Social Media Updates: Page 370

  • Do You Want a Consistent Twitter User Experience?

    Twitter recently sent out an email to 3rd party developers in the hopes of designing a more unified Twitter experience. According to dev.twitter.com:"Users must have a consistent experience wherever they interact with Tweets, whether on Twitter.com, a mobile client, website, or in an application ...

    By • July 16, 2012

  • Why We Pin It? Takeaway Lessons from Pinterest

    Pinterest is now the third largest social network. It's ahead of both Linkedin and Google+, as measured by number of users, according to a new report from Experian. Its rapid success has led to a proliferation of clones. Will any of them come anywhere close to garnering the same attention? If they do, it won't be because they just copycatted Pinterest, it will be because they understood and integrated the same formula for success. Let's take a closer look at 6 key factors driving the success of one of today's largest social networks:

    By • July 16, 2012

  • Leverage Facebook's New Calendar

    Did you notice something different on Facebook? I did, so I'll share it with you!Facebook launched a new format for Facebook Events and Birthdays. It's finally in a format that resonates with nearly everyone - calendar format. Finally, right? We're used to Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, iCal,...

    By • July 15, 2012

  • LinkedIn's Website Gets First Major Redesign in Ten Years!

    LinkedIn has been instigating a lot of moans and groans lately. From giving Twitter the cold shoulder by not allowing tweets to automatically post to LinkedIn, to not allowing blog RSS feeds on LinkedIn Company Pages anymore, I've been wondering what's going on. On a side note, I'm in favor of ...

    By • July 13, 2012

  • Can Facebook Be Used to Find New Business?

    The short answer to this question is yes with qualifications.When an individual or company markets their product or service on the internet, they connect with the customer in a straightforward relationship. The seller presents information to the buyer, enough so that they do one of two things: 1)...

    By Koka Sexton • July 12, 2012
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    Why Facebook Needs a Want Button

    Like what you see? There's a button on Facebook for that. Like it so much that you want it? There... isn't a button for that. But for company brand fan pages, there should be.The presence of having a "want" button included on Facebook would ultimately have a different impact on a company brand pa...

    By • July 12, 2012

  • Travel, Social Media and the Online Newsroom

    As the sizzling summer heat wave continues to stretch across much of the United States, I thought it might be a good idea to look at how the travel industry is utilizing both social media and online newsrooms to more effectively reach out to potential customers.Although some organizations continu...

    By • July 12, 2012

  • How to Live-tweet from an Event

    As well as managing live event Twitter aggregations for our clients, we've been known to attend the odd conference ourselves, and - as @blaisegv someone once put it - "tweet the cr*p out of it". More seriously though, live-tweeting is a skill - how to add to the experience for those within th...

    By • July 6, 2012

  • Mobile Media: How Do College Students Use Mobile Phones?

    On the quad, in class, at the dining hall-take a look around any of these campus haunts and you'll likely see students with their heads down, focused intently on their phones. Phones allow students to be constantly connected. Friends who live together still text all day and post on each other's F...

    By • July 6, 2012

  • How Do You Create a Twitter List?

    Twitter lists are the hidden secrets of the social selling world. Lists curate all of your potential prospects into one feed so you can see and hear everything they voice.Any company making the shift towards becoming a social business should be collecting the social profiles of their customers an...

    By Koka Sexton • July 5, 2012

  • Three ‘Don't’s’ of Twitter

    Don't: Retweet Inanely You're going to drop followers faster than the Barclays share price if you retweet parts of a conversation that are only entertaining to one person: you. If your friends went out on the town last night, that's great, but don't bother retweeting a hilarious comment about spi...

    By • July 4, 2012

  • 10 Simple Facebook Application Ideas for Fan Pages

    Facebook fan pages are now becoming extremely popular as a promotional tool. They are simple and free of cost, anyone can create fan page for their desired purpose. But, for engaging users it is not suggested to update status and post videos only, you need to go an extra mile. You need to spend s...

