Twitter Archiving Can Minimize The Business Risk of Social Media
Social media is the hot thing for businesses these days, but one of the big challenges for companies is how embrace social media while still managing the risk involved in the medium. Social media is all about transparency and open conversations, and that kind of free form structure scares many business owners and executives. How do you minimize the risks associated with social media marketing? A new company called Backupify has solved a piece of that risk puzzle by allowing companies to archive their social media activities. Backupify can backup Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Google Docs, Flickr, Photobucket, Delicious, Basecamp, Hotmail, Blogger, Wordpress, and more. If your sales agents want to use Twitter to communicate with prospects or if your marketing team wants to add a Facebook page…
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