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UNSOCIAL addresses a key need for more advanced networking tools to drive real-time relationships for business. Through its location-based networking and smart-tagging platform, UNSOCIAL connects users with business professionals they should meet based on shared information and proximity, making it the ideal tool to find and be found at business events, tradeshows and conferences. In the rapidly growing tech arena of mobile, location-based services and events marketing.

Social media may be all the rage for building brands and connecting with customers, but what some entrepreneurs might not know is that many companies are using social networks for internal communication as well. These tools can help business owners align corporate goals, drive employee engagement and streamline operations.

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From SEO to design, to forms and social media -it's all here in this online customer service guide for websites and business online.

Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs who passed away in October was hailed as a successful technology entrepreneur, having built up one of the most recognized consumer electronics companies globally and creating some of the most coveted devices around the world. ZDNet Asia spoke to industry insiders on noteworthy traits to apply when it comes to running your company, based on lessons gleaned from the tech veteran.

Everything you need to know about getting up and ruining with Foursquare.

This quote sums up one of the hidden values of social integration on the web: "Twitter's value to consumers is due to the relevance of the tweet stream - we rely on our friends and contacts to curate interesting and relevant content to us, in real-time. Media and entertainment sites can replicate this experience by incorporating social content. For example, The Huffington Post curates relevant site content based upon the articles that a user's friends read or comment on, and Yelp streams business reviews, profile updates and other user-generated content to members from their friends on Facebook."

Tip on using social media for deeper collaboration in the workplace.

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Most social media posts are inherently local. Friends post a photo of themselves on Facebook at a new local restaurant, another social connection checks-in to a nearby retail store via Foursquare and so on. All of these online social interactions present tremendous market potential for businesses trying to engage with consumers online.

Young people taking advantage of the opportunities online. Great interview.

Salesforce uses Twitter and now Facebook in call centers to provide support service to customers.

Things are changing so rapidly that the way we think of social media could be vastly different in the very near future. In the next three years alone spending on social media marketing will skyrocket in the B2B space from $11 million in 2009 to $54 million by 2014, according to a Forrester Research study. With new tools like Gowalla and Shopkick shaping how brands and consumers interact, marketers are recognizing how positioning themselves as industry thought leaders can help generate quality leads.

When Toronto law firm Hicks Morley started its own internal social network in 2008, it was mainly to relieve lawyers of email overload so they could find important information more efficiently. But the firm found that by adopting several tools that mimic Facebook, Wikipedia and Twitter within the confines of a corporate firewall, collaboration between employees increased dramatically, and there was a marked increase in employee productivity.

Because the appeal of Google+ is in its targeted sharing options, companies won't be able any longer to blast messaging across the platform through a few well-connected users--often a good strategy on Facebook and Twitter. If Google+ sharing features are an indication of how we actually share and socialize, it points to a trend away from mass messaging across a network. And because Google+ encourages users to build out large networks while also managing a close circle of real friends, the power of these connections will become increasingly important to marketers. That means that having 600 friends or followers won't mean too much anymore. What will be important--for marketers at least--are those contacts you include in your close circle of friends, who regularly share with you, and who expect you to share with them.