Social Media Updates: Page 367

  • Social Media Morning Report

    Can you compete with Facebook? Maybe. http://pro.gigaom.com/2013/01/social-networkers-survey-how-to-compete-with-facebook-in-2013/Walking through history using social media: http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2013/01/06/5-fun-ways-to-travel-back-in-time-with-your-social-data/Taking a different look ...

    By • Jan. 7, 2013

  • Expert Voices: What Makes a Good Tweet?

    Have you been wondering what makes a good Tweet? Why do some people seem to be able to gather a solid following while others just don't get any traction? Read this blog to get some answers from me and other social media practitioners.Of course, good content is one key ingredient, as is common sen...

    By • Jan. 7, 2013

  • Social Media Morning Report

    45% of small business CEOs ignore social media: http://readwrite.com/2013/01/03/the-ceos-social-media-strategy-ignore-it-infographic#feed=/socialGood news in Facebook mobile app install ads: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/04/early-studies-show-facebook-mobile-app-install-ads-perform-well-for-devs-...

    By • Jan. 4, 2013

  • Edgerank Is Its Own Worst Enemy

    I really like this piece discussing our obsession with likes. Not just because these guys know what they're talking about but because it highlights the biggest problem of all in social media:Brands are having to engage in meaningful dialogue with hundreds of thousands of unique individuals who th...

    By • Jan. 4, 2013

  • Twitter Bios Show Exponential Increase - to 181,000 - Self-proclaimed Social Media Gurus

    As a public service, What's Next Blog periodically reports on the number of self-proclaimed social media gurus, ninjas, masters and mavens on Twitter.The January 2013 What's Next Blog social media guru Twitter Bio list (researched on FollowerWonk) has grown to epic proportions. The list now tops ...

    By • Jan. 3, 2013

  • Social Media Morning Report

    Facebook has ten countries to go: http://vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/Buzzfeed completes Series D for $19mm, lol/wtf/etc.: http://adage.com/article/digital/buzzfeed-raises-19-million-make-lol-content-social-web/238972/Tumblr finishes the year at #11 site overall: http://techcrunch.com/2...

    By • Jan. 3, 2013

  • Is Outrage the Only Mode of Online Discourse?

    The Guardian recently published an opinion piece by writer and comedian Viv Groskop in which she claimed that "outrage has become the lingua franca of a generation".She bemoaned the fact "words and opinions are less important than the emotions behind them" and laid part of the blame on the increa...

    By • Jan. 3, 2013

  • Social Media Morning Report

    Twitter users can finally get all their data: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/28/twitter-own-posterous-finally-lets-users-to-back-up-their-data-will-it-now-close-down-in-2013/Zynga and EA slim down on Facebook: http://allthingsd.com/20130102/zynga-begins-culling-games-on-facebook-with-more-...

    By • Jan. 2, 2013

  • The Purpose of Twitter

    Jeffrey Levy commented on this blog in 2008 that his description of Twitter was a source of filtered, purified water out of a raging river.I instantly smiled at the metaphor and began attributing him in my digital marketing courses. I tell my students that I compare LinkedIn to the Chamber of Co...

    By • Dec. 29, 2012

  • 5 Ways to Create Value for a Facebook Like

    According to Hubspot, customers are51% more likely to make a purchase after LIKING a brand on Facebook!WOW! That makes a Facebook Like REALLY valuable, so you should do whatever you can to get as many Likes as possible, right?WRONG!Let's explore what a Facebook LIKE is really worth.Social Media S...

    By • Dec. 29, 2012

  • Top 10 Best Uses of Twitter in 2012

    Twitter is changing. Once a platform for quick and innocuous updates about people's day to day lives, it's become a resource for revolution, charity, politics and emergency relief. It's gone from a pithy distraction used by attention deficit adolescents to a practically mandatory space of worldwi...

    By • Dec. 28, 2012

  • Why 2012 Still Belongs To Instagram (INFOGRAPHIC)

    Instagram's December 17 announcement regarding its revised terms of service prompted what was undoubtedly the biggest app user revolt in social media history. Instagram addicts began uploading blank photos through the app, using boycott hashtags on Twitter- even deleting their IG accounts en mass...

    By • Dec. 27, 2012

  • Google+ Offering Christmas Gifts to Android and iOS Users this December

    Call it a Christmas Gift or a gift for the New Year 2013, Google+ gave every Android and iPhone user more than a single reason to smile. On 14th December , Google+ Vice President of Engineering, Dave Besbris revealed a gamut of features for social network's mobile users.The launch of new Android ...

