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Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.
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Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. Writers Guild of America East: Save the Internet
The Writers Guild of America East launched Save the Internet, a multifaceted campaign in support of net neutrality.
The Web site created by WGAE allows users to send emails to all members of the Federal Communications Commission (urging them to support net neutrality and to share the video (below), Connection Terminated, written by WGAE member Guy Shahar and cautioning against abolishing the principles of net neutrality.
Congress is Back: Craigslist, Google, Net Neutrality And More
Welcome back Congress, recess is over! With just weeks to go before the November midterms that could send many of them home, lawmakers return to Washington this week for the September work period: four weeks of writing and trying to pass bills quickly so they can get back on the campaign trail.
But first, it’s a packed agenda. Lawmakers will have to make decisions on tax cuts, spending bills and federal stimulus projects before they can return home. Left unclear is where, with partisan tensions high, other issues, like net neutrality and privacy, will fall in line. We take a look ahead at the top social media issues awaiting Congress’s return…
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Will Consumers Be Heard in Net Neutrality Debate?
The findings from a new survey released last week tracking how people react to online content delivery are not surprising: consumers have little patience for slow websites and expect their mobile service to be just as fast, or faster, than their home computers.
But don’t discard the survey just yet. The real takeaway, and the reason so much attention was paid, is the impact the survey may have in driving the debate over net-neutrality by presenting the side of a voice not often heard in the debate: consumers.
