Social Media Updates: Page 380

  • 140 Predictions About Social Marketing - 34 Experts on 2012

    We all wish we had a crystal ball we can peek into and tell the future. Short of counting on miracles to lead our way, the team at Awareness connected with some of the best and the brightest in marketing to ask them the difficult questions around what 2012 has in its social marketing store for u...

    By • Dec. 13, 2011

  • Four Niche Social Platforms To Boost Your Business

    As part of creating a social media strategy with any client, it's imperative that at least some of our discussion revolves around the tools and technology - namely which social platforms are best suited for their business needs. While most people gravitate toward the Big Four - Facebook, LinkedI...

    By • Dec. 13, 2011

  • 'Sorry' Seems to be the Hardest Word for @easyjet

    Easyjet had a bumpy landing on Sunday night after Twitter users caught wind of the company's refusal to allow a blind passenger, Joanna Jones to board a flight from Gatwick to Belfast with her guide dog.Joanna (@joannajones1 on Twitter), who was in London for a shopping trip, was informed by Easy...

    By • Dec. 13, 2011

  • Social CRM in Action: Helping Brands Build Deep Customer Insights

    In a day and age of fragmented media consumption, brands increasingly compete not with other brands but for customers' attention. How do we grab people's attention if we don't know them well? How do we engage them meaningfully, over time, when what we know about them is mostly purchase history c...

    By • Dec. 12, 2011

  • How to Use the New Twitter to Embed a Tweet in Your Website or Blog

    The new Twitter is more than just a new look and layout. Embedding tweets is now much easier. Borrowing a page from the YouTube playbook, Twitter is offering code so you can share an interactive tweeting experience with visitors to your website. Using it increases the visibility and lifespan of special tweets.The process is simple. Please note that it only works if you have enabled the new Twitter.

    By • Dec. 12, 2011

  • New Tweetdeck Geared For Mainstream

    This Friday Twitter launched #newnewTwitter with a pretty makeover. But, it wasn't just Twitter.com and Twitter mobile that experienced a facelift. Tweetdeck, the once small London-based startup turned Twitter entity has had a major overhaul.A New, More Twitterized Tweetdeck Image Source: agbeat....

    By • Dec. 12, 2011

  • Three Reasons We Need Mainstream Media

    What if Twitter was our only news channel? Would we get accurate news? I know we'd get real-time news at lightning speed, but would it be reliable? Saturday, we witnessed a sad event that epitomizes the dark side of college sports. When Cincinnati and Xavier played their annual crosstown rivalry ...

    By • Dec. 12, 2011

  • Why Twitter Isn't The Future

    I love Twitter. I really do. It allows me to connect with people who I wouldn't normally be able to reach. But it's not the future.

    Dec. 12, 2011

  • Social Media Roundup for December 9

    The New Flipboard The free app originally made for the iPad has now been released for the iPhone. For those of you who aren't familiar with Flipboard, it pulls together content from all your social networks and other virtual spaces - Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, fashion magazines, etc. - based on...

    By • Dec. 11, 2011

  • Follow Unwritten Twitter Etiquette to Avoid Getting Fired

    The US Representative Rick Larsen has apparently fired three of his staffers for chronicling their frustrations and whims on Twitter per many articles. Just Google it for more information. The lesson from this episode for Twitterers who have a job and want to keep it is simple. Don't wait for a s...

    By • Dec. 11, 2011

  • The New Twitter!

    Twitter got a major upgrade this week and now sports a brand new look and many new features worth exploring. I think this was a major update resulting in a new website, new apps for iOS and Android and a major update to it's recently acquired social media integrator, TweetDeck. The new Twitter is organized under four buttons, and the mobile app was upgraded too:

    By • Dec. 10, 2011

  • Answers to 31 Social Media Questions You're Too Shy to Ask

    Social media moves at the speed of light, so if you're just getting started now, there are conceivably tons of nuances you may have missed. Many people seek out sketchy or outdated Google results instead of asking someone, because they feel these are things they should already know the answer to.

