Social Media Updates: Page 297

  • Facebook Unveils 'Reactions', a New Way for Users to Respond to Content

    Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent shockwaves through the social media community when he announced that Facebook was working on way to enable people to respond to content beyond just Likes. Now, Facebook has unveiled that alternative, with Reactions to provide users with a whole new way to register emotional reactions to posts.

    By • Oct. 8, 2015

  • 6 Steps to Safer Social Media [Infographic]

    Social networking has changed the way we communicate and connect across the globe. But sharing our personal lives online can also create new opportunities for identity theft and account hacking. This infographic highlights six ways to protect your account and your identity when using social media.

    By • Oct. 8, 2015

  • Facebook Gives Users the Ability to Draw on Photos with New Feature

    Facebook is giving users the ability to hand draw their own additions to photos with a new features called 'Doodle'.

    By • Oct. 7, 2015

  • Despite $13 Million Settlement, LinkedIn Is Being Overrun By Spam and Scams

    What's happened to LinkedIn? The professional networking site used to be a spam-free zone but something's happened this year and LinkedIn is now a haven for spammers and scammers.

    By • Oct. 7, 2015

  • Twitter Launches Moments, a New Way to Discover Tweet Content

    Twitter has unveiled a new feature called Moments which will showcase real-time events and discussion on the platform.

    By • Oct. 6, 2015

  • Politics on Social Media: Annoyance or Embrace?

    The candidates will attempt to access prime time in your life. And down time too! Messaging and outreach, hyper-targeted right to your phone, tablet, desktop, whenever the candidates and their parties want to get your attention. How will you react? With a warm, passionate embrace, or an annoyed scowl aimed directly into the advanced technological components deep within your chosen device?

    By • Oct. 6, 2015

  • Is Facebook Still a Valuable Service Tool for Business? [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Paul Schulze has a fascinating post and infographic up on the Fanpage Karma blog analyzing whether or not Facebook is still a useful tool for businesses, titled, alarmingly, "Attention! Facebook is losing its footing - user posts decreasing." The only thing is, according to the Fanpage Karma blog's analysis, Schulze's alarm might be perfectly justified.

    By • Oct. 6, 2015

  • #TopTips to Improving Your Social Media Customer Service

    Social media customer service is no longer a choice - it's an essential piece of your customer experience strategy. The challenge lies in the fact that social media is like a living, breathing entity, with its constantly evolving algorithms and consumer-driven trends. Building a successful social media customer service plan involves a number of considerations, such as the ones we discuss below.

    By • Oct. 6, 2015

  • Jack Dorsey Returns as CEO of Twitter. Will He Please Investors?

    Twitter has named Jack Dorsey, one of the company's original co-founders, as permanent CEO of the service. Dorsey has been the interim CEO of Twitter since Dick Costelo stepped down three months ago.

    By • Oct. 5, 2015

  • Facebook's Small but Major Change to Their TV Ads

    Facebook recently made a minor revision to their TV ads. Does the change impact and hint at the future of Facebook?

    By • Oct. 5, 2015

  • How to Write the Perfect Tweet

    If you're still trying to figure what works and what doesn't work when composing a Tweet, it's understandable - it's not easy. However, there are a few tricks that work at least for now.

    By • Oct. 2, 2015

  • Twitter's 136-Page Handbook for Politicians

    An NPR article recently reveals that Twitter "has a very special handbook just for people running for elected office. And it's 136 pages long."

    By • Oct. 2, 2015

  • Social Media's Role in Modern Charity

    "In my experience, social media is only truly effective for fundraising when there is a disaster of incredible magnitude, or perhaps in a high-profile political campaign," writes HBR's Morra Aarons-Mele. "For every other cause, you create real action not by chasing the reassuring trending topics, but with old-fashioned organizing. You need a great idea, and you need the network in place to create the wildfire of discussion among diverse networks of online influencers."

