Social Media Updates: Page 360

  • Social Media Tips: How Good Is Your Audience?

    The primary purpose of Social Media is connecting people, and allowing you to share content with a vast audience. However, building an audience isn't just a numbers game. Today's social media tips will have you thinking about quality over quantity when assessing your social media audience.When yo...

    By • Oct. 13, 2012

  • Should You Clean Out Your LinkedIn Connections?

    Take a moment to log into your LinkedIn account and click on "contacts" then click on "connections" in the drop-down menu. Behold the list that you can scroll down and view alphabetically. You may be surprised by how many of your connections have switched jobs or companies or even got married wit...

    By • Oct. 13, 2012

  • Random Bits of Social Media Trivia

    Let me share some random bits of social media trivia. These are things that I found while keeping up with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. Note that they will change as social media evolves and adapts to new challengers, such as App.net, Tent, Path, etc. LinkedIn likes/comments do not ...

    By • Oct. 13, 2012

  • Quitting LinkedIn in 6 Easy Steps

    "Every time I think I'm out, they suck me back in."OK, perhaps it's a stretch to quote The Godfather, but beyond the claim of millions of LinkedIn members is a dark underbelly, if you will - thousands who wish to close their accounts but just can't get an answer from customer service as to how.H...

    By • Oct. 12, 2012

  • Unfollowed on Twitter? Here's Why

    Have you ever wondered why there's a decrease in the number of your Twitter followers? You might feel that you're doing everything right, only to find that some of your precious Twitterers are leaving you. Before you hit the panic button (oh no, I'm a Twitter fiasco waiting to happen! Sound the d...

    By • Oct. 12, 2012

  • 10 Things You Need to Know About Google+ Local Reviews

    Recently, Google launched some major changes to Google Places, its local listing service, that allow local business owners to connect with their existing and potential customers in a unique and more human way. Google Places quite literally put local businesses on the map, and now, its replacement...

    By • Oct. 11, 2012
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    How to Tackle Negotiations in 140 Characters or Less

    Ten years ago, we wouldn't have envisioned that we'd one day be photographing pictures of our dinners through an app called Instagram and putting said photos online for all 500+ of our closest friends to see and comment on in a community known as Facebook. But here we are, getting more and more t...

    By • Oct. 11, 2012

  • Scheduling on Facebook: Changing a Scheduled Post

    Facebook has given us the ability to schedule posts, which can really help if you need something posted at certain times, and won't be available. But what if you schedule something and there is a mistake, or the time or date needs to change? While you still can't adjust the post for grammar or sp...

    By • Oct. 11, 2012

  • Tighter Debate on Twitter Than in Mainstream Media

    Social media data shows a narrow Romney 'victory' in the first presidential debate.Ronald Reagan famously turned a polling deficit into a surplus in 1980, John Kerry won all three by most estimations, yet ultimately fell short in November. The significance of the presidential debates has been con...

    By • Oct. 9, 2012

  • Get Traffic, Automate Your Twitter Posts

    Twitter is one of the best ways to get your information in front of what can be millions and millions of people!! Want to see the power of Twitter? I was so shocked when I heard this story!Okay, think of a newer pop song that you have probably not only heard way to many times but because of funn...

    By • Oct. 9, 2012

  • Optimum Facebook Posting Times

    Timing is everything, they say, and that premise may apply to social media platforms like Facebook as well. Can timing your posts help increase your return on investment?According to Buddy Media's study "Strategies for Effective Wall Posts: A Timeline Analysis," the time that you post content on ...

    By • Oct. 9, 2012

  • Shhh...Don't Tell. You Can Still Post Your Tweets to Other Platforms

    Shhh.... photo courtesy of Sarah G on Flickr via Creative Commons license.Recently, Twitter has been behaving pretty anti-socially with their data. For a company that is engaged in the business of social media (which means sharing things), they recently restricted how developers can use their API...

    By • Oct. 8, 2012

  • Would You Pay to Be One of Facebook's Cool Billion?

    Source:Android AuthorityA Million Users Isn't Cool. You Know What's Cool? A Billion Users.Few days back Facebook touched 1 billion active users. Quite an achievement I should say. Facebook is now becoming the benchmark on how social networking will be measured in future. Leaving aside the privacy...

