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Web 2.0 Year-End Recap – Part 1

2010 has been a big year for tech innovation and the social media world. Facebook hit 500 million users, and the midterm elections meant that our elected officials were tweeting en masse. This is part one of a two-part Bivings Report end-of-the-year recap of the top 10 biggest trends in web 2.0 in the last year....

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2010 Best US Newspaper Facebook Fan Pages

This is the second installment of our 2010 Facebook Newspaper study, and features our top 10 rankings for the best and most interactive fan pages amongst U.S. newspapers. Newspapers selected were among the 100 largest in the U.S. (based on circulation). In addition to ranking each paper by the number of Facebook fans,...

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What Improved Facebook Page Insights and Status Updates Mean for You

If you’re still playing catch-up from the holidays, you might have missed a few important changes that if used and understood properly have the potential to dramatically improve your Facebook outreach at no cost.

First, and most significant is that page administrators can now use Facebook tags to mention other pages in their status updates....

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High Level Holiday Reading: Academics Take on Twitter

If your take Time magazine’s advice about putting away your smart phone to focus on friends and family but are still looking for a way to get your social media ‘fix’ we are proud to recommend these recent research reports that you can print out and read by the fire:

“Twitter in Congress: Outreach vs....

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Are you a #KFCScholar? KFC Doubles Down on Twitter Promo

In case you didn’t catch it, Kentucky Fried Chicken is offering a $20,000 scholarship to a high school senior to send a tweet with the hashtag #KFCScholar about how they exemplify the Col’s commitment to education, or something. From their release:

“KFC is asking college hopefuls to tweet why they exemplify Colonel Sanders’...

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