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Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute

January 2009

25 tips for getting started with social media

Excerpts taken from a post written by blogger Mike Fruchter. He is a marketing professional focusing on social and digital media, with over a decade of working experience on the Internet. Please visit his blog to read more at MichaelFruchter.com
Before you start using social media, you should at least have an understanding of what it's about. Social media is not about the tools, the tools are only a facilitator. Here are some tips to help ease your social media path.

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Urban planning and the need to get away from the Automotive Culture

 

After reading a recent article in the WV State Journal discussing our dependence on the car as transportation even for short around town distances; I began wondering what other ideas were out there?

 

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Did U Know ??

Global Intelligence agriculture fun fact:

Q: Eleven thousand different kinds of plants thrive on the 1,500-plus acres of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, one of the world's finest horticultural displays. The gardens lie on what was once an estate of which prominent industrialist?

a) Pierre du Pont      b) James Buchanan     c) John D. Rockefeller     d) Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Public Relations and being social in today's economic downturn

Most will agree it's going to be tough for the next 12 months or so for public relations and most anything connected to marketing budgets. But there are unique distinctions that can help PR stand out from other tactics.

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