Web Business by Ken Burbary

People are speculating about whether or not Twitter, and more specifically their realtime search engine, is a legitimate Google Killer. Will Google acquire Twitter? Will Google begin indexing tweets, social network conversations and release their own realtime search? No one knows for certain, but the day is approaching where realtime social search and general web [...]

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Social Media continues to be the hottest topic in business, advertising, marketing and communications worlds. Why? Because it is a game changer for businesses. The future of business online (and offline for that matter) for brands will be based on the relationships they have with individual consumers and influencers. The tried and true method of top [...]

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We often talk about the benefits of social media participation. Done well, it can help you create new relationships with your customers, peers, and partners. Develop new products and ideas. Improve existing ones. And provide thought leadership in your area of expertise, like these folks here, here, and here. For companies, it has the power [...]

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Earlier this month, David Mullen had a great idea to create a Twitter starter pack on his blog (click here to go read the orignal post), that listed 50 people to start following in the areas of marketing, advertising, PR, and social media. Whether you’re new to Twitter or have been there awhile, you will [...]

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As an online network grows, it eventually attracts enough eyeballs to warrant the attention and efforts of spammers and scammers. Twitter has both. Over the last several days,  Twitter has been hit hard by a Phishing scam. The only surprise is that it took this long to occur.
The Wikipedia definition for phishing is:
“the criminally fraudulent [...]

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