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What Would Happen If Facebook Were Hacked?

Alyssa Warner — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:03:03 +0000

If you have a Facebook profile, you know that the platform allows you to store personal information, but what would happen if Facebook were hacked and everyone's personal information was compromised?

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A Reputation Management Lesson from Applebee’s

Alyssa Warner — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:12:46 +0000

Having a social media presence is a great idea when it comes to marketing your business - if you know how to use it. Having a constant, current connection with your customers can be either a blessing or a curse.

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How a Fake Twitter Account Got 22,000 Followers

Alyssa Warner — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:55:41 +0000

If you've ever been on Twitter, you've probably seen a little blue check mark next to certain account names. One account claimed to distribute the check marks and gained 22,000 followers in 24 hours.

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A Prager Redesign, Part 5: The Content & Social Media

Alyssa Warner — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:32:46 +0000

In our redesign blog so far, you’ve seen how design, build, optimization, and link building are all important parts of a website redesign. The last two parts that tie it all together and complete the project are content and social media.

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Using Pinterest for Business

Alyssa Warner — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:30:17 +0000

If you ever had any hesitation about using Pinterest as a business, this may change your thinking: The social media website recently launched a campaign that encourages businesses to create their own “business” page and take advantage of its business features and tools.

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Social Media and Politics

Alyssa Warner — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:59:07 +0000

When the last presidential election took place four years ago, social media was still on the rise (Pinterest and Google+ hadn’t even launched yet!), but over the past few years, new information-sharing websites have popped up and society has dived even further into the world of interactive platforms.

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What’s the Deal with Twitter Hashtags?

Alyssa Warner — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:26:23 +0000

Even if you’re not an avid Twitter user, you’ve still probably seen that little crisscrossed symbol in front of the title of your favorite television show or band name and thought, “What’s that pound sign doing there?” Or maybe, “What’s that number sign doing there?” Or if you’re really smart, “What’s that octothorpe doing there?” In the world of social media, it’s called a “hashtag,” and it’s put in front of a word or phrase as a filter.

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Bing’s New Facebook News App

Alyssa Warner — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:55:20 +0000

Do you use Facebook to get your daily dose of news? It has become a popular trend to log on to the social media website to find out what’s going on in the world. According to the Pew Research Center’s 2012 “State of the News Media” survey, more than double the amount of social media users use Facebook rather than Twitter to stay up-to-date on the news.

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The 2012 “Social Media Olympics”

Alyssa Warner — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:20:44 +0000

So far, the events of this year’s Olympics have been thoroughly tweeted, liked, shared, +1ed, and pinned by social media users. The social media trend, which was still in its beginning stages when the Beijing Olympics of 2008 took place, has dominated the 2012 London Olympics (making it the first-ever “social media Olympics”) and has proven to make the games a little more… chaotic than usual.

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Pinterest: The Latest Social Media Craze

Alyssa Warner — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:04:05 +0000

In a world dominated by the Internet, social media can be an incredibly helpful marketing tool for your business. But when it comes to social media, there are so many options that it can be hard to keep track of all of them.

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