Tag: social networking

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Ballet's Resurgence Through Social Media

With the success of the movie, The Black Swan, audiences are getting a glimpse at some of the hard truths about dance, and dancers–albeit disappointed about the depiction of the darker side of their art–are rejoicing that their profession has finally received some prime time play. This brings to mind the challenges that many art…
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3 Ways to Maximize Your Venue's Reach on Social Platforms

When Microsoft launched its ad campaign for its new search engine, Bing, it hired New York City dog walkers to wear shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Ask me about Bing”. While dog-walkers may not be the best billboards for advertising in your city, social networking websites are great advertisers in any city. Here are some…
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A Perfect Fit: Geolocation Services and Entertainment Venues

I can think of few better businesses than entertainment venues to take advantage of geolocation social services for attracting new or retaining loyal customers. FourSquare and Gowalla are the two most prominent social networks throwing geolocation into the mix and providing benefits for both registered users and venues. These two down-loadable applications for mobile phones…
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October 2010: Social Network Links and Barcodes Scanned Report

Event Social Networking Links With the latest update, we now give the opportunity to add up to 6 social networking links per event. With a link to SoundCloud to hear music clips and a YouTube video to see watch an unknown band in action, you will sell more tickets if your customers get a taste of the upcoming. Or…
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Responding to Public Praise or Criticism

Recently, I received a request from the Small Business Administration to evaluate service I received from over two years ago! What an embarrassingly long time to pass before demonstrating they cared about the service I received. Yet many venues do precisely that when they build Facebook landing pages then neglect the pages and feedback provided…
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Social Networks - Very Powerful Tools

Social Networks for the Entertainment Industry As described on Wikipedia, social networks are: Online services, platforms, or websites that focus on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a…
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