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Facebook dominates how people share content on the Web

by amy mengel on August 17, 2009

Check out this chart was posted last month to Silicon Alley Insider: Facebook is the most popular platform for sharing content — even surpassing e-mail:

It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that sites like Google Reader have attempted to become more Facebook-like recently, adding the ability to follow friends and “like” links or posts. Delicious also recently [...]

Tagged as: chart, content sharing, delicious, digg, email, facebook, google, reddit, socialmedia, stumbleupon

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Social Media Smackdown: Columbus, Ohio vs. Columbia, S.C.

by amy mengel on May 20, 2009

Something a little different for this third round of Social Media Smackdown: I’m comparing how two cities are using social media from a travel and tourism perspective. Both have their namesake from Genoa’s most famous navigator and both are home to college football teams I love to hate. Let’s see how Columbus, Ohio and Columbia, [...]

Tagged as: blog, buckeyes, columbia, columbus, delicious, facebook, feeds, flickr, gamecocks, myspace, ohio, Smackdown, south carolina, steve spurrier, twitter, youtube

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To Europe, Courtesy of Social Media

by amy mengel on May 18, 2009

I’m on vacation right now. While you’re reading this, I’m off exploring museums, architecture, parks and cafes. Monsiuer Mengel and I are spending two weeks in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. And in large part, it’s due to social media. Here’s my guide to European Vacation, social media-style.

1. Win free airfare by entering a blog contest
Yes, [...]

Tagged as: Amsterdam, Belgium, blog, Brussels, delicious, Europe, Evernote, France, friendfeed, Gadling, google, Holland, iPhone, La Defense, New York Times, OpenSkies, Paris, StreetView, The Hague, Travel, TripAdvisor, twitter

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Tight on resources? Deputize your brand’s fans

by amy mengel on April 7, 2009

Sometimes you just need more people. In January, Washington, D.C. deputized out-of-town security and police forces during the Obama inauguration. The city gave them the tools and authority to manage the massive crowds that had descended for the weekend. The size of the actual D.C. police force didn’t grow permanently, but it had the resources [...]

Tagged as: brand, business, customers, delicious, facebook, fans, flickr, marketing, network, penzeys, profile, socialmedia, strategy, twitter

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Don’t let the “experts” intimidate you

by amy mengel on March 26, 2009

There’s been much discussion on blogs and Twitter recently about people proclaiming themselves social media experts or gurus or a host of other terms. Is there such a thing? Can anyone already claim to be an expert in such a nascent space? Will shoddy “experts” tarnish the reputations of those who really and truly are [...]

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