Google versus Facebook – from an advertising perspective [INFOGRAPHIC]

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There is a new kid in town when it comes to online marketing – Facebook, after years of trying to convince marketers that it was a viable platform, is starting to make its mark.

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Opportunity knocks: Facebook goes after truly personalised travel

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Facebook is dreaming of a world where personalisation is no longer just a marketing buzzword and relevance is a reality.

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How to organise your social media workflow

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Maintaining a social media strategy is not only about scheduling tweets and replying to mentions. Rather, social media marketing is a living process in which each component is connected to the others.

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Decode this: The value of social media in marketing

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In the ongoing evolution of social media in 2012, people’s behavior in social and mobile matured to a point where the first thing they do when they wake up in the morning is check Facebook on their phone.

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Millions of social mentions bring the crowd to trip planning

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By parsing the millions of travel mentions on social media, Suggestme.com curates an algorithmically-organized view of a city.

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Reality check, please: Not every startup founder will be the next Mark Zuckerberg

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Entrepreneurs dream of sell their company for millions of dollars. But a nasty secret of venture capital is that the dream can be dashed as the venture capitalists make millions in a sale, leaving the founders with nothing.

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Mining the Facebook social graph to work out what travellers want to do on a trip [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Travel companies are finally getting their heads round the fact that Facebook can be a goldmine of information about consumer habits and the things they like doing on a trip.

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Battle of the sexes played out in social media

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It’s not just the youngsters, adults have given into the social media temptation and have signed up for Facebook and created Twitter accounts.

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Beyond engagement and marketing – other growing pains for social media

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Listening to various panels at a recent event, I noticed many expressed a “wait and see” attitude about social media. Perhaps this reflects the reality that social media is still in its infancy.

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Thomas Cook tunes into social media with listening lab

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Lots of buzz words kicking about in Thomas Cook’s announcement of a 24/7 rapid response social media listening lab

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