    By • Dec. 10, 2011

  • Social Media and Relationships: Who is actually a "friend?"

    This post was written by MarketMeSuite community manager intern, Trish Baden. Follow Trish @trishbaden on Twitter, she has some really great stuff to say!This post is the last of 3 in a 3 part series on the evolution of relationships because of social media. Part 1 was about Facebook and your re...

    By • Dec. 9, 2011

  • Twitter Has a Makeover! Again. [#NewLook]

    It seems like only yesterday when every one was talking about "New Twitter" yet there's already another one getting ready to be rolled out!

    By • Dec. 9, 2011

  • U.S. About to Pass Defense Act Which Could Jail You for Tweeting

    Ok people. This is probably one of the scariest things related to Social Media and Free Speech I've heard... ever. According to David Seaman of the Business Insider:"By the end of next week, the US government very likely will have the power to lock up US citizens for life at Guantanamo Bay or ot...

    By • Dec. 8, 2011

  • Infographic: The Truth About Facebook & Grades

    Infographic created by OnlineEducation.net. Provided to SMT by Jenica Rhee @jenicarhee Via: OnlineEducation.net

    By • Dec. 6, 2011

  • Facebook & Google+ to members: Blog on Us

    Got something to say? Facebook certainly hopes so. Social Media Delivered reports that Facebook has expanded it's character count for status and wall posts to 63,206 characters. According to the report, that's the equivalent to 451.47 tweets.Media Delivered opines that the update is intended to a...

    By • Dec. 6, 2011

  • Facebook Is NOT The Largest Online Social Network, Email Still Rules! Infographic

    Contrary to popular belief, Facebook is NOT the largest social network on the planet. That honor still goes to email.Think about it, your email contacts are like your Facebook friends, LinkedIn contacts, and Twitter followers all rolled into one. And your inbox is more successful at managing text...

    By • Dec. 6, 2011

  • 55 Tips to Get Retweeted on Twitter

    Retweets, you have heard about them, you know what they are but you aren't gettin' them. For some reason you just can't seem to get the engagement you are seeking, desiring and yearning for in social media and Twitter. You may be new to Twitter and simply don't know what the heck you are doing, h...

    By • Dec. 5, 2011

  • Can Twitter Ever Have Academic Value?

    To many, Twitter seems to be the home of banality and shallow commentary. It seems the last possible place that one would find anything of academic merit. Or would it? The London School of Economics and Political Science have produced a guidance document for academics wishing to use Twitter. ...

    By • Dec. 3, 2011

  • A Facebook Meditation - Ads and Metrics

    Facebook's statistics page declares they have "more than 800 million active users" and "more than 50% of our active users log on to Facebook on any given day." These numbers are worthy of a brief meditation, especially if you are interested in internet advertising. Think about what these numbers...

    By • Dec. 2, 2011

  • Social Business Must Be a Mindset Before an Operational Model

    I couldn't have said this any better than my friend Olivier Blanchard and I highly recommend spending some time going through the slides below. It's 51 in total but let me summarize really quickly my key takeaways. I said this before but it's worth repeating. Social Business transformation will ...

    By • Dec. 2, 2011

  • How to Increase Your EdgeRank

    Here's a trend you've probably participated in: you "like" a company's page on Facebook, then you never return to that company page again. Unfortunately, it's a common trend that likely happens on your own company page. If these users never visit your page again, how can you interact with them? T...

    By • Dec. 1, 2011

  • Will Facebook Ever Be Worth $100 Billion?

    It's no secret that the worlds largest and probably most loved social media platform would be worth a fair few pennies. With 100 million people signed up, that's one important email list and audience and that means marketing power. More to the point, if they were to stay afloat on the stock marke...

    By • Dec. 1, 2011

  • Welcome to the Party Diaspora, I Hope You Brought The Beer

    A while back I remembered reading about this app, Diaspora, that was going to make waves. I didn't hear much from them after the initial modest hype, but today I got a welcome e-mail, saying I could alpha test.From what I understood (and what wikipedia says): Diaspora was intended to address p...

    By • Dec. 1, 2011