    By • Dec. 22, 2012
  • SMT Expert

    4 Reasons Why Facebook Should be on the Naughty List

    It's that merry time of the year when children everywhere are on their best behavior in hopes of landing themselves on Santa's nice list. I have never personally met anyone who didn't make the nice list, however I DO know a certain social network that should miss out this year. For some strange r...

    By • Dec. 22, 2012

  • Facebook on the Way to Change Your Timeline Again

    Facebook is about to change your profile timeline again. Reports says that a new look has shown up for a limited number of users already. Its going to hit a larger crowd soon. According to ABC News, a producer's profile changed already to the new look. Facebook confirmed today that it's trying so...

    By Mohammed Anzil • Dec. 22, 2012

  • Is Google Pushing Google Plus Over Relevancy?

    Remember back in the day when anyone could write a solid piece of content on their blog and start getting traffic on it through search engines? After Google Authorship, Google's latest addition that links individual posts to the author's Google+ page, Google is closely tieing their social network...

    By • Dec. 21, 2012

  • Turn It Up! Adjust the Volume on Google+ Circles

    After Facebook's hidden-away option to 'get notifications' (see our blog post last month), comes Google+ and a great big loud ' Adjust the volume on Google+ circles ' message, which greeted me recently:Apparently it's been around since at least September, but I hadn't clocked it. I'm very glad I...

    By • Dec. 20, 2012

  • Twitter vs. Facebook: Membership Figures and Mobile Ad Revenue

    It will take a decade for Twitter to reach 1 billion users, studies show, by which point Facebook could have double, or even triple, that number.Twitter has just reached 200 million monthly active users, cementing its place as the second biggest social networking site after the 1 billion strong F...

    By • Dec. 19, 2012
  • SMT Expert

    5 Phrases to Avoid Using in Your Twitter Handle

    5 Phrases to Avoid Using in Your Twitter HandleCreating a Twitter handle today, whether it's for a professional or personal account, is becoming steadily more and more challenging to do. Much like with Facebook and its username feature that encourages users to pick one username wisely for their U...

    By • Dec. 19, 2012

  • What Instagram Really Changed in Their Terms of Service

    Here's a suggestion: Keep calm and Instagram on. Instagram's ToS aren't changing that much: they're mostly aligning to Facebook's by allowing Instagram to create ads that are as user-friendly as possible.On December 17, Instagram announced an update in their Terms of Service that will be effectiv...

    By • Dec. 18, 2012

  • Is It Time to Join a Social Media Support Group? [Infographic]

    I've never considered myself to have an addictive personality. I'm not a fiend for coffee. Despite the occasional Coke with lunch, I can go long, ungodly stretches without a soft drink. I don't smoke-much.So why is it that I can't-simply cannot-go five minutes in front of a computer without check...

    By • Dec. 18, 2012

  • Twitter Hashtag 101: Twitter Hashtag, Hash Brown Same Thing, Right?

    If only I had a free week long vacation for every time someone asked me what the difference is between a Twitter hashtag and a hash brown, I would be living permanently on a quiet, remote island and probably not writing this blog post!Explaining the difference between a hashtag and hash brown is ...

    By • Dec. 18, 2012

  • Twitter Improves Promoted Tweets with Negative Keyword Targeting and Trend Matching

    Twitter has updated their Promoted Tweets service for advertisers, adding the ability to target negative keywords and match trending stories.Businesses can also import keyword lists from other advertising platforms, or copy and paste them from documents, using the "import multiple keywords" tool....

    By • Dec. 15, 2012

  • Turn It Up! Adjust the Volume on Google+ Circles

    After Facebook's hidden-away option to 'get notifications' (see our blog post last month), comes Google+ and a great big loud ' Adjust the volume on Google+ circles ' message, which greeted me recently:Apparently it's been around since at least September, but I hadn't clocked it. I'm very glad I...

    By • Dec. 13, 2012

  • Social Media Morning Report

    Facebook's (and your personal) year in review: http://newsroom.fb.com/News/549/Facebook-Year-in-Review-2012Bing's social sidebar, redesigned: http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2012/12/11/the-bing-social-sidebar-gets-a-new-look.aspxHis Holiness sends his first tweet, and it...

    By • Dec. 12, 2012