SM is an umbrella term that encompasses the technologies and the activities that people use to share experiences, ideas and information with each other. The term is still evolving.

The term “SOCIAL MEDIA” most often refers to activities that integrate technology, social (or human) interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio – better known as “user generated content” [an example of UGC would be videos on YouTube.]

Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, pictures and video. Technologies include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowdsourcing (crowd outsourcing), and voice over IP, to name a few.

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1) Know Your Budget

The first thing that every internet marketer should do is be conscious of what their budget allows and doesn’t allow. With all of us feeling the crunch money wise none of us wants to lose any more on marketing than we have to. If you are starting a new campaign(s) make sure you set the limit to something you feel comfortable with that won’t break your personal bank

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Following in the steps of cloud applications like Vimeo, Pandora, Salesforce, and Flickr, HootSuite will now offer more advanced tools for individuals, businesses and organizations with the announcement of new premium packages while also continuing to provide a free version for most users. Hootsuite is the popular dashboard for social media managers.

From now, all new customers signing up will have to select a package plan ranging from free to $99.99. On the other hand, all current users will have to migrate to one of the new packages as from next week.

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I have complied here the complete list of smileys and emoticons that you can use in your facebook chat.

To use them, just type the emoticon code for each one, or copy and paste from here, and you will see them pop up in your chat!

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There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitter’s inception.  The 20 billionth Tweet, from a Japanese user with the name  ”GGGGGGo_Lets_Go,” a graphic designer in Tokyo who works at an advertising agency, was sent at 3:44pm GMT. The message was part of a conversation that appeared to be a comment about a third party that had come online and onto Twitter.