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Top OpenSim communities of 2017

Bank Innovation

One of my top sources of OpenSim-related news this year has been OpenSim Virtual and similar Google Plus communities. Largest multi-grid communities. Communities that grew the most in 2017. Largest single grid Google Plus communities. Largest multi-platform communities. The full list of communities is here.

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Banks Build Communities, Attract Customers with Social Media

Accenture

By 2017, close to three billion people will be using social media. 1 This near-ubiquitous channel presents financial institutions with a tremendous opportunity to create new relationships or strengthen existing ones. We are encountering more and more financial institutions taking. Read more.

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Deep Dive: Credit Unions Like And Subscribe To Social Media

PYMNTS

. Social media has become a cornerstone of everyday life over the last few decades, with 72 percent of Americans using social media today, a dramatic increase from the mere 5 percent that Pew Research Center first tracked in 2005. How credit unions leverage social media. million members and $106.1

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Spearmint LOVE On Why Social Media Matters (Especially For Growing Businesses)

PYMNTS

When it comes to growing a business, social media matters. Leveraged to a business’ advantage, social media can be a key to success in consumer adoption, conversion and retention. The online mom community represents a highly engaged and active base of consumers. Small Business Council. It makes sense.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Stories worth telling

Independent Banker

This Community Banking Month, I invite you to try something new to spread your story. Share a new development, community project or initiative. As community bankers, we know relationships matter. Or look at our new chairman’s bank, Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Ala. Photo by Chris Williams.

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Unprecedented Facebook Data-Sharing Plan Takes Off After Privacy Delays 

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A study of Russian disinformation in Germany’s 2017 election and an analysis of Facebook’s influence on Taiwanese civic participation were two projects approved for grants. The urgency of this research cannot be overstated,” King and Persily said on Social Science One’s website last April. “We

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Snap Seeks Ads From Pharmaceutical Companies

PYMNTS

In an effort to have big pharma companies advertise on Snapchat , the social media platform is reportedly pitching itself as a friendlier alternative to Twitter and Facebook. The social media company had a team speak at the DigiPharma Connect conference in February. billion in 2017. The news comes after Snap Inc.

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