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Want to freshen up your stream?

Your resolution for 2012 is to finally get into social media.

As Rubert Murdoch and (a fake) Wendi Deng became Twitter's newest celebrity couple, veteran tweeters Katy Perry and Russell Brand called it quits. What's the secret to a happy marriage--on Twitter?

"A couple of years I was involved with something called the Twitter Photo Challenge. Every week there'd be a new topic, and the participants had to produce a photo for that topic during the following seven days," said photographer Jo Christian Oterhals.

"A couple of years I was involved with something called the Twitter Photo Challenge. Every week there'd be a new topic, and the participants had to produce a photo for that topic during the following seven days," said photographer Jo Christian Oterhals.

Still trying to tap your network for favors before you've offered anything yourself? Big mistake.

It's not about being insightful or clever (but if you are, it doesn't hurt). Build up your following systematically with these tips.

It may not be as popular as Facebook or Twitter, but this virtual pinboard service is attracting plenty of eyeballs.

The actor again makes himself look like a jerk on social media. Two simple questions could have saved him

I used to abide by a strict no-follow rule. Here's how one reader changed my mind.

How, and when, to react to employees' social media posts can be challenging. Here, some tips. I treat Facebook and Twitter pretty differently – I use Twitter ( @janinepopick ) for business and Facebook for both.

Does Twitter's Activity and Facebook's Ticker give you anything you really need to know? Not really. But maybe that's not so bad

Recommendations from a celebrity tweeter who actually writes all of his own tweets. One of my clients (sorry, can’t say who) has over 700,000 Twitter followers, tweets constantly, admits he responds to more DMs than he should, and does it all on his own without the help of a ghost-tweeter. His following is huge mostly because he’s famous, but his Twitter popularity is also due to how effectively he manages the process

Google+ is nowhere near as big as Facebook and Twitter... yet

Seven (somewhat snarky) new rules for public speaking in the social media era. It was painful to watch. Jon Bond, the former ad giant turned social media honcho, was actually getting heckled at the Pivot Conference