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How to run a Facebook contest, analyze your page and more: 11 Ideal Facebook tools for marketers

Oct12
by on October 12, 2014 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. The built-in tools that Facebook offers to business pages and advertisers are robust and detailed. Hence, you’re likely to uncover a smaller stash of third-party tools than you might for a network like Twitter. Still, there are some fabulous Facebook tools out there, and they can help push your Facebook marketing campaign forward with contests, insights, advertising, and more. Here is a selection of our top picks for Facebook marketing tools. 1. Agora Pulse (link) This Facebook (and Twitter) dashboard shows you an overview of all activity on your page and lets you schedule…

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The future of Microsoft depends on Windows being free

Oct11
by on October 11, 2014 at 9:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Remember the days when you would head out to the store to pick up the latest version of Windows, on DVD, for something like $130? Or if you were unlucky enough to not qualify for upgrade pricing, maybe even $239? Those days might seem in the distant past, but in reality Microsoft is still charging for upgrades between major versions even as of Windows 8.1. But this isn’t going to be the future of Microsoft; the days of charging for upgrades are over and the company is being slowly backed into a corner by the trend of free upgrades on mobile and Apple…

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