Social Media Updates: Page 374

  • Changes To LinkedIn: Network for Professionals Gets a Facelift

    If you've signed into your LinkedIn account recently, you will have noticed a lot of new changes to LinkedIn. Although the leading business social network has had minor changes in the past, these tweaks are immediately noticeable. Changes To LinkedIn Profile1. Bigger profile picture 2. Number ...

    By • Sept. 11, 2012

  • 6 Free Facebook Apps Businesses Should Take Advantage Of

    For businesses, Facebook is an amazing marketing platform. It's surprising that more businesses don't use all of the free tools that are available.Here's a look at some of my favorite free tools on Facebook. File this one under "Favorite apps for 2012" because Facebook is always adding new featur...

    By • Sept. 11, 2012

  • The Single Pinterest Pin That Launched a Company

    Go to Rodworks.com today and you'll find a company that prides itself on offering a vast selection of unique iron works and home décor. The small store peddles picture frames, racks and designs you can't find anywhere else. Step on into the company's web site, read some decorating tips, have a lo...

    By • Sept. 10, 2012

  • How Social Media Subtly Shapes Behavior

    A recent lecture by British documentary-maker Adam Curtis explored the idea that, since the advent of the internet, all we have is our own experiences and our circle of friends and we don't believe in the big stories anymore.As these stories are increasingly perceived to be full of conspiracies t...

    By • Sept. 7, 2012

  • Google+ isn't dumb enough - That's their problem.

    I really wanted to love Google+, I really did. I wanted a smarter Social network where people could share relevant information that had substance; where I could finally be among my peers and not have to spend every day ignoring and unfriending people who share useless facts about reality TV shows...

    By • Sept. 7, 2012

  • Tweeting Off-Topic

    It's a big week for our country. There is a pretty important election happening in November, and after last week's Republican National Convention, the Democrats are getting their turn in Charlotte, NC this week. For a large percentage of the country though, there is an even bigger event happening...

    By • Sept. 7, 2012

  • The Real News From The DNC - Networks Broadcasting Audience Tweets

    Let's face it, political conventions are not terribly newsworthy. Except for the rare event of a teleprompter breakdown, or an Academy award-winning actor having a heart-to-heart with a chair, nothing that happens is likely to be surprising. Did the Republicans nominate Mitt Romney? The Dems nomi...

    By • Sept. 6, 2012

  • 5 Facebook Marketing Tips To Grow Your Fan Page

    Creating a Facebook audience from scratch isn't easy. Some big brands are able to get many Likes quickly due to large leverage in the media through standard Advertising and historical brand recognition.It is important to understand that leveraging your Facebook page isn't merely about getting a l...

    By • Sept. 6, 2012

  • The importance of Facebook for Local Businesses

    It used to be every small business owner's dream to get on the top of search engines like Google and nothing else mattered. However, the web has changed dramatically over the years and there are new domains on the internet that are beginning to change the way we interact with each other, and the...

    By • Sept. 5, 2012

  • Twitter genius? Kanye West is a self-sustaining social network.

    Twitter is an alchemy of links, spam, and conversation. Yet one celebrity transcends the pedestrian constraints of the medium: Kanye West.Kanye West is a rapper, producer, fashion designer, and dates the most popular Kardashian. He has 8.5 million followers on Twitter, and follows just one per...

    By • Sept. 5, 2012

  • Following the Transfer Day Frenzy on Twitter

    August 31, 2012 is known as transfer day among soccer (or, as the rest of the world calls it, football) circles. The majority of the world's leagues, including the English Premier league, use that date as the deadline for allowing teams to make purchase and trade players. Some leagues use Septemb...

    By • Sept. 5, 2012

  • Fakes and Follows: The Appearance of Social Media [Infographic]

    There is a new trend in the Twittersphere, well actually it's not all that new. People are buying followers. Yes, you read that right. Sounds ridiculous, but a lot of people do it. Mostly public figures, but even us normal people do it too. In fact, at least 11,283 Twitter users have purchased mo...

