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In 2009, marketers experimented with social media marketing. This year, the channel will grown in sophistication and become more closely aligned with strategy.

manage focus group initiatives and surveys Manage social media content (ie post tweets, facebook updates, comment … Media Marketing Intern to help grow our brand via various social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and blogs.

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Source: Shutterstock Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010…this is your year. Let’s build upon the lessons we learned in 2009 in order to help us continue on our journey towards earned relevance. The Greatest Hits of 2009 Part VIII 1. The Second Life of Second Life 2. The Science of Retweets on Twitter 3. Teens Adopting Twitter 4. Social Media Accounts for 18% of Information Search Market 5. The Future of the Social Web 6. The Competition for Your Social Graph 7. The Future of the Embargo 8. Rumors of the Death of Blogs are Greatly Exaggerated 9. Do Twitter’s Trending Topics Signify What’s Important to You? 10. Our Journey Defines Our Future in Social Media The Greatest Hits of 2009: The Series Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Connect with Brian Solis : Twitter , LinkedIn , Tumblr , Plaxo , or Facebook — Get the new iPhone app! — Click the image below to buy the book/poster : pr pr+2.0 pr2.0 public+relations marketing advertising interactive social+media socialmedia brian+solis social media media2.0 media+2.0 2.0 smo social+media+optimization marcom communication publicity advertising expert interactive spin brand branding guru social+architect

‘Tis the season for Top 10 lists and with social media as a huge trend in 2009, there are inevitably several focused on that, including ones from the Los Angeles Times, the Florida Sun-Sentinel, and 350 Days in a PR Life.

its online social media presence and relationships. The Social Media Director will: Use Web 2.0/ social media tools … media presence; Developing new and leveraging existing social media partners and channels; Acting as spokesperson…

Image via CrunchBase My friends at AddThis sent me the list of the most shared content of 2009 according to the 600 million monthly uses of their share widget. I thought it was an interesting list and worth sharing. Keep in mind this is online users who choose to share content by clicking on a widget embedded on the site or post as opposed to copy-pasting the link or using other share bookmarklets or plugins. I don’t think it really skews the data too much, though, because I believe those outside the social media bubble probably use the share widgets like AddThis more than those of us with other mechanisms to do so. This is what was popular for the world. What was popular to the social media bubble doesn’t matter much. Shockers for me? The wedding dance video seemed low to me. I remember when it came out it seemed like everyone in the world was talking about it. Also, there seems to be an unusual number of entries from Pawnation. It’s an entertaining site, but didn’t figure one blog would have several entries. What about you? Drop a line in the comments. Most Shared Content of 2009 AddThis Share Widget Data Santa Yourself – 71,848 shares African Thunderstorm – The Kim Komando Show – 50,008 shares Surprised Kitty Rampages – Pawnation – 32,270 shares – Cannabis College Now Enrolling Students – disinformation – 24,338 shares Extreme Shepherding Ad Campaign – Pawnation – 18,165 shares Michael Jackson Dies – TMZ – 13,481 shares Swine Flu Cover-up – Mercola.com – 12,722 shares Best. Wedding Entrance. Ever. – lemondrop – 12,693 shares Faith the Two-Legged Dog Turns Seven – Pawnation – 11,546 shares Santelli’s Tea Party – CNBC – 11,020 shares Best Graphics Cards For The Money – Tom’s Hardware – 10,802 shares Ukrainian Has Definitely ‘Got Talent’ – PopEater – 10,620 shares Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Has Jewish Past – Telegraph (UK) – 10,502 shares Man’s Surprising Laugh – The Kim Komando Show – 7,340 shares Investigación – Parte 1 – El Caso Mascherano – 7,149 shares