    By • July 4, 2012

  • ViDEO: How to use social media in ways no one else imagined

    That's the thing about what's new or the latest. You think that just by embracing it you're doing enough to keep up with the market. But sadly, as the half life of social technology shrinks, the need to stand out even within the context of the latest and greatest is increasingly the only way to e...

    By • July 3, 2012

  • The DON'TS of Social Selling with Twitter

    Twitter can be a phenomenal tool used to engage and build relationships with potential prospects. However, you must be very careful not to damage your reputation or hurt your company's image due to a moment of stupidity on Twitter. Remember, your words are written in ink.DON'T Feed the TrollsThe ...

    By Koka Sexton • July 3, 2012

  • Beyond the Big 3: Strategies for Brands to Dominate Pinterest and LinkedIn [Infographic]

    In our newest white paper, Beyond the Big 3: Five Killer Strategies to Dominate LinkedIn and Pinterest, we build on concepts shared in Five Killer Strategies to Dominate Social Media's Big 3: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. This infographic will share some of the best tips from Beyond the Big 3 to get you started.

    By • July 3, 2012

  • 5 Killer Strategies to Dominate Facebook, Twitter and YouTube [Infographic]

    Our latest whitepaper, 5 Killer Strategies to Dominate Social Media's Big 3: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, serves as a best practice guide for marketers. We examine each platform and share five strategies marketers can apply to guarantee success for increasing brand awareness, fostering brand ad...

    By • July 2, 2012

  • The Day the Scoop Died

    A LONG, LONG TIME AGO... I can still remember how the L.A. Times used to make me cry.Hardly a week would go by it seemed without them scooping me on some local story. I scooped them once in a while, too, but our battles were more like the Celtics and Lakers in the '60s and '70s - always in the finals, but like those Laker teams, I rarely finished on top.

    By • July 2, 2012

  • Top Tweets about Euro Cup 2012

    Let's be honest: no matter how important this year's Euro Cup is to us, it is hard to sneak away from the office to watch a game on a Monday afternoon at 2:30 pm. It's just not an ideal time slot if you live in the states.

    By • July 1, 2012

  • Twitter Breaks Up With LinkedIn

    We've all experienced it. That friend that tweets a lot. Which is fine on Twitter, but they then share all of this on LinkedIn. But now Twitter is breaking up with LinkedIn. Here's the cool part -- LinkedIn is better off without them. All hope is not lost. LinkedIn users will still have the opti...

    By • June 30, 2012

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    By • June 29, 2012

  • Suzie McCarthy and the Social Media Story Behind UVA's Turnabout

    Suzie McCarthy, like many of us, was just having a pleasant summer Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Virginia, on break from pursuing her PHD in Politics at the University of Virginia, when an email popped in that totally surprised her. In a mass-mailed message to alumni, students and others in the...

    By • June 29, 2012

  • 6 Steps You Should Take to Actually Start Using Google+

    Many Google+ skeptics out there (myself included) have a tough time getting into the social network because it doesn't seem like there's enough content to peruse. Some have gone so far as to liken the site to a ghost town. Contrary to popular belief, Google+ can be extremely useful, and perhaps a...

    By • June 29, 2012

  • Twitter Bot Tests Limits of Social Authenticity

    What does it say about the social media "rules" of engagement and authenticity when people are fooled by - and start talking to - a Twitter bot?Our pal Jason Falls doesn't agree with the social media purists, for example. He says that any way businesses can make business gains using social media ...

    By • June 29, 2012

  • To Hash or Not to Hash? A Decision-Making Guide

    This flowchart, and the related post, have both been updated. Here are links to each:http://www.slideshare.net/Denovati/twitter-28043555http://denovati.com/2013/11/twitter-hashtags=============================================================Using a decision-making flowchart, this post helps peopl...

    By • June 28, 2012

  • The Science of Facebook Engagement

    The great thing about Facebook is that what works and what doesn't work can be measured very specifically. And there's probably nobody more experienced in the science of social media than Dan Zarrella.Dan recently published an infographic based on more than 1.3 million Facebook updates from the t...

    By • June 27, 2012