    By • Oct. 1, 2015

  • Why Embracing Periscope Opens Up New Avenues for Your Brand

    Twitter's livestreaming service, Periscope, is the talk of the social marketing world. Yes, it's another great point of presence for consumers to interact with the brands they love or are just finding out about, but Periscope has more powerful applications for brands and individuals than appear on the surface. Sure, it's awesome to be a supremely talented social marketer that's out there pitching Periscope or Meerkat, but why? Why should brands use it?

    By • Oct. 1, 2015
  • SMT Expert

    A Quick Guide To Building a Thriving Social Media Community

    For a brand, your community is the number one reason to join social media. Not only is your community made up of current and potential consumers, but it's also where you will find both brand advocates and brand ambassadors - people that can help amplify your messages to their networks ensuring your reach spreads way beyond that of your own connections.

    By • Oct. 1, 2015

  • London Fashion Week Flexes Its Tech Appeal

    How was social media and new technology utilized at this year's London Fashion Week events? Candida McCollam looks at how the major fashion houses are moving in-line with tech trends.

    By • Oct. 1, 2015

  • 5 More Brands that Rock Pinterest for Moms

    Millennial moms are increasingly focused on visual content, especially when it comes to social media. Because of this, Pinterest stands out to this audience as an easy way to find visual inspiration. Millennial moms are 61% more likely to use Pinterest than the average adult because it provides exactly what they want - new, creative, and inspirational content. Pinterest has also successfully tapped into buying habits of moms, as 43% of moms bought something because they saw it on Pinterest - a statistic that highlights Pinterest's marketing power.

    By • Sept. 30, 2015

  • Facebook's Rolling Out a Major Update to Profiles - Including Animated Profile Images

    Your Facebook profile is about to become a lot more... animated. In an official announcement, Facebook has outlined a raft of changes coming to profile layouts, including temporary profile images, a one-line bio and the ability to use animated GIFs as your profile image.

    By • Sept. 30, 2015

  • Edward Snowden Joins Twitter, Makes Jokes, Follows NSA

    Despite exposing the government's most precious secrets and illegal activities, being the subject of an international manhunt, getting called a traitor and accused of high treason, ending up exiled from his own country, and having to make his home in a foreign country hostile to his own interests, it's nice to know that Edward Snowden is keeping his sense of humor about him.

    By • Sept. 30, 2015

  • 3 Less Common Mobile Video Apps for Social Media Strategists

    While nobody is denying the power of YouTube or Instagram's video-sharing capabilities, there are other outlets-though substantially less popular or commonplace-worthy of not only being made mention, but actually being used to make real mobile video marketing happen. Still a bit lost? Here are three apps that deserve more credit than they're currently getting.

    By • Sept. 29, 2015

  • 9 Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile to Help Your Social Selling Efforts

    To get the most out of your LinkedIn marketing strategies and drive traffic to your business website, you may have to look at different ways to optimize your LinkedIn profile, as this would help more people to discover your business and promote it. Check out these 9 optimization strategies for your profile.

    By • Sept. 29, 2015

  • Facebook, Social Media, and the Persistence of Hoaxes

    Social media hoaxes are the 24-hour colds of the internet. You go to sleep with your Facebook feed healthy and hale, only to wake up and find it absolutely festooned (as the screenshot above demonstrates) with paranoid text posts claiming that Facebook will soon be charging its users to keep their content private.

    By • Sept. 29, 2015

  • Why Yik Yak Poses a Threat to College Campuses

    Social media has been used for years as means for brands to connect with their fans and show transparency, and for friends and family members to keep in touch with each other. The common denominator here is transparency-you know who the posts are coming from.With Yik Yak, it's a different story.

    By • Sept. 27, 2015

  • Best Days And Times To Post To Your LinkedIn Company Page

    By • Sept. 26, 2015

  • Facebook Takes Next Step Towards Becoming Publishing Powerhouse - Updates 'Notes'

    As flagged last month, Facebook has now officially announced an update to their 'Notes' blogging option on the site. And while the announcement, in itself, is nothing major, it forms another part of Facebook's wider plan to dominate online publishing.

    By • Sept. 25, 2015