Social Media Updates: Page 361

  • 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

  • Google+ Misconceptions: Why You Should Give Google+ a Try

    Misconceptions about Google+ could prevent people from taking advantage of a social networking platform that offers unique features and benefits. If you give up on Google+ before you give it a chance, you have probably fallen victim to these four common misconceptions.Google+ is too difficult for...

    By • April 13, 2013

  • Facebook Sentiment Emoticons: What They Mean For Your Business

    Facebook recently added a new feature on its status update function. It's great for Facebook engagement. Similar to checking in on Facebook, you can now add how you are feeling on Facebook. What's unique about this feature is that it gives you many different options to fill in exactly what you a...

    By • April 12, 2013

  • Scheduling Tweets: The Pros and Cons

    There are various platforms that allow you to schedule tweets in advance. In this article I'll take a look at the pros and cons of doing this and how it can affect your business.What is tweet scheduling?Tweet scheduling is being able to prepare your messages on Twitter and have them send automati...

    By • April 12, 2013

  • Facebook Testing Emoticons and "Status Actions"

    Facebook is testing a new emoticon and status action feature, so soon it will be easy to express the details of what you are doing and feeling to your Friends.The new feature allows people to add actions and emoticons to their status, including things like:"Feeling...""Reading...""Watching...""L...

    By • April 10, 2013

  • How to Get Your CEO Tweeting

    Why is it that 70% of Fortune 500 CEOs do not tweet yet?That's what a report issued out last year and featured on InformationWeek.com says. It goes deeper than just Twitter however, as these same CEOs are noted to spend much less time participating in social networking than the average non-CEO pe...

    By • April 9, 2013

  • Spotting Celebs with Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Celebrities are reinventing themselves with social media, and users either love them or love to hate them. Still, while on vacation we hope to spot a celeb or two whether it's in the concrete jungle (a.k.a. New York) or the beaches of Miami.Check out the infographic below provided by ForRent of h...

    By • April 9, 2013

  • 10 Places To Promote Your Social Contest For Maximum Exposure

    In my last article, I talked about the Why, Where, When & How of hosting a social media contest for engagement. In today's post, I will go into where you should promote your contest for ultimate exposure.The success of your contest relies on how many targeted individuals enter. While the cont...

    By • April 9, 2013

  • LinkedIn Corrects Company Page Update Visibility

    As we reported yesterday, LinkedIn had been experiencing an issue with Company Page updates. If you posted an update to your Company Page, those updates were not being displayed in members' news feeds. Members could only view the update if they actually visitied your Company Page.According to an ...

    By • April 8, 2013

  • Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.'s Leap Of Faith On Instagram

    In this day and age of social media, blogs, user reviews and forums, travelers seek authenticity when thinking about their next trip destination. In fact, according to TripAdvisor's annual TripBarometer study published in March 2013, 69% of travelers said review sites are the most influential in ...

    By • April 8, 2013

  • 5 Reasons Why You're Scaring off Facebook Friends

    You might be repelling Facebook buddies. Or you offend an FB user before the individual connects with you. Social networks afford you with the ability to connect with folks from all over the world if you use the sites effectively.Open up FB. Review the average user profile. You see little value, ...

    By • April 8, 2013

  • How, Why, When and Where You Should Host a Social Contest

    When it comes to engaging your audience on any social network, there are some certain rules to stick to. In general, be engaged, ask questions and get to know your audience and your fans. This method of engagement works on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, and even Pinterest. While this i...

    By • April 7, 2013

  • Social Media Is Like A Game Of Thrones

    "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die." Spoken like a truly tyrannical queen, Cersei Lannister offered this piece of advice to Ned Stark in the first season of the HBO series "Game Of Thrones." Ned might have lost his head, but that statement rings true for many things in life, e...

    By • April 6, 2013

  • 5 Tips for Searching for and Sharing Social Content for Your Brand

    It can be challenging to find content that resonates with your brand's social fans. So why not let them find it for you?Here are five tips for searching and sharing your fans' social content:

    By • April 5, 2013

  • Does Anyone Still Read Industry Publications?

    I was working my way through a professional membership application when the questions turned to demographics. How big is your organization? What is your budget? How many people in your department? Then they popped the question that I hadn't been asked in ages: "What Industry Related Publications ...

    By • April 5, 2013

  • Using Visual Recognition to Tap into the Consumer Mindset

    Marketers have been trying to capture that magic moment when a potential consumer is actually looking to interact with your brand. Back in the day, we had to rely on "inferred interests" gathered from demographics, psychographics and other data to estimate what segments might have higher than ave...

    By • April 5, 2013

  • New Twitter Cards Announced: App, Product, Gallery, and Deep-Linking in Mobile

    Tonight at an event strictly for developers in San Francisco, Twitter announced an expansion of the preexisting Twitter Cards to include three new types of Cards: App, Product, and Gallery, as well as a new feature for mobile apps: Deep-linking.A blog post by Head of Platform Jason Costa describe...

    By • April 3, 2013

  • Facebook and Telecommunications in the Event of a Family Emergency

    Last week a very good friend of mine suffered a massive heart attack. He is 34 years old and, thankfully, is on the mend and will return home soon. But not before flat-lining 4 times and spending nearly a week in the ICU, in a country 1000+ miles away from many of his friends and all of his immed...

    By Mike Poynton • April 3, 2013

  • Facebook Tests Another New Feature: "Subscribe to Updates" and Like Buttons for Hyperlinks

    After all the negative hoopla about Facebook advertising changes, I stumbled on a new feature today that is fantastic. When I pasted a hyperlink in my post, Facebook pulled in more than just a descriptive (rich) snippet along with the link. It actually included a like button for the orignal publi...

    By • April 3, 2013

  • Hangouts and Communities: The Road to Google+ Engagement [INFOGRAPHIC]

    In my past blog post, I introduced Google+ as a community. I talked about what makes it special, important, and valuable beyond the search factor. While you can look at that as a primer, this article will further explore ways that you can increase engagement with your community and audience on G...

    By • April 2, 2013

  • Laid-off Journo Scoops Boston's Dailies via Twitter

    There's an amazing story coming out of Boston, and, of course, it has to do with politics. If you guessed that it's the news that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will not be running for reelection after nearly 20 years in office you would be wrong, but not far off.Yesterday the news broke that Mayor M...

    By • March 29, 2013

  • Zuckerberg for President? Should the Face of Facebook Stay Out of Politics?

    If Facebook hasn't taken on enough already, Mr. Zuckerberg is on his way to becoming a political organizer.Wall Street Journal announced that Zuckerberg and fellow tech industry leaders are organizing a political group (unnamed until is formal announcement sometime in the near future) that will c...

    By • March 29, 2013

  • The Future of SEO Is Social

    When Facebook announced they were releasing Graph Search, I think the world as a whole was a bit underwhelmed. While it's not unusual that the masses miss the mark when something big happens online, this was an announcement that should have received a lot more praise than it did. Graph Search is ...

    By • March 28, 2013

  • Google+ Integration Allows Domination Over Twitter

    Google Plus, the burgeoning social network from search giant Google, recently overtook Twitter in the list of social platforms with the most active users, despite the latter officially winning the crown for fastest growing network for 2012.Supposedly, 25% of the global internet population activel...

    By • March 28, 2013

  • Warning: Your Facebook Posts May Be Harmful to Your Child's Future

    New parents spend an obsessive amount of time thinking through the many details that could affect the long-term well being and identity of their child. From the food the mother eats during pregnancy, to the name chosen at birth, to choices around where to buy a house based on school districts; pa...

    By • March 27, 2013