1 : the act or process or an instance of integrating: as a : incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of different groups (as races) b : coordination of mental processes into a normal effective personality or with the individual’s environment
2 a : the operation of finding a function whose differential is known b : the operation of solving a differential equation

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This is the content collection end of a social networking and social media strategy. After creating content for various social media platforms, we can integrate the content into our websites, pulling in more SEO (Search Engine Optimization) power, as well as keeping fresh content appearing on the site.
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1 : to subject to or manage as a syndicate
2 a : to sell (as a cartoon) to a syndicate or for publication in many newspapers or periodicals at once; also : to sell the work of (as a writer) in this way <a syndicated columnist> b : to sell (as a series of television programs) directly to local stations 

— syn·di·ca·tion \ˌsin-də-ˈkā-shən\ noun

— syn·di·ca·tor \ˈsin-də-ˌkā-tər\ noun

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Syndication is another part of a solid social media and social networking strategy. One of the biggest pitfalls of social media and social networking is maintaining a presence in many locations.  It can be a serious time suck.  Updating a bunch of site individually could take hours…  Even just keeping up with all of the profiles could be more than many people could handle.

Luckily, there are some tools that can make life WAY easier.  Posterous, AtomKeep and FriendFeed are three that come to mind…
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