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Social Media Round Up for February 3rd
By Kirsten McNeill and James Cooper Kirsten McNeill is a Co-ordinator on the Content and Community team at Social Media Group. Follow @kirstenmcne.James Cooper is a strategist on the Content and Community team at Social Media Group. Follow @jamescooper This week, we got our first look into Facebo...
By Maggie Fox • Feb. 3, 2012 -
SOPA is Dead but Twitter Censors
SOPA might be dead but it seems that our favorite social networking known for not censoring is changing its policy. Twitter will now be censoring content in c
By Lauren MacEwen • Feb. 3, 2012 -
Pinterest Rivals Twitter in Referral Traffic #pinteresting
To those of you who lead "the Pinteresting life," you've contributed to a phenomenon that is certainly putting its clicks where the hype is. By that I mean, Pinterest is a two-year old cultural sensation that is borderline causing dependency among its users and the rabid audiences they're developed. This rapid fire network has pinned itself to a rocket with estimated unique viewership ascending 429% from September to December 2011...and I'm not even sure if the sky's the limit here.
By Brian Solis • Feb. 3, 2012 -
LinkedIn Tips as Tweets -- In 140 Characters or Less!
These are only brief tips (mainly as they're all 140 characters or less, so
By Steve Smithson • Feb. 2, 2012 -
Noteworthy Social Media Facts to Begin 2012
January came and went, and so did unforgettable social media developments. To recap last month, we gathered the most important facts and statistics documented in January 2012. Twitter users welcome 2012 with 16,000 tweets-per-second, more than doubling last year's record. (Source: MediaBistro) Pr...
By Your Social Move • Feb. 1, 2012 -
5 Ways to Undermine Your Linkedin Profile
As Linkedin continues to grow (now close to 150 million members) it seems more and more people may be rushing to get their profiles published there.In their rush to be live on Linkedin (or maybe through a lack of thought earlier) they may be doing things that will make them look bad on this social network, specifically, and in social media generally.
By Mike Johansson • Jan. 31, 2012 -
Holy HashTag! Pope 'Likes' Social Media!
Note from @TammykFennell: This is another fantastic post by MarketMeSuite intern @TrishBaden. I tasked Trish with finding out interesting Hashtags, and she found the "holy grail..."Holy Hashtag!I realize some of the world's population has chosen not to participate in Social Media. I never could q...
By Tammy Kahn Fennell • Jan. 31, 2012 -
Super Bowl XLVI Social Media Command Center
The first ever Super Bowl Social Media Command Center just opened downtown Indianapolis only blocks away from our office. The online operation has been the center of attention for the City of Indianapolis for weeks now.The Chairman of the Super Bowl Host Committee has stated,"The big goal is to b...
By Your Social Move • Jan. 30, 2012 -
The Volatility Of "Likes"
Facebook tries to make "liking" the most common activity on the web. What users don't always realize is that there are three distinct likes:liking a facebook page. This used to be "Become a fan". It is equal to following the posts shared on that page. Liking a page remains in a list on your profi...
By Bozhidar Bozhanov • Jan. 30, 2012 -
YouTube Hits 4 Billion Video Views ... Per Day!
If you were in any doubt as to the power of Youtube and it's popularity. This article from Reuters should put your mind at rest. According to the news corporation, Google's video sharing website has hit a stunning average of 4 billion video views per day. An astronomical number when you consider ...
By Paul Middleton • Jan. 30, 2012 -
Twitter's Tough Balancing Act
Twitter users everywhere are reacting to the news, and I've read several articles taking stance on the latest decision by Twitter. They ranged from good to really bad, and you can find plenty of examples a last couple of days. After sleeping on Twitter censorship announcement, I wanted to share...
By Jae Kim • Jan. 30, 2012 -
Google+ and Why Every Healthcare Organization Needs a Social Profile
In case you missed it, Google really is organizing all the word's data. This is no longer a clever marketing ploy but the stark reality of the digital world in which we live. In an era where more than 61% of all adults search for health information online, we need to sit up and take notice when...
By Joel Selzer • Jan. 29, 2012 -
Pinterest Caught Your Interest?
