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Social Networking

Setting Up Your Own Social Network With BuddyPress

by Bob Hazlett on January 12, 2010

If you’re a WordPress user, its now even easier to create your own social network with BuddyPress. Previously you had to install a different version of WordPress called WordPress MU to get this functionality. Here’s how to get started.

BuddyPress Now Supports WordPress Single User: No WPMU Required! – WordPress MU and BuddyPress plugins, themes, support, tips and how to’s.

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Social Camp Memphis – Saturday, Sept 19th. Grab Your Tickets Today!

by Bob Hazlett on September 7, 2009

Come out to Social Camp Memphis on Saturday, September 19th at the Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering. Social Camp is all about social media, social networking and the community of people behind it.

They’re still looking for good people to present their ideas and knowledge. So if you’ve got some burning knowledge or something you’d like to share, let them know.

To register, sponsor the event, or find out more, go to socialcampmemphis.com or follow them on twitter @socialcampmem

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Razorfish Releases Social Influence Marketing Report

by Bob Hazlett on July 13, 2009

Razorfish recently released their social influence marketing report. Download it, read it, give it to your boss.

Social Influence Marketing (SIM) is about employing social media and social influencers to achieve the marketing and business needs of an organization.

Social Influence Marketing is about recognizing, accounting and tapping into the fact that as your potential consumer makes a purchasing decision, he or she is being influenced by different circles of people through conversations with them, both online and off. It is not enough to market to the consumer anymore; as a marketer you also have to market to each individual’s social influencers throughout the marketing funnel.

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Facebook Universal Search, Visualization, 12Seconds and Landing Page Design

by Bob Hazlett July 10, 2009

Facebook let it all hang out to a select group of members to test their new search interface. The system would allow members to search their news feed for recent updates, photos, links, videos and notes being shared on friends’ profiles and fan Pages. Users who have made their profile and content available to anyone [...]

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Facebook Payment Platform Coming?

by Bob Hazlett May 27, 2009

Facebook Updates Payment Terms In Preparation For Payment Platform Launch.
Facebook has decided to post its payment terms to the Facbeook Governance page and is open for user feedback for the next 3 days.
While the initial payment system on Facebook will only be a beta test, the company is expected to finalize testing and roll out [...]

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Tommy the Toilet Invites You To Social Camp Memphis

by Bob Hazlett March 2, 2009

Come out to Social Camp Memphis on Saturday, March 7th at the Memphis College of Art. Social Camp is all about social media, social networking and the community of people behind it. Learn about Twitter, Facebook, using new media in business and much more. For more information or to register, check out the official Social [...]

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Putt’s Law

by Bob Hazlett February 19, 2009

“Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.”

Thanks Kenny!

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