New Magazine from Social Media Examiner: This Week in Social Media + MORE

New Magazine from Social Media Examiner: This Week in Social Media + MORE

Auto-Refresh Your Twitter Feed With These 2 Useful ToolsRather than constantly clicking the “new tweets” pop-up banner, refresh your Twitter feed automatically.
We have found, tried and tested two useful extensions for Chrome and Firefox users that will keep your Twitter feed up-to-date, giving you an instant look at what’s happening
See also: 25 Clever Twitter Keyboard Shortcuts
Take a look at the options below…

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Facebook users rally against controversial Rolling Stone cover
On Wednesday, July 17, Rolling Stone magazine revealed that the Boston Marathon bomber suspect was the cover choice for their latest magazine issue. Shortly after, Facebook community outrage violently expressed itself via the page “Boycott Rolling Stone Magazine for their latest cover” — a Facebook page that gained more than 100 thousand likes in less than 24 hours…

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Social Media Jobs: Vassar College, SNAP Interactive, Avalere Health
This week, Vassar College is hiring a media relations and social media coordinator, as well as an assistant editor of digital and social media. Meanwhile, SNAP Interactive needs a social media manager, and Avalere Health is on the hunt for director of social media and communications. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro…

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Social Media News: Graph Search, Foursquare Ads, Customer Service
While you’ve been busy updating your company’s Facebook page, keeping your customers up to date through Twitter and posting the latest corporate video on YouTube, we’ve been reporting on the latest in social media news for businesses large and small.
In case you’ve missed any of it, here’s a recap of this week’s breaking stories…

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Refresh Your Social Marketing, 15 Experts, One StageA friend of mine, who does not work in social media, saw one of the taglines we use for Social Fresh conferences “the social media conference you’ve always hoped for” the other day and asked me what it meant.
For those of you that have been to a lackluster conference in the past, you get it…

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A Quick Guide To Strengthening Your Brand’s Voice On Twitter Describe your best friend in elementary school. Was she fun and happy? A bratty and playful kid? You probably have a pretty strong memory of her personality, even though you might not have seen her in years… but can you say the same for your brand?
A brand’s voice on social media should resonate just as strongly as the memory of your best friend from elementary school…

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An app for the meme generation: Tracks launches Kanvas

– venturebeat.com/category/social/

What’s an app developer to do when an excellent idea doesn’t quite fit into their existing product? Make a spinoff app!
Tracks, the New York City-based mobile social network, is today announcing Kanvas, a free app that adds text, drawings, sound, and more to images as well share those creations on social networks…

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Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. Introducing MyKidsAdventures.com The team at Social Media Examiner launched My Kids’ Adventures this week. It’s an online magazine for busy parents who […

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Why it is hard for VCs to say ‘no’ and why that ‘no’ could be good news for an entrepreneurEditor’s note: Andrej Kiska is an associate at Prague-based Credo Ventures. Prior to Credo, Andrej worked at an early growth fund Benson Oak, the first backer of AVG Technologies 
“VCs are arrogant. VCs are cowards. They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back…

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So, I was searching for pornography on Tumblr this morning. (It was work-related!) Word was, the now-Yahoo-owned blogging network made a significant change to the way adult-themed blogs could be discovered on the site, which even further hid their content from public consumption. Tumblr finally addressed the issue this afternoon following user outcry…

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Facebook users increasingly spending more time watching videos
Facebook is reportedly considering auto-play video ads in the News Feed (though apparently, this decision may be delayed a few more months). Statistics compiled this year from comScore show that it can be a viable place for advertisers — so long as these ads are done properly.
Since the beginning of the year, Facebook users in the U…

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