Social Media Updates: Page 369

  • Facebook's IPO: Putting $100 Billion Into Perspectiv

    After Facebook set their IPO at $34-38 per share last week, the company was valued at over $100 billion. While that sounds like a lot of money and IS a lot of money, the new intern team at Lemon.ly wanted to see how much that amount of cash REALLY was. What better way to put it into perspective then with a sweet infographic. . nice work, interns! [Thanks to Heidi Hoffman for bringing this Infographic to our attention. - SMT Editors]

    By • May 25, 2012

  • Mobile: Facebook's New Social Frontier

    Today Facebook launched its Facebook Camera app for iPhone. It's a photo sharing app much like Instagram except that it allows you to share photo on Facebook only. It is an app that was built to share, view and comment on photos shared by friends around you. As its name suggests, it does nothi...

    By • May 25, 2012

  • Is Facebook the next Google?

    Is Facebook's IPO about to burst the social media bubble? In its first week as a publicly traded company, Facebook has gone from the most anticipated IPO of the last few years, to an almost outcast, as more news emerge on the days leading to its IPO. For the past few weeks, I have been poring o...

    By • May 25, 2012

  • 11.7 Million Users on Pinterest

    Edelman, a global PR firm, recently released an infographic highlighting the best practices of social media marketing on Pinterest. This is an excellent supplement to an earlier post on our blog, Pinterest: Early Best Practices From Firebelly.Are there any additional best practices that you would include?

    By • May 24, 2012

  • 5 Things to Look for When Hiring Social Media Interns

    Last year when I started working as a social media manager, I received the opportunity to sign on not one but two interns. And while I've already chronicled what it's like to manage your first set of interns, I haven't discussed what kind of decision process went into play when it came to hiring ...

    By • May 24, 2012

  • Facebook releases New Pages App

    Over the past couple of days, Facebook has released its app for Facebook Pages Admins to monitor their page's activity, post from their page, and monitor the page metrics. What does this tell us about Facebook? They want more activity, more stories, and more engagement from the brands using Faceb...

    By • May 22, 2012

  • Why Facebook Like-Gates are Dead

    Well, not exactly "dead". They're still massively used by brands on Facebook. The reason for this is simple - brands; just like the majority of people, see Facebook as a popularity contest. The more friends/likes you have, the more popular/successful you are: Enter Facebook Like-Gates. Using like...

    By • May 21, 2012

  • Why I Will Never Invest In Facebook

    I'm no fan of Facebook, I think that's clear by now; what's funny is that at one time, I was a fan.There was a point in time where Facebook was the cool place to be. It was vastly superior to MySpace. It was clean, straightforward and untarnished...just a place to interact with friends and family. There were no stupid games, there were no irrelevant ads, there was no constant barrage of invites to apps, events and other garbage, it was simply a place to interact with friends. It was simple...it was good.

    By • May 21, 2012

  • Twitter Pandemonium: The Steve Blake Incident

    Steve Blake is an inconsistent shooter that has made me doubtful about the Los Angeles Lakers. Surely, the experience and championship-caliber weight of Kobe Bryant could help the team survive another second round sweep (last year, it was Dallas) against a speedy, more athletic Oklahoma City Thun...

    By • May 20, 2012

  • Has Facebook Lost Its Way?

    The news everyone seems to be talking about these days is the Facebook IPO. How much is Facebook worth? How much will Facebook's IPO make the company? These are questions being asked when we should really be wondering how Facebook will grow in the future to make the world more connected.

    By • May 20, 2012

  • New Facebook Offers for Businesses

    Facebook just released new posting functionality for offers that will help businesses post deals to their Timeline for fans to redeem. Currently the functionality being released is to a limited number of Facebook Business Pages, but will eventually be available to select types of businesses. We have seen this option become available for clients with Local Business Pages and it is currently free to use. Facebook has created a help section to guide administrators and fans through the offer p

    By • May 19, 2012

  • The 5 Ways Media Will Cover The Facebook IPO & Why We Really Care Anyway

    The big news all day today is going to be the Facebook IPO - and of course you would expect the media to care. Lots of "virtual" money is going to be changing hands, there will be nonstop media coverage throughout the day. To help you navigate the coverage, I figured I would take a stab at segmen...

