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Chrissy Sievers

Facebook Hits 500 Million Users

Facebook has announced that it is has hit their well anticipated 500 million member mark. The normally press-shy Mark Zuckerberg is expected to make a rare television appearance on ABC's World News to discuss the milestone and will most likely have to answer a few questions about Facebook's recent privacy issues.

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Nicole Provonchee

Happy Social Media Day!

Are you aware that it is Social Media Day? While not yet a national holiday, the website Mashable is trying to promote social media to the masses by declaring an unofficial holiday to "celebrate the revolution of media becoming social."

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Laura Pack

Punctuation!!!!! – Watch Out For Exclamation Points

At the risk of sounding totally geeked-out, I hate exclamation points. When I see unnecessary or excessive exclamation points, it's my equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. Most of the custom content I write or edit at Parthenon is straight-forward, so exclamation points rarely crop up. They’re pretty rare in newspaper and magazine writing as well. But e-mails — professional and personal — now that’s a different story.

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Bobby Stark

In the Digital World, We’re all in the Content Business

No matter what your business, if you are doing anything online, you are really in the content business, according to attorney Robin Mitchell Joyce.

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Nicole Provonchee

Social Media 101

Still wondering how to get started on Twitter or Facebook? Resources to help people of all skill levels enter – and get the most out of – social media.

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