Social Media Updates: Page 374

  • The Top 10 Beers on Facebook - A Virtual Pub Crawl for St. Patrick's Day

    (Warning: this article may give you a buzz and should be read responsibly.)

    By • March 13, 2012

  • 12 F-Commerce Tools and Platforms to Set Up Shop on your Facebook Page

    Despite a recent report in Bloomberg that several large chains like Gamestop to J.C.Penney are shutting their Facebook Stores there is still a lot of money to be made by opening a store in Facebook. Selling in Facebook is quite different from selling in eBay or Amazon. It is a "Social" experience...

    By • March 13, 2012

  • Bro-mance at Its Finest: How to Use SocialBro to Help Your Twitter Efforts

    While the last few years have brought us tons of new social networks-Google+, Foursquare, and most recently Pinterest-these next few years will surely bring tools to help us enhance our social media experiences. It can be tough to really analyze so many different social networks, and when you try...

    By • March 12, 2012

  • How to get the best out of the new Facebook pages design?

    Did you get a message telling you that Facebook is going to change your page design again? I'm sure you did. Many people are finding this new layout to be annoying and restricting, especially with the removal of customized landing tabs. However, I can tell you that the new look has several advant...

    By • March 12, 2012

  • The Tyranny of The New: SXSW 2012 Weekend Review

    The Austin Convention Center Over the past decade or so the formula for success in online publishing has been something like this: Post a lot of content. Keep it short. And do it fast. The assumption here is that people look to the internet for simple, snackable content in "real time." And with i...

    By • March 12, 2012

  • Pinterest: The Next Social Media Superstar, or Just the Flavor of the Week?

    Does Pinterest Have A Future?An exclusive, live webinar from Social Media TodayMarch 13th at 12pm EST / 9am PSTRegister for the webinar here!Pinterest, a new kid on the social media block, has received a lot of attention over the past few months as its membership numbers have soared. It appears t...

    By • March 12, 2012

  • Pinterest, Etc.: How to Tell a Shiny Object from Real Food

    Pinterest's spectacular ascendancy into the upper strata of social services has prompted a rash of warnings to beware the shiny object.

    By • March 10, 2012

  • 4 Reasons to Join LinkedIn if You STILL Haven't Got Round To It

    Today's guest article is by Internet expert Drew Custer, who enlightens us about reasons to join LinkedIn - if you haven't already. Much like Facebook has become to the social world, LinkedIn has become a pivotal part of the professional world. LinkedIn lies right at the border where the social ...

    By • March 9, 2012

  • Lessons From The Bachelor: How To Successfully Use A Hashtag

    It's okay to admit that you watch The Bachelor. Even if you don't, you probably skim the covers of the gossip magazines that look you square in the eye at the checkout counter.The truth is that The Bachelor can teach us a lot about social media. More specifically, it can teach us how to successfu...

    By • March 8, 2012

  • How to Optimize Your Brand's YouTube Channel

    YouTube has a new design for channels. Conversion is mandatory. According to the support documentation, the new look "makes it easier for viewers to find and watch content." It does a lot more than provide a consistent design. It severely limits the ability to create a customized look for brands...

    By • March 8, 2012

  • Twitter's Rate of Growth in U.S. Outpacing That of Facebook

    Facebook's membership is nearly four times that of Twitter. The number of Facebook members in the U.S. is about 152 million; Twitter has roughly 38 million users. However, a new report from eMarketer reveals that Twitter's growth is exploding in the U.S., as Facebook's slows to single digits for ...

    By • March 7, 2012

  • Eleven Ways Facebook Page Timelines Change Your Content Strategy

    The new Facebook page timeline layout changes the way your organization needs to think about content. Previously, a Facebook Page content strategy was primarily focused on two things: Custom Tabs - The the content strategy for custom tabs (landing tabs) focused on engaging visitors with a clear ...

