The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media this past week:

Increase your Facebook following 1,000% in 4 days
Did Amazon just patent social networking?
Report: Social-media era to end in 2012
LinkedIn adds Facebook-style features
5 things teens do better than social marketers

to trust their friends

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The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media this past week:

15 words you should never use on Facebook
19 ways to make a video shine
How to climb the LinkedIn learning curve
5 signs your social strategy is sinking
Diesel adds Facebook feed to fitting rooms

likely to trust their friends

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This post is by Brooke Howell, SmartBrief’s small-business editor.
When Lewis Howes crushed his wrist, along with his dream of making his fortune playing football, and ended up bedridden on his sister’s couch with no college degree and no job, he could have made best friends with Ben & Jerry and whiled away the hours watching [...]

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Since launching its social media program in 2006, Dell has been one of social media’s big brand pioneers. And in this short amount of time, a lot has changed, both at Dell and in social media.
In his presentation at BlogWell in Cincinnati, Dell’s chief blogger, Lionel Menchaca, explained how the program is [...]

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The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media this past week:

6 ways to make LinkedIn work for you
11 unbreakable rules for corporate Twitter users
How to choose the best Facebook strategy
10 mistakes of Twitter novices
Stop marketing, start building communities

Study: Consumers less likely to trust their friends

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General-interest networks such as Facebook and Twitter take up so much of our attention that more focused sites sometimes take a back seat. It’s a shame, really, because LinkedIn combines many of the best features of the more popular networks with a practical focus on career advancement. If you’ve been neglecting to sign up for [...]

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The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media this past week:

5 tips for tapping the power of LinkedIn
The single biggest social-media mistake
How to run a legitimate Facebook promotion
To build a fan base, pick a fight
What Twitter means for bloggers

Study: Consumers less likely to trust their friends

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SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues. Paul Chaney, Internet marketing director for Bizzuka, author of “The Digital Handshake,” and member of the SmartBrief on Social Media Advisory Board, helps create the questions and analyzes the results. We run [...]

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