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Last month, Joseph Ball, Design Director at CT Web Factory, spoke to Wolcott High School students about furthering their artistic growth with a career in Graphic Design. The lecture gave students the opportunity to meet with a professional and learn

RantRally is a social site where users can share with others through the power of their voice. Call a toll free number, leave a message, and your 'Rant' attaches to your profile and is available for anyone to hear.

Defense and government embracing social media will be on the agenda in Washington D.C. in May with Power Ten, Inc. on-hand sharing their work in the field with government and industry partners.

BirdSong unveils robust analytics for social media. Brand interaction with social media will no longer be based on the latest ‘big idea’ but on analysis of hard data.

Carisa Miklusak, speaker and CEO of tMedia Strategies, an emerging media consulting and training firm, will deliver a main stage presentation at the Mobile Marketing Strategies Summit in San Francisco on May 16th, 2012.

Mikkel Pitzner, serial entrepreneur, business consultant, professional board member, social media expert and consultant, recently hit three separate Amazon.com best-seller lists with the new book “The Only Business Book You’ll Ever Need.”

Web and social media monitoring company Spiral16 has been awarded a Bronze Quill award for its Social Media Marketing & Measurement Tips blog by the Kansas City Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (KC/IABC).

Todaychats announces two $250 winners from it's April launch contest. The company is excited to congratulates the first two winners of the Todaychats' social giveaways contest.

Social Media for Direct Sales Representatives is a five part program for Direct Sales Representatives that offers training on how to optimize social media to build relationships and drive traffic to their online stores while increasing their revenue.

The "Enterprise 2.0 Conference 2012" will take place in United States,Boston MA on 19 Jun 2012.

Morehouse & Howard Alum Neal Arp II Launches "Get Into It" Brand in Washington, DC focusing on political/social issues affecting the black Diaspora, while providing a voice to today's generation.

Dallas-based Blockdot, a mobile app developer, is the creator of Sushi Monster, a free iPad math game from Scholastic that is taking the Apple App Store by storm. Sushi Monster has become an educational app hit for parents, teachers and kids.

Marcus Myles Media announces College Planning Group, Inc. as a client of its new social media product called Yoularoid (www.yoularoid.com)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Alaskan entrepreneur, Tyler Arnold, 19, launched a new social media service, SimplySocial, with an international team and backing of nine local investors.

Top Advertising Icon of All Time Celebrates 70th Anniversary Tour via Social Media

Ireland’s number one hosting company and domain registrar recognized for spectacular customer connection.

Major presentation to International Association of Administrative Professionals-Sacramento Chapter on Tuesday, May 8. For those who want to stop wasting time with social media and instead...

MLS Giant is Gaining Support for Prestigious Social Media Honor

Red Carpet Marketing is hosting the Mpumalanga Social Media Boot Camp on 24-25 May 2012. Francois Muscat, WSI Digital Marketing Consultant, will be presenting along with other industry thought leaders.

eBook kickstarts the education of social media & online communities and how they fit together

Freelance journalist Janie Lawrence and Stunning PR’s Suzanne Noble have launched SkintLondon on social media sites Facebook and Twitter with plans to roll out a website Summer 2012.

High-tech real estate firm introduces revamped Realtyonegroup.com, a high-touch website that blends social media with search feature functionality -- offers more functionality, more flexibility, greater speed and a dynamic social media component.

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis hosted its annual Adelante Awards on Friday, April 27.

Twitter defines the word "hashtag" as follows: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.

An impressive team of international social media pioneers is confirmed for the first dedicated Social Media in Payments Briefing that takes place in London on 26 June 2012.

Ventana Public Relations and Ventana New Media Firms Join Forces as The Ventana Group to Deliver Integrated Public Relations, Content Marketing and Social Media Services

And invites visitors to the pages to vote for their favorite projects in the photo galleries for a special "ArchiZinc Trophee."

Sperry Van Ness International Corporation, a franchisor for commercial real estate brokerages, today announced it has named Diane Danielson as the company's first chief platform officer.

Mining data to separate critical business information from social “noise” helps brands better strategize, service and respond

Worldwide Event Launches in 14 cities this September with a contest to honor the best user-submitted photographs that capture the uniqueness of each of the participating cities.

4CM, one of the leading B2B technical PR and marketing agencies, has expanded its operations in the UK still further with the opening of a new digital services business unit, called 4CMplus.

Want to use Social Media for your business? Here is how. The Machai Marketing Explains The How-To's

SEMpdx selected a current Portland State University (PSU) student and social media marketing entrepreneur to receive the Spring 2012 Portland State University Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Workshop Scholarship.

Todaychats releases video about how they are helping in the fight against cancer.

Near Coast Media, through a partnership with the rapidly growing tech startup Buffer, has announced a Facebook sweepstakes to giveaway one full year of the Buffer Pro service.

WireWalkersVA’s Social Media Sharing promotion allows business owners to share their social media account links with each other. And, the links get promoted to 60,000+ professionals.

Data cited in Packaged Facts' May 2012 report, "Millennials in the U.S.", show that more than a third of 18- to 29-year-olds are either married or are living as part of a couple. About the same percentage are or will soon be parents.

Consumers are increasingly disenfranchised with the current online registration process, with 85% advocating social login should be available as an alternative

Established, Chennai based, software development and IT consultancy services organization, UniMity Solutions Pvt Ltd, today announced the launch of a solution for building Enterprise Communities – “UniMity PeoplePower”.

Social Networks Strategy and Outlook, 2012 - 2020 released by HnyB Insights predicts consistent growth in Global Social Networks revenue and the market is projected to reach $15.18Bn by 2020.

The "Search Marketing Expo SMX Advanced 2012" will take place in United States,Seattle on 5 Jun 2012.

ChannelEyes partners with Photizo Group, who is powering the Transform 2012 event on May 24-25 in Orlando, FL.

Lander is a powerful online tool to create Landing Pages. Build pages for PPC, Social Media, Email Marketing Campaigns, A/B Test them and more in a simple way!

Today, Media Connect Partners, LLC (MCP) announced that John Mattos, formerly a Technology Architect at Adobe Systems in Las Vegas, Nevada, has joined the company as its Director of Social Technology.

WooEB, an interactive web portal that provides members with an open platform to post all of their content in one place has launched the Right Now Application within the WooEB site.

An individual receives between 1,000 to 3,000 advertising messages everyday (approx 87, 600, 000 throughout their lives) and with so much clutter, we rely more and more on our family and friends for recommendations on what we should purchase.

The "AFP TechKnow 2012 Conference" will take place in United States,Orlando FL on 4 Jun 2012.

The "International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media" will take place in Ireland,Dublin on 4 Jun 2012.

Ten small business expert coaches are combining forces to offer the Top Ten Marketing series from May 7 to May 18, offering their top 10 tips for using marketing channels like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, blogging, SEO, email mktg & more!

Media company and online community site for pet bloggers, pet enthusiasts, and pet people, BlogPaws, has announced the 2012 Nose-to-Nose Pet Social Media Pet Blogging Awards.