Social Media Updates: Page 347

  • Changes on Twitter: B2B Social Media Lead Generation

    Very interesting development came out of Twitter HQ last week. In a blog post, Twitter Product Manager Mitali Pattnaik introduced the Lead Generation Card as one solution amongst the Twitter Cards suite.With the Lead Generation Card introduction, it marks one of Twitter's initial forays into soci...

    By • May 29, 2013

  • Where is Twitter Growing Fastest?

    Twitter is the fastest growing social networking site in the world, according to the latest figures from Emarketer. While Facebook is seeing a slowdown in monthly growth (especially in the USA and western Europe), Twitter continues to rapidly gain active users.The number of users soared by 42 p...

    By • May 29, 2013
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    Why LinkedIn Just Got Less Appealing

    As a student of Internet marketing, I find myself reading marketing blogs and online media constantly. Over the years my preferred source of media has evolved from feed readers to Twitter and then finally LinkedIn Today. Over the last 18 months it's essentially served as my daily industry newspap...

    By • May 29, 2013

  • How Social Media Can Help You Ask the Right Questions and Get the Right Answers

    One of the biggest challenges business owners face is getting to get to know their customers. What do they want? How do they feel about the product they've purchased? How can the business grow, and provide a better experience that will attract new customers?Recently, the social media landscape ha...

    By • May 29, 2013

  • Facebook Page Insights Broken Since May 13th

    I do weekly reporting for a Facebook page that I 'm a Page Admin for so I got a bit huffy when I couldn't complete this week's report because my Page Insights were several days behind.Is it me, did I break my Facebook Page?I immediately took to the web in an attempt to find out about the possible...

    By • May 25, 2013

  • Waze Could Make Waves Between Google and Facebook

    Have You Heard of Waze?Waze is "the world's fastest-growing community-based traffic and navigation app," and it seems to be at the center of quite an interesting bidding war between Google and Facebook, according to a recent article in Computer World. You can join other drivers in your area who s...

    By • May 24, 2013

  • More BIG LinkedIn Design Changes

    As if Contacts, Mentions, Plingm and Pulse are not enough excitement for LinkedIn users, today LinkedIn revealed key design changes aimed at streamlining the LinkedIn experience and helping us to more easily discover and discuss the content that matters most.As with all new LinkedIn features, the...

    By • May 24, 2013

  • 6 Reasons Your Blog Content Won't Go Viral

    It's like Deja Vu.I've had this same conversation with representatives from a Fortune 500 financial services company, with a B2B industrial lighting distributor and several consumer-facing companies like wineries, restaurants, real estate agents and retailers.It goes like this.Them: We have a bl...

    By • May 24, 2013

  • How To Schedule Tweets To Boost Your Impact and Save Time

    To be effective on Twitter you need to setup a good workflow and learn how to schedule your Tweets to get the best impact with your audience. Scheduling your Tweets will save you time and help you be more productive with your social media. It is all too easy on social media to get distracted, los...

    By • May 23, 2013

  • Flickr Face Lift Reminiscent of Facebook and Takes a Run at Google

    Did anyone else notice that Flickr's redesign propelled it in the direction of looking exactly like Facebook would look if images were the only content type? I am not denying that Marissa Mayer has brought an incredible amount of fresh ideas and new strategies to reinvigorate Yahoo and at the ver...

    By • May 23, 2013

  • Google+ Design Change: What It Means to You

    Google+ is following its competition with a design change that has everyone up in arms. As usual, some like the changes made while more disapprove. The new design is going to take some getting used to, but the worlds biggest search engine had the best intentions in mind for both businesses and in...

    By • May 23, 2013

  • What's Being Watched on YouTube Right This Second?

    Intrigued by the viral video phenomenon? YouTube has released a new Trends Map that highlights the most popular videos at a moment in time across the United States (other countries coming soon). A visual representation of YouTube's Trends Dashboard, users can observe who's watching what videos an...

    By • May 23, 2013

  • HootSuite App Update Eases Influencer Monitoring

    Businesses that want to take advantage of online marketing need to do several things well: attract website traffic, generate leads, convert leads into sales, and then measure everything. One of the best tools for measuring the effectiveness of your social media activity just got a little better. ...

