Social Media Updates: Page 344

  • 10 Simple Ways To Improve Your LinkedIn Profile

    LinkedIn is a network that you should visit daily for professional development - whatever your employment status may be.Is your LinkedIn profile ready to be seen by others? Here are ten suggestions to give you instant LinkedIn cred.1. Upload a decent photoYour LinkedIn profile photo sets the tone...

    By • Aug. 28, 2013

  • LinkedIn Lowers Age to 13: Is This Making Children Grow Up Too Fast?

    What were you doing in your spare time when you were 13? Practicing dance moves for when you would be the next pop sensation? Playing out in the street with your friends? At a summer camp?Well, according to LinkedIn, you were doing childhood all wrong!The world's largest "professional" network wi...

    By • Aug. 27, 2013

  • LinkedIn Now Tracks You Across the Web (and Flaunts It) [VIDEO]

    We know companies track us across the web, but most companies don't make the tracking obvious.LinkedIn, in quite a departure, is showing right on the homepage the company websites you have visited.The video below is a short screen capture showing how Eloqua and Demandbase were added to the recent...

    By • Aug. 27, 2013

  • Pinning Your Brand: 6 Tips for Choosing Pinterest Board Names

    Pinterest is a viral community - users re-pin avidly and it's a great site for connecting with new followers and showing off a lighter, more creative side to your brand. But choosing the right names for your boards is very important. If you want people to follow your boards and share your pins, h...

    By • Aug. 26, 2013

  • 7 Benefits of Monitoring Social Engagement on Google Plus

    One of the lesser known but major benefits of Google Plus is that you can track the social engagement with any web article, whether it is your own blog post or a competitor's article. Big deal, you may say, as you can typically see on how many times an article has been tweeted or how many plus on...

    By • Aug. 26, 2013

  • The Social Caped Crusade Against Ben Affleck

    This past Thursday night, it was announced that Ben Affleck would be starring as Bruce Wayne. Even though 2015 is still quite some time away, it didn't stop the masses from responding in a multitude of fashions. While one might find a few superhero fans that couldn't care less, the vocal majority...

    By • Aug. 25, 2013

  • The Internet: Then and Now [INFOGRAPHIC]

    The Internet is a vastly different beast today than it was 40 years ago. This fun visual takes a unique look at the transformation that brought the web from four computers to over 750 million households. In one single minute, it accommodates 700 videos, 28,000 Tumblr posts, 100,000 tweets and more than 34,000 Facebook likes--and that's just average.

    By • Aug. 23, 2013

  • LinkedIn to Lower Age of Consent to 13

    LinkedIn is evolving its terms and conditions to allow people as young as 13 to have LinkedIn profiles, so that they can start early in life to differentiate between their upcoming professional and personal interactions they often share on platforms like Facebook.The profiles will be treated diff...

    By • Aug. 23, 2013
  • SMT Expert

    3 Things Brands Should Steer Clear of Doing on Twitter

    In July 2013, Disruptive Communications put together an infographic illustrating what customers can't stand about brands as seen through their social media outlets. While the infographic was limited to polling about 1,003 U.K. based consumers, the reasons are seemingly universal when it comes to ...

    By • Aug. 23, 2013

  • Are You Networking in Your Pajamas?

    How's your LinkedIn?How much of your time do you spend networking for business each week?Hours can be spent away from the office, going to meetings, walking away with a handful of business cards and no real follow-up method in place.What if it could be simpler, done at your own convenience, and t...

    By • Aug. 22, 2013

  • Pinterest Cheat Sheet

    Pinterest is one of the easiest social networks to navigate, given its image-rich format. Pinterest is designed to easily allow you to organize and share photos online that link back to the original website or source. Once you upload or share an image on Pinterest, this image is referred to as a ...

    By • Aug. 22, 2013

  • Twitter's New "Related Headlines" Feature Gives Tweets Context

    Twitter announced the new 'related headlines' feature on the Twitter blog. Tweets which have been embedded into articles will now display this information on Twitter, so that users can discover more about the content of a tweet by clicking through to an article.Of course, only a few tweets - thos...

    By • Aug. 21, 2013

  • Has LinkedIn Replaced Cold Calling?