    By • Oct. 8, 2012

  • Guest Article: "Avoid Acting like a Political Campaign," by Megan Totka

    Avoid Acting like a Political Campaign by Megan TotkaA decade ago, political campaigns were run through television ads, radio spots and full-page spreads in newspapers. It was really pretty easy for consumers to avoid the information that they did not want to see or hear and select the messages t...

    By • Oct. 7, 2012

  • The (Business) Case for Google+

    A little more than a year after the launch of Google+, usership of Google's "social layer" remains anemic. Brands, many of which jumped on board in the early days of Google+, have yet to enthusiastically embrace the platform. This is either because of simple platform fatigue, or - and most likely...

    By • Oct. 7, 2012

  • 3 Things to Remember When Trying to Market Your Product on Pinterest

    Pinterest, the mega popular image sharing website, is proving to be a wonderful thing for many different brands and individuals alike. To the individual, Pinterest is essentially a digital window shopping experience where you can save what you love on your own little platform. To the brand, Pinte...

    By • Oct. 6, 2012

  • Twitter's 10 most retweeted tweets of all time

    This is the list of Twitter's ten most retweeted tweets of all time. And I did not forget Justin Bieber. As you see below, one of his tweets has 120k RTs and this tweet is the winner of "most retweeted tweet of all time".1. Justin Bieber (200K+)RIP Avalanna. i love you- Justin Bieber (@justinbieb...

    By • Oct. 6, 2012

  • 5 Steps to Super Charge Your Facebook Fan Engagement

    I'm blessed, really I am. I'm infinitely passionate about what I do for a living. I also love helping people. Despite some isolated incidents when I've felt that prospective clients have taken advantage of my good nature (which I've blogged about here), I love to share information that will help...

    By • Oct. 5, 2012

  • 9 Questions for Twitter That Nobody Has Asked

    Twitter changed the game with their new rules that significantly limit the usage of their API. Much has been written about that but nobody actually asked some very important questions that I'm curious about. Before publishing them here I sent these questions to top technical bloggers and journali...

    By • Oct. 4, 2012

  • How To: Use LinkedIn Groups to Build Authority and Drive Web Traffic

    Everyone wants to be an industry thought leader. Being recognized as an authority in your field gives you a dramatic advantage over your competitors, resulting in more inbound leads and faster company growth.LinkedIn Groups offer you the opportunity to position yourself as an industry thought lea...

    By • Oct. 4, 2012

  • Social Media Virality: Why Do People Retweet?

    This post is a preview of some of the content in tomorrow's webinar, Virality: How to Catch It, with special guests Jay Baer and Tom Webster. Sign up now!Want to get more retweets? We've found the key: Start tweeting about sports.In a recent study I conducted on the social activity of Argyle's cu...

    By • Oct. 4, 2012

  • Three Easy Ways to Promote Your Twitter Followers

    "Pay it Forward Day" is coming April 25, 2013. The phrase has an interesting history and was tearfully illustrated in the 2000 movie of the same name. Our culture values promoting others, and social media is a great example of that. Instead of picking a certain day of the week (#FollowFriday), we...

    By • Oct. 3, 2012

  • Social Media Managers React to the New Facebook

    Lately Facebook has sent out some major signals on just how they are going to conduct business moving forward. Like Facebook or not, if you own, manage or have any interest in business you need to be aware of these changes and just what they mean. Since the now famous Facebook IPO, there has bee...

    By • Oct. 3, 2012

  • App dot net- It's not Twitter

    When I first heard about App.net my first reaction was probably very much like yours, "I don't need another social media network!". Of course, being the geek I am I had to take a look anyway and I'm glad did.Before I get into why App.net is worth your time, let me give you the back story. Found...

    By • Oct. 3, 2012

  • Personal Voice vs Business Voice - the Fan Page Trap

    Who You Speak "As" Determines Who Sees You! Did you know that "just be yourself" doesn't always work the way you would expect with your Facebook business page?Facebook business pages (aka "fan pages") have a feature known as "Voice" which allows you to switch between speaking (meaning posting) a...

    By • Oct. 3, 2012