    By • May 22, 2013

  • "Creativity in 140 Characters" - Guy Yalif and Internet Week New York

    This week marks the beginning of Internet Week New York, a "week-long festival celebrating Internet business and culture and will attract more than 45,000 Internet professionals, working across all sectors, attending 250+ events produced by IWNY and 150+ citywide event partners." On Monday, Media...

    By • May 22, 2013

  • What Google+ is Really Offering

    Earlier today I read a great article by Robert Hof that tapped into the struggles Google has conveying to its users "why they should care about Google+." And to be honest, there isn't a clean cut answer to this. Google cannot even answer it directly. But, my question is, at least for now, is this...

    By • May 20, 2013

  • Shortcuts to Help Speed Up Your Social Media Browsing [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Do you want to speed up your daily social media browsing? Now you can! Check out the awesome infographic below, courtesy of Quintly. The infographic shows you keyboard shortcuts for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube. This will help you save time and less clicks of the mouse! Featured image c...

    By • May 19, 2013

  • Tweets with Exclamation Points Get More Retweets!

    Social marketing scientist Dan Zarella just released data that shows how including exclamation points in your tweets earn more syndication (Retweets) but less clicks.How to Use This DataEarning Retweets without click-throughs on links within the tweet is a rare combination that is useful in one p...

    By • May 17, 2013

  • Pinterest Now Lets Users Send Pins On-Site

    Pinners can now send individual pins to their friends on-site as long as they both follow each other - before, pins had to be sent via email. Pins can be sent on both desktop and mobile devices, to both desktop and mobile devices. To send a pin to a friend, follower or family member, users just ...

    By • May 17, 2013

  • New Google+ Features Hit the Web

    This week, developers and tech-geeks nationwide met at the annual Google I/O Developer Conference in San Francisco for three days of product plans, apps, and updates galore. Social media marketers and small businesses should pay special attention to their Google+ updates which went into effect ye...

    By • May 17, 2013

  • Are You Aware of LinkedIn's Skills and Expertise Search Function?

    LinkedIn's Skills & Expertise function can be used for more than just endorsements.In a recent post, we recommended LinkedIn users update the Skills & Expertise section in their profiles and fill in all available 50 spots for skills. Besides the ability to showcase your expertise and abil...

    By • May 16, 2013

  • Pinterest Adds Mobile Mentions and Notifications

    Pinterest has announced an improvement to its suite of mobile apps that includes notifications, mentions, easier search, sending pins and more.Pinterest NotificationsThe Pinterest apps now feature a complete set of notifications, including Push Notifications, for events like Comments and Mentions...

    By • May 15, 2013

  • New Facebook Timeline Sections Roll Out Worldwide

    Facebook has made sections available worldwide, enabling all users to express themselves and share their interests in app-specific boxes on the timeline. Many apps have already taken advantage of the new feature, integrating with sections to provide users with a new way to interact and engage wit...

    By • May 15, 2013

  • Twitter and Vine Used to Broadcast Live Surgery [VIDEO]

    Very recently in the UK, Spire Bushey Hospital in Watford used Twitter and Vine to tweet and video live surgery in the OR for educational purposes. Aresh Hashemi-Nejad, an orthopaedic surgeon at Spire Bushey, performed a Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO), a complex hip operation involving cutting th...

    By • May 15, 2013

  • Steps to Protect Your Social Media Account from Getting Hacked

    As you may have heard by now, The Onion recently became the latest in a string of large news organizations to be attacked and have their Twitter hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. They were able to regain control fairly quickly, but in a surprising twist, they also decided to publish a blog po...

    By • May 14, 2013

  • LinkedIn Invitations: Everything You Need to Know

    Most knowledgeable LinkedIn users would agree that best practice when sending an invitation to connect on LinkedIn should include a personal note introducing yourself and expressing why you want to connect.Although I personally don't think it's a crime to send a generic LinkedIn connection reques...

    By • May 14, 2013