Social Media Updates: Page 388

  • World's First 152 Character Tweet: Twitter Now Wraps All Links with t.co

    This weekend I was doing my usual tweeting through my MarketMeSuite dashboard when suddenly I saw that a link I had decidedly shortened with bit.ly came back in "my tweets" as a t.co. I looked at the calendar and thought surely something must be amiss. Twitter announced last week that on the 15th...

    By • Aug. 15, 2011

  • How To Opt Out of LinkedIn Social Ads

    Social Ads, oh my oh my. LinkedIn what did you do? You made us not trust you. You made us feel like the advertising dollars compromised your position about users. That pretty much sums it up when it spread like wildfire that LinkedIn was allowing our names and photos to be used in third par...

    By • Aug. 15, 2011

  • Report Download - The Growth, Current use and Future Direction of LinkedIn

    Today sees an end to our focus on LinkedIn and the launch of our new report about the growth, current use and future direction of LinkedIn. You can DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF OUR REPORT HERE. Our report looks at: How LinkedIn has grown to become the world's biggest professional online network. Ou...

    By • Aug. 13, 2011

  • Social Media and the Riots in Britain

    Over the last few days, the city of London has seen some of the worst acts of peacetime violence and disorder, and unfortunately rioting and looting show no signs of stopping soon. In fact, disturbances have occurred in other cities, such as Birmingham, Nottingham and Liverpool, as trouble s...

    By • Aug. 10, 2011

  • Twitter's Content Provides Advisors Up-to-the-Tweet Source for Breaking News

    To say news of the US downgrade has thrown the US stock market into a tailspin is an understatement to say the least. To help them through these troubled times investors are turning to their advisors for up to the minute news and advice. Where are advisors turning to get the information their c...

    By • Aug. 10, 2011

  • 10 LinkedIn Traffic Secrets Exposed

    LinkedIn, what a powerful tool that is. Only recently I found a few other ways you can use LinkedIn in your favour and boost your traffic. It has had some amazing results in terms of traffic and engagement. 1. Get the LinkedIn Plugins Sharing, it is nearly the new way of charity. Everyone is talk...

    By • Aug. 9, 2011

  • Twitter and Its Role In The London Riots

    The weekend long riots which have been taking place in Tottenham, London, have been made worse by the use of social media by the locals, reports, police and even Members of Parliament have said. A very brief back story for those of you who may be less aware, Thursday 4th August, a man, Mark Dugga...

    By • Aug. 9, 2011

  • How We Approached Social Media As A Brand New Business

    My friend, a former City trader, and myself, an ex PWC chartered accountant, were hit by the recession just like many others, so we decided to take advantage of the time we had, team up and start a new business - Jealous.

    By • Aug. 8, 2011

  • Another Way Google+ Could Win

    Clearly a lot of the geeks are preoccupied with playing around on Google+ and figuring out if it will become a significant player for business. Most of the energy so far has been on comparing it to Facebook. That makes sense due to the apparent rivalry and the scale at which these two companies p...

    By • Aug. 8, 2011

  • How To Keep People from Replying to Tweets

    This is another one of those posts where I lure you in with a strange title and then dash your hopes. Why? Because someone actually found my website by Googling "How to keep people from replying to tweets" So I figured since they found me, I better answer their question! And I'm sure they were...

    By • Aug. 5, 2011

  • 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media

    Social media's been a great tool for marketing, networking, and sharing information. This relatively new technology has truly revolutionized the way businesses, brands, and communities interact with one another. When used right, it starts engaging discussions. It informs people of the latest deve...

    By • Aug. 4, 2011

  • Where Will Google+ Find Its Sweet Spot?

    Google+ - the social network of the moment. Well, it's been a great first few weeks. Originally launched on June 28, 2011 as invite only, then surpassing 10million users in the first two weeks, now at over 25million, where Comscore highlights Google+ has reached this level faster than any social ...