It seems in the space of just a few weeks Pinterest has risen from a little-known site to a front-of-mind social media platform. It's certainly now considered one that should be in the tool box of any savvy social media pro.So what really is the significance of this picture-sharing site, and how are people deploying the use of it as part of the social stack?
By James Aldous • Jan. 25, 2012 -
"Don't Be Evil" Tool Launched Against Google's Social Engine
After Google's Search Plus Your World sparked a number of heated debates last week, a group of engineers who claim to be from Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace has launched a website called Focus On The User. The site urges users to use a modified version of Google in which the search engine will pe...
By Mac Ocampo • Jan. 24, 2012 -
2 Facebook Marketing Strategies NOT Available to "Page" Administrators
One of the aspects that I most enjoy about Inbound Marketing is that there is always something to learn. New tools are introduced every month (if not ever week), existing platforms are updated, and occasionally you discover, or re-discover, options that have been available to you all along. Altho...
By Brent Carnduff • Jan. 23, 2012 -
Rumors About Facebook Mobile...
There are a lot of articles circulating about the benefits of mobile advertising. In fact, many companies and brands are embracing mobile advertising and seeing impressive results. However, the mobile advertising market hasn't been cornered by one particular vendor and some are wondering if Facebook is going to join the mobile scene.Facebook is recognized as one of the top social media sites. Plus, numerous businesses appreciate the advance targeting features that are available in Facebook such as demographics, interests, connections, etc.
By Danielle Leitch • Jan. 22, 2012 -
How to Build a Network of PAYING Customers - Inside The Mind Episode 3
This week, we're going to talk about strategic networking. Because what's the point of developing content if no one sees it? Now, believe it or not, somewhere in the world, there will always be someone who could benefit from the content you develop. In fact, at this very second, someone is posti...
By Tommy Walker • Jan. 20, 2012 -
With Google+ Are Social Media and Search Engine Optimization Now Kissing Cousins?
Last week, Google made the announcement that they were going to start including information from their oft-ignored social networking site, Google+, into their search engine results. I didn't recognize the importance of this situation until a friend emailed me about how excited he was that he had...
By Michael Gillen • Jan. 20, 2012 -
Facebook EdgeRank Ninjutsu: Social Marketing Discussion with Taulbee Jackson
Did you know that there is an invisible, silent force that determines your Facebook success, and that mastering this force can give you an advantage over your competitors?That force is called EdgeRank, and we sat down with Taulbee Jackson, President and CEO of Raidious, one of the leading interac...
By Mike Lewis • Jan. 20, 2012 -
Friday Freak Out - Tweets That Are Too Long To Freaking Re-tweet
Picture the scene - you read a tweet from your favourite blogger, the content of said tweet compels you to click the link to their latest post. You read the post, oh my freakin' god, it is the best damn post you've ever read, you can't wait to tell the world about it! You race back to Twitter, ready to re-tweet that bad- ass post to your mountains of information hungry followers...And then...
By Mike McGrail • Jan. 20, 2012 -
Summify Joins the Flock at Twitter, Winds Down Current Version
Summify, the Social News Summary Service has just been acquired by Twitter, and has announced that they will be closing down some features while they work on a "more streamlined service as they transition their efforts to working at Twitter."Starting today, the following changes will take effect,...
By Tammy Kahn Fennell • Jan. 20, 2012 -
Google's Social Strategy Walks Same Thin Ice as Microsoft Windows 10 Years Ago
Ten years is a long time in the technology world, and it was more than ten years ago that Microsoft-then the dominant desktop technology monopoly-entered into a letter of consent with the US Justice Department and 19 Attorneys General from around the country. The letter of consent said that Micro...
By Rohn Jay Miller • Jan. 19, 2012 -
This is not how it always was...reflecting on the free exchange of information.
As site after site went dark yesterday in protest of SOPA and PIPA, I was reminded of an early episode in this series called "This is not how it always was." It's a simple story. The Internet - as an instrument for the free exchange of information - has fundamentally reshaped how we consume, prod...
By Julie Morey • Jan. 19, 2012