Social Media Updates: Page 338

  • Social Media McCarthyism: Twitter's Witch Hunt

    With Halloween (and an impending IPO) fast upon us, perhaps it's fitting that Twitter is quietly engaging in a modern-day witch hunt, whereby user accounts are being indiscriminately purged, sometimes within days of creation, and seemingly in violation of the social media giant's accepted practic...

    By • Oct. 31, 2013

  • How to Claim Your Google Plus Custom URL for People and Business

    Oooh, how exciting! I've been spending more and more time on Google Plus lately after listening to Guy Kawasaki tout the network at BlogHer'13 this past summer. Last night when I logged in to post some stuff I noticed at the top of my Google Plus page that for both the brand pages that I manage a...

    By • Oct. 31, 2013

  • Google Plus Adds New Photo and Video Editing Features

    Google+ announced a new set of photo features at an event this morning in San Francisco that contain new functionality that compete directly with many Apple products such as iPhoto and iMovie. These new features are in addition to the photo center redesign from the I/O event in May of this year.S...

    By • Oct. 30, 2013

  • Why Twitter Is Leading the Way in Pharma Social Media

    (This post was first published on HealthWorks Collective, a sister site in the SocialMedia Today network)In the very noisy world of social media, where Facebook and LinkedIn are slugging it out in the marketing ring to get big corporates on board, one channel is quietly forging a good niche in he...

    By • Oct. 29, 2013

  • Young and Rich: Why Instagram Is Such a Lucrative Asset for Facebook

    As Instagram ads are starting to appear in user news feeds, new data shows the potentially lucrative value of the photo-sharing app for Mark Zukerberg's Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), with research showing Instagram capturing younger and wealthier US consumers.A report from the Pew Research group says ne...

    By • Oct. 29, 2013

  • Stop Looking Like a Bot, Improve Your Twitter Profile with These Tips

    When I first started using Twitter I didn't have to worry about bots and spammers attempting to follow me because the service although unreliable (remember the great fail whale outages of yesteryear?) was relatively clean when it came to its user base. If someone followed you, it was polite to f...

    By • Oct. 29, 2013

  • 5 Ways to Deal With Insufferable Facebook Behavior

    Do you have a personal Facebook account or know someone who does? The writer of a recent article, "7 Ways to Be Insufferable on Facebook" divides Facebook statuses into two categories: annoying and unannoying. According to the writer, an annoying Facebook status "primarily serves the author a...

    By • Oct. 28, 2013

  • Face(book) Value [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Five years ago, who would have predicted that 140 million Facebook users would grow to an inconceivable 1.15 billion? Katerina Kardamaki @LimeTreeOnline breaks the story down...Early Facebook was the adorable kitten everyone liked. Then the cat turned fat and complacent - largely because of selling out to ads.

    By • Oct. 28, 2013

  • 10 LinkedIn Profile Pictures You Need to Avoid

    Remember how everyone always says that first impressions count? Well, they're right - and the same can definitely be said for your online profiles too.Now, with LinkedIn being the professional business networking tool it is, you'd think it'd be full of professional images of business men and wome...

    By • Oct. 25, 2013

  • Other Than LinkedIn, Why Are B2B Marketers Still Unsure About Social Media?

    Part of my curious nature lies in the fact that I always enjoy an oxymoron. I can hear my friends now "Yeah, especially the 'moron' part, right Steve?" But it is true, anytime I read something from the world of marketing, advertising, social media and branding that is at the very least oxymoron-i...

    By • Oct. 25, 2013

  • Twitter Teams up with UK Broadcaster Sky Sports to Bring Real-time Soccer Action Directly to Users' Feeds

    Britain's top pay-TV provider BSkyB, has teamed up with Twitter to bring clips from soccer matches in the European Champions League directly to users' feeds in real-time.While it's been pretty common for soccer fans to follow matches on Twitter when they can't get to a TV (particularly in the U.S...

    By • Oct. 24, 2013

  • Newsflash: YouTube Is Almost a Mobile-First Website

    It seems that every week or so there is another article making its rounds on the web about the importance of mobile for advertisers and businesses. Those stories aren't going away any time soon, and that's a good thing. It's important to stay alert to the progress of mobile since the market is, a...

    By • Oct. 23, 2013

  • 5 Simple Steps To Increase Your Twitter Engagement

    When you are on Twitter do you sometimes feel like you are chirping with no one listening?Don't worry, you are not alone. Everyone is tweeting so quickly it is easy for your tweet to get lost in the stream. However, Twitter is a really easy platform to engage with other people. Maybe it is becaus...

