Social Media Updates: Page 350

  • Facebook EdgeRank [INFOGRAPHICS]

    For a presentation, I gathered some Facebook EdgeRank infographics and thought I should post them here as well. Looking at this first moontoast.com infographic, I find their tiering of the fanbase interesting. How difficult is it to segment and target fans who have actually purchased from you? If...

    By • May 2, 2013

  • Facebook Releases Q1 2013 Results

    After the market closed today, Facebook released key figures from the first quarter of 2013. Facebook revenues were down $130mm from Q4 2012 from $1.86 bn to $1.46 bn, though that repeats similar results from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012 when revenues were down $73mm. Overall they've added another 54 mm mo...

    By • May 2, 2013

  • 3 Useful Twitter Chat Tools plus Bonus Resources

    Twitter chats are becoming incredibly popular. They are a unique platform that allows you to come together with other users to discuss topics, held together by a hashtag. It is all public, and since the live update algorithm works with that chat posts, it is also a way to get noticed by discussio...

    By • May 2, 2013

  • Taking Out the Twitter Trash: The How and Why of Unfollowing

    How many people are you following on Twitter? If it's more than a hundred, I bet your Home stream is crazy like mine. I don't even look at my Home stream anymore. I have no choice but to use Lists to segregate the people I'm interested in listening to and tweeting with, and if you're not in one o...

    By • May 1, 2013

  • How Do Americans Get Their News in 2013? [INFOGRAPHIC]

    It's no secret that the rise of digital content has changed the traditional media publishing landscape as we know it. But what exactly does the new landscape look like? To what extent are newspapers and radio being replaced by digital devices? Uberflip's latest infographic explores the latest trends in news consumption and what this means for traditional media.

    By • May 1, 2013

  • The Twitter Black Hole

    I was recently putting together a presentation on Employer Branding when I ran across what I would like to call the Twitter "Black Hole." Many companies are using Twitter for posting jobs as part of their employer branding strategy which makes perfect sense. However, Employer Branding is about ...

    By • May 1, 2013

  • Are You Addicted to Social Media? [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Los­ing sleep due to late-night Face­book logins? Feel­ing anx­ious when you can't access Twit­ter? Chances are you're addicted to social media! Check out our lat­est Info­graphic to see if you suf­fer from Social Media Addic­tion Disorder.

    By • April 30, 2013

  • Has Social Media Changed the College Experience for the Better?

    I stumbled across a blog post a few weeks ago about how social media was ruining the traditional college experience. To me this seemed like a bold statement and more a matter of opinion. A large percentage of millennials are in college or heading to college this fall - it is interesting to think ...

    By • April 30, 2013

  • Hashtags Gone Wrong: 6 Examples of Unfortunate Hashtag Choices

    Welcome to Twitter, a world all its own. It is a place where you can get mini updates from celebrities every fourteen seconds, right beside your mom's attempts to figure out this whole "social thing". It is a magical, bizarre and often surreal place filled with strangers who somehow feel that it ...

    By • April 28, 2013

  • The 5 Biggest Twitter Blunders by Celebrities

    Typing out a quick 140-character Tweet has got a lot of people in trouble--especially celebrities. It's just too easy to make a rash statement, lose humor or irony on Twitter, or type out something in the heat of the moment. Social media has done some great things, but there are always some "vict...

    By • April 27, 2013

  • How Twitter Affects the Stock Market [INFOGRAPHIC]

    When the Associated Press Twitter account was hacked and a fake tweet was sent out saying that President Obama was injured in a White House bombing, you may have wondered how one tweet could cause the entire stock market to react so hastily.This infographic from MarketWatch describes how traders ...

    By • April 26, 2013

  • Boston Bombing: Twitter News Network Trumps CNN Again

    Like many, I found myself gripped by the real-time reports that poured in on the evening of April 19th. Boston Police were in close pursuit of the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect. Up to this point, I mostly followed the story via @CNN and CNNLive. I noticed however, that some of the most i...

