Using Lists to Organize Facebook and Twitter
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As a reader of Black Web 2.0, you are probably very active on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. As your use of these sites grows, the number of people you are connected to also tends to increase. Eventually, you can find yourself overwhelmed by the volume of information being thrown at you by [...]
Read MoreThe 100 Most Powerful Black Men on Twitter
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Last week we brought you the 100 Most Powerful Black Women on Twitter. Using the same measures (Klout and Twittergrader) we used for that list, we searched the Twitterverse for the male version. These men have the ability to drive massive traffic with a single tweet of a link, are constantly retweeted by their loyal [...]
Read MoreDesiree Rogers’ Digital Media Strategy for Johnson Publishing
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Most people know about Desiree Rogers job as Social Secretary for the White House and her recent appointment as CEO of Johnson Publishing. However, little has been written about her digital media strategy for the brands she’s now responsible for nurturing: Ebony and Jet. Black Web 2.0 had the opportunity to interview Rogers and learn [...]
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The 100 Most Powerful Black Women on Twitter
Posted by anjuan
These women have gained a tremendous amount of influence on Twitter by amassing a large number of followers, retweets, and memberships on user lists. We used Klout and Twittergrader, two online reputation measurement tools, to compile a list of the 100 most powerful black women on Twitter.
The women marked with a have verified Twitter accounts.
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5 Black Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Who Use Social Media
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When most people think about science fiction and fantasy writers, black authors rarely come to mind. However, there are several black people who have become successful science fiction authors. Many of them are using social media to raise their personal visibility and gain wider exposure for their books.
1. Nalo Hopskinson
Novels: Brown Girl in the Ring, [...]
Work Smarter: 5 iPhone Apps to Increase Meeting Productivity
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Few people enjoy business meetings, and most of us spend more than half our working day in one meeting after another. However, there are iPhone apps that can make those meetings a little more tolerable and a lot more productive. Some could possibly add a bit of clandestine fun. The following five iPhone apps can [...]
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