    By • March 6, 2012

  • Timeline for Facebook - the complete checklist for community managers

    Unless you spent last week in a coma, you know that Facebook Timeline for Brands is finally here. Already live on a number of leading brands (see Coca-Cola, Starbucks, RedBull, X Box, Ford, Nike, Burberry and even President Obama for examples), everyone else has until March 30 to redesign and pu...

    By • March 5, 2012

  • Punterest: It's Kind of Like Pins, Only Funnier.

    My friend Reza Malayeri likes my sense of humor. He's the only one, really.So I've created a new app for him and I'm debuting it today.Punterest. The place where everybody can pin their puns! Like this:

    By • March 4, 2012

  • How Do You Actually Use Twitter?

    We had a client a few weeks ago ask we how we use Twitter.

    By • March 3, 2012

  • Why Pinterest Is Not the Next Big Thing for Your Business

    Why Pinterest Is Not the Next Big Thing for Your BusinessThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing You've likely heard lots and lots about a newish social network called Pinterest in the last couple of weeks. 1935 Alfa Romeo 8C - Fabforgottennobility via The Fancy Many bloggers are talking about it...

    By • March 2, 2012

  • How To Change The Name Of Your Facebook Page... Even If It Has More Than 100 Fans

    You have misspelled the name of your page, or your business name has changed and you want to change the name of your page? Follow these steps. Your page has less than 100 fans Changing the name is pretty easy. To edit your Page name : Go to your Page and click Edit Page in the upper-right corner ...

    By • March 2, 2012

  • Why Social Networks Like Pinterest Will Never Be Marketing-Free

    Since the recent explosion in popularity of Pinterest, many marketers have been experimenting with how they can take advantage of it for business. And as evidenced by the success of HubSpot's new ebook on how to use Pinterest for business, which has been downloaded by over 37,000 people, it look...

    By • March 1, 2012

  • Facebook Rolls Out Fan Page Timeline

    We have all been waiting for timeline to take effect on fan pages, and a lot of us have been speculating what might be changing. Well the changes are here, and our last post "Facebook Tabs are Getting Wider?" was not far off. We even nailed the spot that applications would show, and the exact siz...

    By • March 1, 2012

  • Which Brands Are 'Winning' Pinterest?

    Social media is the new norm. Social networks and related sites are all over the place.A fairly recent addition to the social media genre is Pinterest, a site we've got a couple of boards on and wrote a guide for brands about last week.

    By • March 1, 2012

  • Tell Your Brand's Story on Facebook Timeline

    Now that mass confusion over Facebook Timeline has subsided, it's high time the genius minds out in Silicon Valley give us social media marketers something new to gush about. Facebook announced Wednesday that it will be rolling out Timeline for Pages, an initiative we believe will turn the socia...

    By • March 1, 2012

  • How Facebook's Reach Generator is Guaranteeing More Fan Reach

    The social media sphere, friends, followers and fans were sitting today on pins and needles - awaiting Facebook's announcements on "What will be changing? What will be new for users and business?" when using this 800 million pound (users) Gorilla as primary form to stay connected and engaged with...

    By • Feb. 29, 2012

  • Protect Yourself from Facebook Scams with Facecrooks: The Social Media Privacy Report

    We have never been shy when it comes to reporting on Facebook and the network's myriad privacy risks for users, and we do offer comprehensive tips on how users can manage the site's settings for maximum security. However, Facebook's social ecosystem presents more dangers to its users than just th...

    By • Feb. 29, 2012

  • Easy Video Creation on Facebook [cool tool alert!]

    Video creation can be intimidating for many people. I was following the comments on a post by Kathleen Gage about the Pros and Cons of Using Video and was surprised at the number of people who don't like video and refuse to use video in their business. Video helps you build rapport with your aud...

    By • Feb. 28, 2012

  • Measuring Influence on Pinterest

    Pinterest is hotter than the sun right now and I've refused to write about it up to this point as I'm no bandwagon jumper. But then we started talking measurement and influence and here I am.I don't deny it has value for certain brands and infographic enthusiasts must feel like everyday is Christ...

    By • Feb. 28, 2012