    By • April 22, 2013

  • Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Exposure and Engagement: 11 Tips

    LinkedIn, as one of the oldest social networks in the space, is still one of the most important and valuable. Once regarded as a resume holder, LinkedIn has emerged as a robust network aiming to connect you with the business world.LinkedIn is the world's largest professional networking site, with...

    By • April 22, 2013

  • Facebook Tests Links With Larger Photos, Adds Groups To Timeline

    Facebook is testing two types of new links in the news feed, one with larger photos and another with icons denoting the link source. The social media giant has also given groups their own separate box on the newly designed timeline. The new design for posts containing links takes full advantage o...

    By • April 19, 2013

  • Are Teenagers Abandoning Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC]

    We produced this infographic exploring the recent trends for teenagers related to Facebook and social media. We all hear anecdotally about the movement of teens to other (often mobile-centric) social media platforms.So what did we discover?For Facebook North American active users numbers are decl...

    By • April 19, 2013

  • Facebook Home Launches: Too Much Cowbell?

    April 16 marked the official launch of the "Facebook phone," simply called Home, which is essentially an android with software that places the users friends (or Facebook) "above everything else." The promo, featuring the always-awkward Mark Zuckerberg announces the operating system for your phone...

    By • April 18, 2013

  • Jam to Some Tunes via Twitter

    Twitterphiles can now discover new music via the Twitter Platform.Twitter today announced the launch of Twitter #Music, a music discovery platform based on popular music tweets and listening activity. The service incorporates music from streaming and music apps like Spotify, Rdio and even iTunes,...

    By • April 18, 2013

  • LinkedIn Unveils New Mobile App for the Everyday Professional [VIDEO]

    The typical workday extends well beyond the traditional 9-5 at the office these days. Whether you're just looking to manage your business and contacts on the go, a professional ninja, or just trying to get ahead of the game, mobile professionals look to LinkedIn regardless of location. So fortun...

    By • April 18, 2013

  • Twitter Introduces Keyword Targeting To Timeline

    Yesterday, Twitter released keyword targeting in timelines: a 'new feature [which] enables advertisers to reach users based on the keywords in their recent Tweets and the Tweets with which users recently engaged', says Twitter in the announcement post on the Twitter advertising blog.Keyword targe...

    By • April 18, 2013

  • Tweetsumé: 6 Steps to Tweet Your Résumé

    Any job seeker knows that a paper résumé is not enough anymore. Internet is the prime source of job offers as well as candidate profiles: this is a unique place where recruiters and candidates can meet, without geographical boundaries or time frames. If you are looking for a job, the web is the p...

    By • April 18, 2013

  • Google+ Adds Current/Past Option to "Contributor To" Field

    Last week, Google+ users started noticing an additional option in their "Contributor to" section: a past or current contributor drop-down. As of today, the option appears to be global. The "Contributor to" section is a requirement to establishing Google Authorship. Here, authors can list which bl...

    By • April 17, 2013

  • What Sort of Facebook User Are You? [INFOGRAPHIC]

    When it comes to Facebook, it's all too easy to become a particular 'type' of user or friend. For example, you might be that person on your friends' networks that likes to share every part of their day, or the one who loves to 'like' every post, but never comments.There's no shame in being either...

    By • April 17, 2013

  • The Brand Marketer's Checklist When Tragedy Strikes

    When news of the Boston Marathon bombing broke Monday afternoon, many took to social media to share information and concern for those affected. At the same time, some marketers didn't take appropriate steps to alter their messaging in light of the unfolding situation, causing embarrassment and un...

    By • April 17, 2013

  • How to Add a Recommendation on LinkedIn [VIDEO]

    I've created this video to teach people how to add a recommendation to a contacts profile on LinkedIn. Recommendations are a really powerful feature of LinkedIn.

    By • April 16, 2013

  • Twitter Etiquette: 5 Rules to Keep in Mind

    A lot of people think that the internet is a lawless place where they can 'communicate' and 'share' freely, without taking care of legitimacy, source or the intellectual property of the information they share. Well, it is not such a place.Do you remember what teachers told us in college regarding...

    By • April 14, 2013