSW International Inc. (NASDAQ:HSWI) , a developer and operator of Internet businesses focused on providing locally relevant, high quality information, has acquired DailyStrength ( www.dailystrength.org ), one of the largest and most comprehensive health-related social networking sites.
HSW International, Inc. Acquires DailyStrength, a Leading Social Networking Site
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 3, 8:30 am EST
HSW International, Inc. , a developer and operator of Internet businesses focused on providing locally relevant, high quality information, today announced the acquisition of DailyStrength , one of the largest and most comprehensive health-related social networking sites.
NewBay Executive to Share Perspectives on Emerging 4G Social Networking Market at 2009 CES in Las Vegas
Centre Daily Times - Wed Dec 3, 6:16 am EST
As the market leader in delivering digital lifestyle solutions to carriers, NewBay Software has been selected to speak on the 4G Mobile Social Networking and Business Model panel at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, room number N253, on Sunday, January 11 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Social Networking Online: Is it Safe?
Carteret County News-Times - Mon Dec 1, 5:50 am EST
(ARA) - With literally millions of people using social networking sites on the Internet, don't be surprised if you find your coworker on MySpace or even your grandma on Facebook. Social networking isn't just for teens, and adults are joining virtual communities in increasing numbers.
Hot Web, Inc. Partners With WEB312, Inc. to Become An Online Classified Media Portal and Social Networking Platform
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 3, 10:20 am EST
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 3, 2008 -- Hot Web, Inc. announced today that the Company has entered into a relationship with WEB312, Inc. to transform Hot Web and its properties into an online media portal that will also serve as a social networking platform for the items it represents .
Rediffmail Aggregates Activity Updates, Scraps and News Feeds from Popular Social Networking Sites in India
Centre Daily Times - Wed Dec 3, 2:16 am EST
Rediff.com India Limited (NASDAQ: REDF), India’s leading online portal, has introduced a new aggregator service. Users can now log into their favorite social networks through Rediffmail and receive updates from their friends in one place. This service is currently available for Orkut, Facebook, Hi5 and Linkedin. Rediffmail users can also use this service to access their Orkut scrapbooks. Users ...
Power.com: The Next Massive IM and Social Networking Aggregator?
Mashable - Mon Dec 1, 12:40 am EST
There aren’t many sites with 5 million users that we haven’t heard of, but Power.com is just that, and it’s a name you might be hearing a lot more of after it launches in the US today. Previously available in Brazil and India, the site bills itself as a “Meebo for social networking” of sorts, allowing you to simultaneously login to accounts on both social networking services like Facebook ...
A Pownce and a miss for social networking
BetaNews - Tue Dec 2, 10:16 am EST
Call it consolidation, call it the economy, call it what you like, but don't post your thoughts to Pownce. After the 15th, the social-networking site won't be there anymore.
Viximo Leads Virtual Goods Marketplace Through Multiple Partnerships With Popular Gaming and Social Networking ...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 2, 9:00 am EST
Viximo, the world's first turnkey digital gifting service, today announced that it has formed partnerships with leading online gaming sites, Quibblo and WorldWinner and the popular social networking applications We're Related and My Sports Career.
Social networking sites cater to moms and babies
Dallas Morning News - Mon Dec 1, 12:05 pm EST
By the time Abagail Kanter was 2 ½ months old, she had friends her age from around the country. She has never met these infants, but she has received messages from them on TotSpot, a social networking site for babies.
Social Networking Site Helps Effectively and Easily Build Blogs for Internet Marketing
PRWeb - Tue Dec 2, 3:18 am EST
Internet marketing through blogs has spread gradually over the years. The relaunch of professional blog hosting and social networking site for internet marketers, Blogini puts to use proven systems and revolutionary new ideas to take itself to the next level for internet marketers. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/SEO/Blogini/prweb1672954.htm
MySpace streams online video to smart phones
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 9:02 am EST
MySpace is launching a mobile video streaming service that lets members of the global social-networking website watch favored snippets on the move.
MySpace Mobile Launches Streaming Video
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 12:16 pm EST
The mobile revolution is merging with the social-networking revolution as MySpace partners with mobile video company RipCode on a new streaming-video service. MySpace announced its latest foray on Wednesday.
Social networking and business success
BizJournals - Mon Dec 1, 12:09 am EST
Social networking is a logical extension of relationship marketing or what I call R-Commerce. It is the desire for people to connect with others who share similar interests, values, ideas and can help each other. It is also a symptom of how marketing has changed.
Power.com: For Social Networking Power Users
TechCrunch - Mon Dec 1, 12:11 am EST
Chances are you use at least two major social networks - 49 million people, for example, visited both MySpace and Facebook in October 2008 (Comscore, worldwide). Nearly 7 million people in the UK use both Bebo and Facebook. A lot of people maintain very different friend lists on LinkedIn than MySpace or Facebook. Etc. And when you add in niche social sites like YouTube, Flickr, etc., there's ...
Pringo Highlights Business Social Networking Trends for 2009
EContent Magazine - Mon Dec 1, 12:16 am EST
The use of social-networking platforms in 2009 will continue to increase, and their growth will flourish in specific niches, including events, training, market research, and business communications, according to Pringo, a provider of non-hosted online community platforms.
Oodle Adds Facebook to Classifieds Network
AuctionBytes - Wed Dec 3, 7:45 am EST
Oodle announced that social-networking site Facebook has chosen it to power Marketplace, an application for online classifieds.
Mobile Social Networking Bits: Movistar's Keteke; SoreThumbs; Blackberry-Pinswap.me; Colibria
paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 3, 11:09 am EST
-- Movistar launches Spanish social net Keteke: Telefonica's Movistar mobile network launched Keteke - yet another social network - over mobile, web and TV, in its native Spain last week.
The Man Behind MySpace
Extra TV - Wed Dec 3, 10:35 am EST
This young entrepreneur owns a company worth billions of dollars and has a posse of 240 million -- and counting! MySpace Co-Creator Tom Anderson changed the social networking world -- and he is helping Mario hop on the friend bandwagon!

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