    By • Oct. 23, 2013

  • What Is #FF? And More Answers to Common Twitter Questions

    As there are a number of questions I repeatedly get asked about Twitter, I have summarized the answers in this blog post.1. What is #FF?2. How do I monitor an event on Twitter?3. How do I Tweet through LinkedIn? -----------------------------1. #FF or Follow FridayThis is a weekly opportunity to s...

    By • Oct. 22, 2013

  • Facebook: A Business Nightmare or Employer's Best Friend?

    Employeebook?It was not that long ago that the Internet was not given to employees, and before that, computers were thought of as a security risk. Now, even though phones are thought of as the same, most organizations do not have any problems with phones that do not have cameras. It is only when ...

    By • Oct. 21, 2013

  • Next Year, Social Media Will Be Gone

    "Social media" this! #blahblahblah. Mark it on your calendar. By this time next year, I predict social media will be gone. And not just from my life. Have you been reading all those stories having to do with social media fatigue? There's been a plethora of personal accounts of people swearing...

    By Frank Bocchino • Oct. 17, 2013

  • Why You Shouldn't Always Get Excited About a LinkedIn Endorsement

    If you're active on LinkedIn (and what sales professional isn't at this point), you've probably received a few endorsements from friends, peers, and colleagues by now.Maybe those folks have vouched for your lead generation and account management skills. Or maybe they've proudly declared that you ...

    By • Oct. 16, 2013

  • The #Selfie Phenomenon [INFOGRAPHIC]

    What is a #Selfie, you may ask?Definition: A photo of oneself usually taken with a mobile phone and posted online to social media sites.2005 to 2008 was dominated by MySpace, the largest social network then who started the selfie concept by letting users upload a 'MySpace pic.'Fast forward to Aug...

    By • Oct. 16, 2013

  • New Facebook APIs Will Provide More Detailed Data to Brands

    Facebook recently revealed two new APIs (application programming interfaces) that will provide better insights to brands using real-time data. With the public feed API and the keyword insight API, not only can companies see how often certain words are mentioned, but they can also view detailed de...

    By • Oct. 16, 2013
  • SMT Expert

    How Businesses Can Get Guest Bloggers to Help Promote Their Brand

    According to a 2013 infographic on "Where to Source Guest Blogging Opportunities" from James Brockbank, guest blogging can be neatly broken down into three areas: 50% devoted to writing the post, 25% spent on outreach AKA that old familiar game of email tag with a site editor to ensure that the a...

    By • Oct. 16, 2013

  • Social Media: It's Not Me, It's You

    "You."That one word was my first new Facebook status in months. No explanation. No follow up. Just the word. You.At first, mostly everyone glazed over it and passed it by. Then a few people followed it up with jokes and snarky comments. Still, I made no reply.Until one of my young, terminally an...

    By Frank Bocchino • Oct. 16, 2013

  • The Numbers Behind Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Launched in March 2006, Twitter has witnessed one of the fastest growth in the social media realm, with over 500 million accounts that post 9,100 tweets per second. According to GlobalWebIndex.com, 21% of the global internet population now use Twitter actively on a monthly basis. And with its engagement rates growing day by day, Twitter is on the track to become the social network with the highest engagement rates and biggest growth. With Twitter's decision to file an IPO, let us take a look at the numbers that make up this social network and some of its most popular trends and people.

    By • Oct. 15, 2013

  • The Surprising Identity of Each Social Network

    Facebook boasts the largest and richest demographic, Twitter has a surprisingly young user network, and 68 percent of Instagram's users are women.Each social media platform has cultivated a unique identity thanks to the demographics of the people who participate in the network. Some platforms are...

    By Nick Bolognia • Oct. 15, 2013

  • 10 Years Later: Could Twitter Have Saved Steve Bartman?

    Exactly 10 years ago yesterday, the unthinkable happened at Wrigley Field. With a 3-0 lead in the 8th inning against the Florida Marlins, and pitching phenom Mark Prior on the mound, the Chicago Cubs were within five outs of the World Series for the first time since 1945. The tension and exciteme...

    By • Oct. 15, 2013

  • Twitter and Comcast Announce New Social TV Feature

    On Wednesday Twitter announced a partnership with Comcast which will allow users to tune into a TV show directly from a Tweet they see online. This feature, called See It, will give Comcast Xfinity TV customers in the US the ability to do several things in response to viewing a tweet, such as cha...

    By • Oct. 14, 2013