Posts Tagged ‘Veterans’

If you are an avid reader of our daily content, which any sane individual is, you may remember reading a lot of articles that were vital to your title as a social media intellect this week.

Whether we were discussing slavery of the 21st century or providing you with successful tips for your LinkedIn picture, each story served its purpose in one way or another.

Even if you missed our vital stories this week, we put together a list for you, so that you don’t have to go searching through our archives. Take a few minutes to read each article, absorb the important points and move on with your day.

On behalf of our staff at Social Times, we would like to thank our military members for protecting us from harm and keeping us safe. Happy Veterans Day!

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Former service members can create and share a visual history of their service. The can share moments from boot camp to retirement, including duty stations, battles, operations, medal ribbons, badges, photos and memories of fellow service members.

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People have criticized Twitter in the past for only skimming the surface of important topics, asking how a 140 character message could convey anything meaningful. There is also the theory that anything social media related is purely social, a new way of communicating that is basically just social procrastination. But the above criticisms aren’t valid anymore, especially with the new Twitter — here are 5 topics to prove it. Read more

After three tours in Iraq, military veteran David Johnson saw a void in the social media world. What he saw lacking was a Web-based networking portal for service members to support each other as they transition back to civilian life and cope with issues unique to wearing the uniform. Thanks to ArmedZilla, a just-launched communication platform for U.S. military members, troops both old and new can reach out to one another.
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