"Great questions, Tom. There are socio-cultural specifities that favor locally developed apps. But many users of Olympic and World Cup apps will be tourists and those outside Brazil, so certainly there's a lot of opportunity there."
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"I had no idea, Murray, thanks for sharing such a powerful story which impacted you so personally. I'm sorry for your loss of colleagues and friends. I hope you find comfort in the fact that you indirectly saved 15 others, who were also exempted from that morning meeting. Your son seems to be prescient, it's a gift."
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Andy Carvin is a pioneer in online organizing, digital journalism and social media. He’s currently “senior strategist” at NPR, helping the radio network develop their digital strategies. For the past month, he’s been one of the most interesting people to follow on Twitter, as he’s been aggregating and curating many streams of information about the protests in Tunisia and Egypt.
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Klout for Business: A Useful Metric –but an Incomplete View of Your Customer « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing - http://www.web-strategist.com/blog...
Just as companies have been treating wealthy customers, or customers who are more likely to spend more with preferential treatment, there’s no surprise that some companies plan to segment customers based by influence. As more consumer data appears in social media channels, relying on influence metrics like Twitter followers to blog readers will help companies identify those that can hurt or help the brand on a grander scale. As a result, companies naturally will seek a standard measurement for measuring influence.
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I’ve arrived in Egypt! Amazing scene. Thanks for all your suggestions; I’ll be FBing, tweeting, writing, if I can get on line. Borrowing a sat phone now. Tahrir Square is just unbelievable–first time I’ve ever strolled across it without worrying about traffic. Just tanks and thousands of protesters. Everybody’s very hopeful and very nervous.
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"Patrick - good points. There are many times when for convenience, speed, familiarity, and cost considerations, it would make sense to open a private sub-group in LinkedIn, Facebook, or even Flickr. Your members may already be there and it's often easy to identify and invite new members. On the other hand, it may make sense for an association, nonprofit, or organization to have more flexibility over any combination of the following: - ability to create new business models, collect payments, and sell advertising and sponsorships - more granular control over membership levels and benefits - ability to create specific authentication mechanisms, for example, through an API to an existing membership database - greater ability to brand and co-brand the website - create specific user experiences and interfaces, and in some cases, create new modules, like online learning modules or specific features related to the vertical - ability to create closer technical integrations with other existing..."
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"Patrick - good points. There are many times when for convenience, speed, familiarity, and cost considerations, it would make sense to open a private sub-group in LinkedIn, Facebook, or even Flickr. Your members may already be there and it's often easy to identify and invite new members. On the other hand, it may make sense for an association, nonprofit, or organization to have more flexibility over any combination of the following: - ability to create new business models, collect payments, and sell advertising and sponsorships - more granular control over membership levels and benefits - ability to create specific authentication mechanisms, for example, through an API to an existing membership database - greater ability to brand and co-brand the website - create specific user experiences and interfaces, and in some cases, create new modules, like online learning modules or specific features related to the vertical - ability to create closer technical integrations with other existing..."
- alex de carvalho
"Patrick - good points. There are many times when for convenience, speed, familiarity, and cost considerations, it would make sense to open a private sub-group in LinkedIn, Facebook, or even Flickr. Your members may already be there and it's often easy to identify and invite new members. On the other hand, it may make sense for an association, nonprofit, or organization to have more flexibility over any combination of the following: - ability to create new business models, collect payments, and sell advertising and sponsorships - more granular control over membership levels and benefits - ability to create specific authentication mechanisms, for example, through an API to an existing membership database - greater ability to brand and co-brand the website - create specific user experiences and interfaces, and in some cases, create new modules, like online learning modules or specific features related to the vertical - ability to create closer technical integrations with other existing..."
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