Social Media Updates: Page 363

  • Facebook Dramatically Improves News Feed

    According to Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook is trying to give everyone in the world the best possible personal newspaper. It should have high quality content from renowned sources, as well as what your friends and family are saying. It should be visual, rich and engaging. Now, almost 50% of the averag...

    By • March 7, 2013

  • Google+ Gets a Refresh: Super Sized Cover Image, Local Review Tab & More

    Just when you thought you had your Google Plus page lookin' good (or maybe not), they have slipped in some changes on us over night.Here's what we know:1. Cover images are now super sized. When I say super sized I mean super sized! Google claims we can upload cover images with a max size of 2120 ...

    By • March 7, 2013

  • 4 Google+ Improvements You Can Use Right Now

    Google+ is constantly fine-tuning and this latest set of updates seemed focused on usability for the less geeky of us. Some are saying they're trying to look like Facebook, but since I actually prefer Google+ to Facebook I'm happy to see the changes to a more useable and visual interface.Cover p...

    By • March 7, 2013

  • What a Nicolas Cage Performance Taught Me About Social Media

    So I just finished watching Adaptation. You know, the movie about screenwriting by the guy who wrote Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine... Well among other things it provides a very clear lesson on social media, but we'll get to that.As a writer there are many movies that I should have see...

    By • March 6, 2013

  • How to Create Highly Engaging & Sharable Graphics

    When it comes to content marketing there is no doubt that visuals are an important component for increasing your reach. If visuals are not equally as important as the quality of the content they represent, visuals are certainly the next largest priority.Of course, depending on the network in whic...

    By • March 5, 2013

  • Pushing Milo: A Failed Attempt to Make My Dog Famous on Social Media

    If there's one thing we all know it's that you can't force a viral video, however that rarely stops us from trying. As a publicist, I focus on attention: creating it, breeding it, stopping it, and always, always trying to control it. Of course this is an impossibility when the very result I wish ...

    By • March 5, 2013

  • The "Like My Facebook Page" Fallacy

    Lately, not a day goes by that my inbox doesn't contain a request to "like" someone's Facebook fan page. More often than not, I don't know the person or have had limited interaction with them. Have we become so mired in the "like" quicksand that we've lost the notion that there needs to be a rela...

    By • March 4, 2013

  • Social Technology's Great Vanishing Act

    A predictable but paradoxical thing is starting to happen with social technology. It's starting to vanish but we're becoming increasingly dependent upon it. Now, as you know, everyone associates social with the hype of Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, the iPhone and the many other innovations that...

    By • March 3, 2013

  • Twitter Best Practices: 9 Steps to a Better Strategy

    So you've jumped into Twitter finally (or maybe you've been there for a while) and now you're wondering: What should my Twitter strategy be?Consider a Twitter strategyFirst, ask yourself what are your goals: To learn? To share? To meet people? To sell?All but that last one are easily done on Twit...

    By • March 2, 2013

  • Twitter for Executive Job Search? Most Definitely!

    I was part of a discussion this morning in one of my Linkedin groups about senior executives in transition using social media to help them stand out from the crowd. Top level execs are competing for a minimum number of positions against equally qualified candidates and increasingly, personality ...

    By • March 1, 2013

  • 5 Social Media Networks That Failed to Catch On

    Social media is still relatively in its infancy, and in its early years we've seen many battles to be the number 1 social network of choice. Currently Facebook is leading this race with Twitter chasing behind. However, what happened to those social networks that failed to stay at the top, or even...

    By • March 1, 2013

  • Don't Feed the Trolls

    It's going to happen eventually. If you have a comments system, or a submissions box, or anything that allows the anonymous public to send you input, it is bound to happen. The more publicly visible those submissions can get, the higher the likelihood of it happening.I'm talking about trolls. Tho...

    By • March 1, 2013

  • The Importance of #Hashtags

    When a new company or person starts a Twitter, Instagram, or Google + account, many are confused about the use and meaning of the "hashtags." One of the most frequently asked questions I get when I work with companies with no social media background is about hash-tags.Do they serve a purpose? Is ...

