Facebook nixes privacy feature, makes all users searchable All Facebook users are now visible through the site's search function after the social network shut down a privacy feature that had previously allowed users to decide whether they wanted to show up in search results. Officials said the opt-out feature had been too confusing, although critics said the move would anger some users. "[E]ven if it was only 1 percent of users taking advantage of the feature, that's still 12 million people who didn't want to be easily found," notes Brian Feldman. The Atlantic Wire (10/10)  | Realtime Marketing Lab. Monday, Oct 14, NYC Realtime Marketing Lab happens next Monday. It's the only event where you can test drive the latest realtime marketing technologies yourself, hear realtime business case studies from real brands, and schedule one-on-one consultations with a team of digital marketing experts. Register with code SMART and save 25%. | | Report: NBC News exec will be top news liaison at Twitter Vivian Schiller, the chief digital officer at NBC News, reportedly will become Twitter's head of news. The hiring process was spent "searching for someone familiar with the media landscape who would act as a liaison between news agencies and the San Francisco microblogging service," write Mike Isaac and Kara Swisher. All Things D (10/10)  | Cloud Computing 101: It's a Brave New Virtual World 54% of all businesses now use cloud computing. And of this group, nearly 75% use different types of clouds or multiple services in the same cloud. The recent advances in the field of cloud computing now offer small businesses a myriad of opportunities to save time, resources and money, all while keeping important data more secure. Download your free white paper, Cloud Computing 101 today. |
 | Farmers go social with leftovers to reduce food waste A website called CropMobster that launched in March gives farmers a social media solution to the problem of leftover produce. The site, which gives farmers and growers a place to connect with potential buyers or charities in need of food donations, was created by Nick Papadopoulos, general manager of Bloomfield Farms in California, who got the idea after smaller Facebook pushes to sell discounted leftovers proved successful. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Social Media (10/10)  | Top 5 HR Compliance Concerns for Small Business Small and medium sized companies spend a lot of time focusing on core business issues, but they may overlook one of the most potentially serious and costly issues — regulatory compliance. How do you know what issues to look for in order to protect the company? Download the free white paper that discusses the top 5 HR compliance issues. |
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 | Social media ads could help unlock the full potential of your content Search and unpaid social media aren't enough to ensure that the effort poured into content marketing doesn't go to waste, Dan Stasiewski writes. Using social media advertising for your popular content can maximize "the return on your content investment by continuing to promote website content that your audiences deem valuable," Stasiewski writes. He lists best practices for paid promotion of content on LinkedIn and Facebook. Content Marketing Institute (10/10)  | NEW: US 2013 Consumer Data Privacy Study — Mobile Edition Did you know that 78% of consumers won't download an app they don't trust? In this free report, learn what consumers think about their privacy when using a mobile device, how it impacts your business, and what you can do about it. Download the free report now. |
 |  | [A]t 1.2 billion profiles, Facebook is arguably past the point where framing privacy policy decisions in terms of percentage of users is a compelling case." | | | Please contact one of our specialists for advertising opportunities, editorial inquiries, job placements, or any other questions. | Mailing Address: SmartBrief, Inc.®, 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004 | | |
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