Facebook is starting to incorporate several key Twitter functions such as @mentions, #tags, and search which significantly reduce the value of Twitter. Not all of these new features have been rolled out to everybody yet, but expect to see them in your Facebook account over the coming weeks. But truthfully, why would you use Twitter

We are very interested in your feedback on this topic so please comment on this post with your thoughts. Would you pay for Twitter? Facebook? LinkedIn? The day is quickly approaching when these services will need to find better revenue models in order to sustain themselves. There are many rumors on what their plans will

Today Facebook made two significant announcements: the acquisition of FriendFeed and the release of its next generation of search (which is still not activated in our Facebook accounts as of the time of this post). Both of these announcements are meant to enhance Facebook features where it currently has significant weaknesses when compared to Twitter.

Topic: “What I need to know about Social Media” Date: Saturday, August 8th, 2009 from 9AM – Noon Details: We will cover Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and how you can make a social media marketing strategy for your business. Bring with you your current marketing objectives and together we will tackle these goals with Social Media

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Check out the July Issue of New Business Minnesota. All new Minnesota business startups in the last 12 months received a copy of the newspaper with Tyler Olson, President of SMCpros, on the cover. Download available here - NBM July 2009 – Social Networking Issue. [scribd id=17389752 key=key-2oia3gikyro1llfq695v]

The partnership of Tyler Olson, Adam Maikkula and Tim Barsness, is forming Social Media Consulting LLC for the purpose of helping business professionals more effectively utilize social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to generate leads and manage relationships online. These sites have received significant media attention in recent months and, as you