    By • Feb. 28, 2013
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    How to Talk to Your Employees on Social Media Sites

    It finally happened - you and your employees are Facebook friends or following one another on Twitter. And while the initial friending/following process showed off some tidbits about their personality, photos, and what kind of music they like, the big reveal will be done through the status update...

    By • Feb. 28, 2013

  • Too Many Facebook Friends? Here's How To Manage Them

    How many Facebook Friends do you have?Is it 1,000? 2,000? 3,000? I have nearly 4,000 Facebook Friends. I used to think this was worth bragging about. I don't anymore. Instead, I am focusing on filtering my Facebook News Feed. This filtering will help me see posts from people:Who I know in personW...

    By • Feb. 26, 2013

  • Tweet in Haste, Regret in Leisure: The Onion's Oscar Faux-Pas

    WARNING: ADULT CONTENTIf you were on Twitter after the Oscars then you are aware of "The Tweet." It was sent out at 8:42PST and taken down within an hour of being posted. Its content divided Twitter users between defenders of satire and those standing up for a 9-year-old Oscar nominee.@TheOnion, ...

    By • Feb. 25, 2013

  • Social Startups: Yummly

    Last week cities from Miami to Milan hosted hundreds of events for Social Media Week. On Wednesday, JWT led an event called What's On Your Plate? How Digital Has Evolved Our Palates with founders from companies such as Food+Tech Connect, Studiofeast, and Yummly. We caught up with Dave Feller, fou...

    By • Feb. 25, 2013

  • Twitter 101: A Beginner's Guide

    Following the success of last week's 'LinkedIn 101: A Beginner's Guide' (thanks for sharing it everyone!), I have decided to write a beginner's guide to Twitter. Twitter is the world's number one micro-blogging site, with 500 million accounts and 200 million active users (i.e. they log into their...

    By • Feb. 23, 2013

  • 5 Real Issues Social Media Managers Face on a Daily Basis

    In the nearly two years I've been working as a social media manager, I've read through thousands of news stories, written hundreds of blog posts, emailed both on and off the clock, worked patiently for hours with two interns, and watched way too many hilarious videos of cats to count.As the years...

    By • Feb. 22, 2013

  • Twitter Follows: Yea or Nay? How to Decide

    We're all pressed for time so when someone follows you on Twitter or you see a Twitter account you think looks interesting, how do you quickly decide if you should follow that account?While there is no sure-fire way to make sure you only follow the right accounts, any combination of the following...

    By • Feb. 22, 2013

  • "Google" Is a Verb, but "Graph Search" Isn't...Yet

    When Facebook announced Graph Search, the headlines that immediately began zipping around seemed a bit manic: "Will Graph Search Kill LinkedIn, Yelp, and Google?" "The Truth About Graph Search," and "Graph Search Just Made Me a Facebook Addict." And all before the feature had even been released. ...

    By • Feb. 22, 2013

  • Using Twitter For Live Updates

    Among the many things that make Twitter so popular is the fact that it can be quickly updated and followers will see new content immediately. There is an obvious advantage to using Twitter for updates over your own website, as your website will not be visited nearly as often as Twitter will by yo...

    By • Feb. 22, 2013

  • 4 LinkedIn Tricks to Help Your Profile Stand Out

    LinkedIn is more than just a social networking site; it is also a powerful marketing tool for any organization. This is why it is important to optimize your profile for the search engines. Your LinkedIn profile provides one way for customers to find you on the web. On the flip side, if you're usi...

    By • Feb. 22, 2013
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    8 Twitter Best Practices

    Of all the popular social media channels, I'd say that Twitter is probably the most intimidating. But once you learn its unique language of tweets, hashtags, and handles, Twitter opens up a world of opportunities to promote your cause or business. For those of you new to Twitter or new to using i...

    By • Feb. 21, 2013

  • Twitter Shortens Tweets with a URL by 2 Characters

    For those Twitter peeps who like to tweet urls: your tweets are going to get shorter.Starting today, any tweet that includes a url will now be reduced by 2 characters. This takes it to 118 characters, or 117 for https links. This was first announced to the Twitter development community by Twitter...

    By • Feb. 21, 2013