    By • Sept. 4, 2012

  • BusinessLink: What's New on LinkedIn: a Review of Updates and Features

    One of the resources I use on LinkedIn to find out what's new on the platform is the LinkedIn blog: http://blog.linkedin.com. It's a great resource for news and information from the company and provides "insider" tips on how to us LinkedIn.Over the past several months, several new features have b...

    By • Sept. 4, 2012

  • Twitter & Healthcare: An A-Z

    I'm always amazed how a program or tool can revolutionize the way the world communicates. No matter what sector of work you are involved in, I'd argue Twitter has touched it in some way or another. One sector that has seen the largest growth since Twitters founding in 2006, is the healthcare se...

    By • Aug. 31, 2012

  • Is Pinterest the Uncreative Cousin of Tumblr?

    What do we gain from Pinterest? A certain satisfaction associated with being able to collect numerous random images and relate them to you? I guess that's cool. Pinning [pictures] to your boards as if you are the owner of them, and making the digital world aware of your creative depth, (which may...

    By • Aug. 31, 2012

  • ViDEO: Social Media's Effect On Decision 2012

    The upcoming presidential election is being looked as the Second Social Media Decision after 2008. Last time Twitter was only in it's second year, Facebook was just starting to explode and Social Media was still conisidered something to compliment your business or brand strategy rather than an es...

    By • Aug. 31, 2012

  • Local Search Engine Optimisation - The Small Business Advantage

    With Google opening the doors of its social platform Google+ to small business owners across the world with Google+ local it is now more apparent than ever that targeted local search engine optimisation is the way forward.Why is Local Search Engine Optimisation so Important?Firstly because Google...

    By • Aug. 31, 2012

  • FINRA Regulatory Notice 12-29: Its Impact on Social Media Use

    In the wake of continuing legislation geared at protecting consumer interests, many industries find marketing opportunities limited. The Financial Services industry has been the focus of much of the tightening legislation, particularly in how different loan packages are offered, investment oppor...

    By • Aug. 30, 2012

  • The Internet vs. Facebook in 10 Years

    The Altimeter Group took a look at the numbers to plot them on the infographic to truly visualize how big Facebook really is. Accounting for the 8.7% of fake accounts, Facebook represents 28% of all Internet users at ~12% of the world's population (estimated at 7 billion).

    By • Aug. 29, 2012

  • What My Googleplus "About" Page Does for Me

    It used to be LinkedIn for meMy LinkedIn profile was my most important and most shared representation of my career, publications, interests, professional affiliations, sites, projects, community involvements and social media presence. I joined and participated in groups, formed and developed Li...

    By • Aug. 29, 2012

  • Watch Out For New Facebook Scam!

    Though it's not unusual to receive an email notification from Facebook telling you someone has tagged you in a photo, the next time you do, BEWARE! Endpoint security company SOPHOS, has identified a new strain of malware (Troj/Agent-XNN) floating around Facebook suggesting that members "view pho...

    By • Aug. 28, 2012

  • Facebook Introduces Sponsored Results

    Following in the footsteps of Google, Facebook have now officially launched their own version of sponsored results. Tests of the ad program all went according to plan last month, and this represents the latest move from Facebook towards operating as a more commercialised platform.Unlike Google, w...

    By • Aug. 24, 2012

  • The 3 Lessons of RebelMouse for Startups

    There's some confusion out there regarding startup RebelMouse. What is it? And what does it want to be when it grows up?But there's no denying it's hot, with an A-list of tech titan early adopters participating in the rebelmouse.com/yournamehere land grab and singing its praises.The appearance of...

    By • Aug. 23, 2012
  • SMT Expert

    3 Tips on How to Successfully Interact with Twitter Brand Pages

    I tweet at their Twitter handle all the time, but they never follow me back! Why? Why doesn't my favorite brand want to follow me?Twitter is unique in the social media sphere as being one of the few platforms where brands can engage with their ever-growing audience and have them reply back in a m...

    By • Aug. 23, 2012

  • Tapping the Ocean of Twitter Information

    Twitter, like many products, is made more relevant and powerful the more users it has and the more active those users become. With over 500 million members sending over 340 million tweets a day, Twitter has become, for many, the go-to destination for news, trends and opinion. While some simply wa...

    By • Aug. 22, 2012