    By • May 18, 2012

  • How to Make the Most Out of Your Social Media Buttons

    Whether at the top of the home page, the very bottom in the far right corner, or on some other page altogether, it's virtually impossible to visit a website that doesn't have a couple of social media buttons secured within it somewhere anymore. The most common ones are ye olde faithfuls: Facebook...

    By • May 17, 2012

  • 4 Hurdles to Overcome When Installing Social Login

    Article originally written by Alex Davis.Social login is increasingly being adopted by developers. The main reasons developers are jumping on this are:an availability of accurate user data from social networks,a reduction in forgotten usernames and passwords, andan increase in user registrations....

    By • May 17, 2012

  • Facebook IPO, Instant Millionaires and Employee Turnover

    We are all waiting for the IPO on Friday, worth at almost $100 billion in evaluation. I know of few acquaintances at Facebook Canada that will be really happy this long weekend. Along with many across North America who will become mega-millionaires overnight.What makes me wonder about is the Post...

    By • May 17, 2012

  • User Activity - Comparison of Social Networking Sites

    Numbers of registered users, demographics, activity, market value and other comparison metrics.

    By • May 16, 2012

  • The End of the Webinar

    This isn't really an article. It's more like a quiz. Your participation will be required. All right. Here we go. First question...What do you remember most about the last webinar you attended?a) The relief you felt when it finally endedb) The shame of bailing before it endedc) Waking up ...

    By • May 15, 2012

  • Your Information: How much is too much?

    In today's world, our 'social' world, which is dominated by uninterrupted stream of status updates, photos, videos, blogs etc, how do you ensure that the information is not crossing the line? The line, which may or may not be visible to many, but is of utmost importance for an organization.A surv...

    By • May 15, 2012

  • Facebook Birthdays. No Way.

    With Mark Zuckerberg's birthday at hand, I thought it would only be appropriate to talk about Facebook birthday's as well. I don't like posting my own information. Not my thing. My birthday can't be seen, I don't even have my full name up there. I find it hysterical when my...

    By • May 14, 2012

  • How To Create A Profitable Facebook Fan Page

    Social media has revolutionized marketing in a short amount of time. One key ingredient to successful marketing of your product or brand is maximizing your potential profits from social media outlets. Many business owners get caught up in the mechanisms of social media and forget that it can, and...

    By • May 14, 2012

  • 3 [Social Media] Conversations I Want to Go Away Forever

    These are three recurring conversations that I would love to never hear about again.No, Klout measures Tweets, Retweets, Likes and other Social Interactions.

    By • May 14, 2012

  • Google, Facebook and Mobile Flush Groupon Down the Toilet

    Online daily deal provider Groupon, once the darling of Wall Street, has had its share of woes in recent months. Its stock is down over 50% from November's IPO price, thanks in part to a pending SEC investigation of the company's Q4 2011 earnings restatement (actual net revenue was significantly lower when refunds to consumers for unused deals were factored in).

    By • May 13, 2012

  • NC's Tourism Facebook Page Feels the Heat after State Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

    On Wednesday the 9th, a constitutional amendment was passed in North Carolina banning same-sex marriages. Since then many people have flooded to the Visit North Carolina Facebook page to express their displeasure or support. Most of the negative comments revolve around boycotting travel to North ...

    By • May 11, 2012

  • Beyond the IPO: Ten Implications of a Public Facebook

    By Susan Etlinger, Charlene Li and Rebecca LiebThe run-up to Facebook's IPO reminds me a bit of a wedding: everyone's attention is on the big day (expected to be Friday May 18), without much regard for the weeks, months and years afterward. Charlene Li, Rebecca Lieb, and I sat down to discuss som...

    By • May 11, 2012

  • Using Personalized Video for a Deeper Social Connection

    I've written extensively on the subject of forming a deeper interpersonal relationship with your social connections, instead of just hoarding them. It's through these deeper connections that you are better able to influence new business, repeat business, referrals and word-of-mouth. Not to mentio...

    By • May 11, 2012