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Why Businesses & Brands Should Use Foursquare?

Foursquare is a location-based social networking platform and the king of location based Social Networks which operates as an app for your mobile phone and via the web. People use Foursquare to mainly check-in to locations (places) they’re visiting by using the app on their mobile phones.

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How To Setup A LinkedIn Company Profile Page

LinkedIn is the biggest professional network in the world with over 200 million users, who are mainly affluent and skilled professionals. Some would say that of all the social networks, this is the only one used by serious professionals.

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My Twitter Account Has Been Hacked, Please Help!

The popularity and success of the social network Twitter is great news, however the number of people who have had their accounts hacked is growing each week. 

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Lets introduce you to Google’s all new +1 like button

The all new Google +1 social search “LIKE” button by google was made public recently as they try to re-enter the social media market place.

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Do Nothing For Two Minutes – It’s Harder Than It Looks!

A new twist to Social Media, Alex Tew has come up with a new, slightly unusual idea. Though most of his websites are geared towards making a profit, the newest site – www.donothingfor2minutes.com – is very simple and completely free.

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Meetup Everywhere – An Improved Tool for Communities & Businesses Alike

Meetup has recently undergone an overhaul, with a variety of new features being added and old features tweaked. For those who have yet to make its acquaintance, Meetup

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2010 – An ‘Insane’ Year for FourSquare

Imagine what it would be like to experience 3400% growth in just one year. That’s what FourSquare did in 2010, which demonstrates just how popular this site is becoming.

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Students, are they on or off the ball?

Guest Blog post by LOUISE BROWN

When TUHEL.COM asked me to write a piece for their blog I was delighted and honoured, after all I am only a student who has no exact theory or tactic when it comes to my blog posts.

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The Most Powerful Tweet of 2010: The Year That’s Been

The most powerful individual Tweet of 2010 has been identified as coming from reporter Ann Curry, who encouraged the US Air Force to allow Doctors Without Borders to fly into Haiti after the massive earthquake that devastaged that nation.

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Twitter for Business: Start Advertising with Promoted Tweets

Twitter has great potential for business use regardless of size, with business users now able to share special offers, useful information, and customer support with their followers. To assist business owners who are looking to harness the power of Tweets, Twitter has recently launched a new version of Twitter for Business.

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This week in Social Media

We bring you the latest hot Social Media news hitting the headlines this week. Major stories in the news include the latest Twitter statics of 2009/2010, the new and improved Facebook photo tagging system and the new Bing image search feature.

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What’s been making the news over the last week

We bring you the hottest news on the social media scene. Major stories in the news this week includes the Google Zietgiest 2010, US Military’s plan to ban USB drives to stop WikiLeaks happening again, iPad sales to double, and the all new Facebook profile.

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Bit.ly Bundles: A New Way to Share Links!

Bit.ly provides a new service that allows users to share long web addresses (eg, the link to a specific Google map) by setting up a redirect and creating a shortened form of the address (which is then easier to post in e-mails, Twitter updates, etc). Bit.ly’s newest service takes this one step further, allowing users to create and display a group of shortened links.

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This Week in Social Media

The latest hot Social Media news hitting the headlines this week, Gowalla 3 with Facebook and Foursqaure integration, the new simple file sharing service from ge.tt.

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Has Facebook Revolutionised the Way We Communicate Online?

Facebook is currently rolling out its new messaging system, which in the coming months will gradually become available to all users. Instead of offering a revolutionary new method of communication, Facebook will provide a way to easily combine three of the most common communication methods in use today: text messages, e-mails and online chats.

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This Week in Social Media

Major stories in the news this week includes the announcement by Facebook of their new ‘Deals’ for people check-in and out using Facebook Places, LinkedIn Products and Services Recommendation service. and the revoking of Mayorship on FourSquare.

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So what really is this Social Media?

So you want to know if Social Media is right for you business, how many people are using it, what are the true numbers, will my business benefit by using social media tools?

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Are the Smartphones creating a Social Under Class?

New tools such as SatNav, SMS texting, e-mail checking on the move, socialising with friends and colleagues on social networking sites, web access on the move, video and picture taking has made the Smartphones the modern mini computer in the pocket. More and more people are making the choice of owning a sophisticated smart phone.

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