    By • Aug. 4, 2011

  • Three Innovative Uses of Facebook Connect

    The vast majority of content in most individuals' Facebook profiles is personal. Friends, family, pets, favourite things, they all represent a specific person's personality and as such, it makes sense that when brands have the opportunity to tap into all of that content, they do so to create a social object that is more relevant and personal to that user than the other digital content they have encountered in the past. It could be said that at present, it's the most personal form of engagement possible.

    By • Aug. 4, 2011

  • Don't Look Behind You Facebook, Google+ May Be Gaining On You

    According to comScore, Google+ is now in the record books as being the fastest website to reach 25 million users and if reports are to be believed the folks at Facebook are now in "lockdown" mode which is described as "a self-imposed period of intensive product development." Paraphrasing the g...

    By • Aug. 3, 2011

  • 10 Surefire Ways to Get Me to Follow Your Twitter Account

    As a followup to my previous article on 10 Surefire Ways To Get Me To Avoid Your Twitter Account, I thought it might be a good idea to write a post detailing good habits that will attract me to review and (hopefully) follow your account.

    By • Aug. 3, 2011

  • Social Media: Are you a hunter-gatherer or farmer?

    Humans have been hunter-gatherers for 95% of our existence, but yet in social media, everyone wants to be a farmer before we have learned how to forage Approximate centers of origin of agriculture and its spread, courtesy of Wikipedia What can anthropology teach us about social media that we do...

    By • Aug. 3, 2011

  • Controlling Social Media

    Missouri's governor signed a law that bans teachers and students from being Facebook friends or interacting on a personal, such as messaging on social media sites. One of the great things about the Internet is that it evolves and changes very fast. So fast that on a sociological level it can ...

    By • Aug. 2, 2011

  • Your Children Are Not My Responsibility on Twitter

    It's always a hot topic. How should sensitive material be handled on social media. Similar to forcing watershed times on television programs, there's a bit of a movement now to start filtering out sensitive material on social media.Let me preface this with: I am a parent. I have a young child and...

    By • Aug. 2, 2011

  • The Aggregated Twitter Account

    Of my million followers, like 800k r porn bots and they don't care about nuclear disarmament, comedy or SoulPancake. How do I impress them?-Tweet from Dwight Schrute This article is part of a group of posts focused on optimizing ROI in Twitter use. Many users are employing Twitter as an informati...

    By • Aug. 2, 2011

  • How to Keep Your LinkedIn Profile From Hurting Your Image

    Here is the second article in the Learning LinkedIn series that we kicked off last week with the article, Is LinkedIn Answers Worth the Investment for B2B Professionals. This week we continue with a chat about the profile, which is the key to protecting your online reputation on LinkedIn.

    By • July 30, 2011

  • Twitter Launches Promoted Tweets

    As reported last month, Twitter finally rolls out its ad platform via promoted tweets. Brands, businesses, and non-profits are now allowed to target their promoted tweets but can only advertise to their followers. Promoted tweets will appear at the top of a user's timelineswhich they can dismiss ...

    By • July 29, 2011

  • Social Media Faux Pas - Hijacking Hash Tags

    There aren't too many rules governing the use of hash tags on Twitter - but there's one pretty important one to pay attention to: Never hijack sensitive, political or breaking-news issues to promote your brand or product - especially if it's completely unrelated. The latest example of social med...

    By • July 29, 2011

  • The 12 Funniest Domain Names in the Facebook Typosquatter Lawsuit

    You can get more details here and/or here.Facebook has filed a major lawsuit accusing 25 different domain name holders of being in violation of the Lanham Act. The majority of the domain names are typos/variations of Facebook.com. ElliotsBlog.com has the full copy of the lawsuit here (PDF).Given ...

    By • July 28, 2011

  • Time Management in Social Media - the definitive guide

    Knowing how and when to manage your activity on social media channels is one of the biggest headache's a business will face. So, I have put together a comprehensive guide on how you could not only manage your time better but (as an agency) also cost it better so that getting involved in social m...

    By • July 28, 2011

  • Social Media & Employment: 'Apply With LinkedIn' - The New Way To Get A Job

    The world's biggest social networking site designed for business, LinkedIn, has this month launched a new plug-in that allows its users to apply for jobs with the click of a button.

    By • July 28, 2011