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March 19, 2015
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Meerkat stands tall at SXSW
Social video-streaming service Meerkat proved a hit at South by Southwest, despite -- or perhaps because of -- its showdown with Twitter, on whose service Meerkat piggybacks. The key now is for Meerkat to show that it can survive without Twitter's cooperation and offer real value to its users, The Economist argues. Adweek (3/19), The Economist (tiered subscription model) (3/18), Macworld (3/19)
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The science of crafting a clickable tweet
Anyone can write a tweet, but creating a 140-character message that compels people to click a link is a trickier art to master, Neil Patel writes. Boost click-thru rates by using clear, active language, timing your tweets carefully and including a call to action, Patel writes. HubSpot.com (3/19)
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Federal agencies that want to engage on social media should determine what they hope to accomplish and pick a platform accordingly, Tom Fox writes. "Social media isn't the future, it's the present, and every agency would be wise to emulate the best practices of others in our federal government," Fox writes. The Washington Post (tiered subscription model)/On Leadership blog (3/18)
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Why Facebook's payments strategy is a big deal
Facebook's decision to add a payments tool to Messenger is part of a broader strategic shift that will see brands going beyond promoting products and services on the social network to actually selling them. "[U]ltimately, that will drive the advertising revenues of the future," Cade Metz writes. Wired.com (3/17)
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Facebook is moving in the same direction as Apple and Google. It wants to be the place where you spend not only your time but your money."
-- Cade Metz, writing at Wired.com
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 Andy Sernovitz, Editor at Large
Andy Sernovitz is the New York Times best-selling author of "Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking" and the blog "Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That!" He runs WordofMouth.org, where marketers and entrepreneurs learn to be great at word of mouth marketing, and SocialMedia.org, the community for social media leaders at the world's greatest brands.
 
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