    It's 9 am. You've just finished your second cup of coffee, responded to pressing emails, and browsed through Sportscenter for the run down of the day's top stories. Now it's time to break out the prospect list that you built from Lexis Nexus and begin dialing for dollars, right? Well, only if yo...

    By • Aug. 21, 2013

  • 12 Engaging Facebook Posts to Consider

    If you are wondering what would help you grow your Facebook community organically, the answer is relevant interesting content and engaged community manager. But even the best community managers sometimes run out of creative ideas. Here are the 12 types of posts that in my experience consistently...

    By • Aug. 20, 2013

  • Feeling a Bit Fed Up? Why Facebook Might Be to Blame

    We've all been there. Feeling a little bit bored and with nothing to do, you log on to Facebook to see what your friends are up to in the hope their wild antics and funny stories might cheer you up - only sometimes it doesn't quite work out like that.Instead of embarrassing drunken photos from th...

    By • Aug. 19, 2013

  • Women Media Entrepreneurs Summit: Making New Ideas Happen

    Sept. 12, 2013, National Press Club Co-sponsored by J-Lab, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, and AU's MA in Media Entrepreneurship program. Funded by the Gannett Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism FoundationStorified by JLab · Tue, Sep 17 2013 13:07:47Some Top Quot...

    By • Aug. 18, 2013

  • Facebook Tests Mobile Payments Service - And a Whole New Data Opportunity

    Facebook reportedly plans to test a new mobile payment service that would allow shoppers to make purchases on mobile apps using their Facebook log-in details. The service will clearly be seen as a competitor for PayPal, but for Facebook it could be more than that - providing them with a new set o...

    By • Aug. 16, 2013

  • Why Handing Out LinkedIn Recommendations Like Candy Could Kill Your Reputation

    Think about the last time you agreed to give one of your favorite businesses, vendors, consultants, or colleagues a recommendation or testimonial.You probably knew that person or business pretty well, right? Maybe you'd worked with them in the past, purchased their product or service, or hired th...

    By • Aug. 16, 2013

  • Why I Stopped Thanking People on the Social Web

    Jack Steiner recently wrote an interesting post about the challenge of the "Twitter thank you" and it reminded me of my own experience with this issue!I am a polite person. I think being polite helps the world go around a little easier.So when my blog posts started to be re-tweeted, I would alwa...

    By • Aug. 16, 2013

  • Do You Prefer Inclusive or Exclusive Social Media?

    Two articles caught my attention this week. One of which you may have already read and the other, you probably haven't. They both examined the individual appeal of different social networks.The in-crowdThe first was an erudite and informative piece by a 13-year-old girl named Ruby Karp. Writing f...

    By • Aug. 15, 2013

  • Social Startups: Creative Allies Gives Artistic Freedom to Fans, Bands and Brands

    It used to be that artists moved to entertainment hubs like New York City, Boston, L.A. and San Francisco hoping to get "discovered." Sometimes it happened. But when, where and how it happened was the stuff of legend. Now designers-wherever they live-can simply submit their graphics directly thro...

    By • Aug. 15, 2013

  • Will Story Bump Turn Facebook Into a Public Forum?

    Earlier this week, Facebook announced the introduction of an entirely new algorithm known as "Story Bump."To give you a brief overview, Facebook has done away with "EdgeRank" - an algorithm based heavily on the timing of a post - and is now embracing the method of 'story bump': bumping stories th...

    By • Aug. 14, 2013

  • Twitter Etiquette to Use Right Away

    Like learning a new language, mastering Twitter isn't just a matter of learning key terms. It's also about understanding the culture in which these terms are used.I am often asked the following four questions about Twitter culture and etiquette. Take my answers and apply them to what you and your...

    By • Aug. 13, 2013

  • 8 Lessons for Hosting a Better Twitter Chat

    Twitter chats have almost become mainstream. Celebrities take to Twitter to announce a new movie or album, TV shows host behind-the-scenes chats with the creators, and news outlets regularly ask viewers and readers to chime in with their opinions in hour-long chats, 140 characters at a time.Despi...

    By • Aug. 13, 2013

  • Guide to Content Curation on Google Plus

    Content curation is a useful part of any content marketing strategy though it should not be used as a cheap or quick alternative to creating original content. Content curation takes time. You need to read carefully and decide if resources are relevant, if they are unique and if they are of value ...

    By • Aug. 12, 2013