Social Media Updates: Page 397

  • Social Media: From Bowling to Pinball

    I recently attended a conference given by Steve Irvine, Senior Business Leader at Facebook Canada where he mentioned an excellent analogy to explain how social media changes the way that we as brands deliver messages. I find that visual analogies are very powerful to communicate shifts in the way...

    By • April 21, 2011

  • Facebook Transcends Yet Again with Gamestop

    One of the world's biggest video game stores with over 6,500 stores is Gamestop. It launched a Facebook site last week in hopes to provide "social business" to millions of Facebook fans. Gamestop will rely on reviews, product videos, store finders, ratings, as well as "likes "and" shares." This might be a beginning of a new age that will take advantage of Facebook's social presence.

    By • April 20, 2011

  • Facebook Questions: Is it Just a Senseless Census?

    This morning, I read that Facebook Questions was performing extremely well, and might even be a rival for the previous questions sensation, Quora. This is exciting news for Facebook, but my newsfeed is less than impressed. Ever since its installation, I've been subjected to a string of aimless qu...

    By • April 19, 2011

  • Social Media: A Scary Proposition for B2Bs

    As part of my quest to know everything there is to know about what our B2B members are doing in the social media space, I spent this past Wednesday in Chicago at MLC's B2B Social Media Strategy Builder workshop. It was a great opportunity to interact with and learn from folks in the social media...

    By • April 18, 2011

  • Tips for Twitter Chats

    Have you participated in a Twitter Chat? If not, you're missing out. Twitter chats have a number of benefits, including: Learning-Chats are usually focused on a specific topic. They are places where people share their knowledge. Sharing your knowledge-If you like helping others to learn and grow,...

    By • April 18, 2011

  • Criticisms of Google +1: Shortsighted and Oversimplified

    Google recently announced +1, the search giant's answer to the increasingly ubiquitous Facebook Like button. Understandably, many bloggers and analysts cited Google's previous social failures and predicted a similar failure for +1. Among the many complaints about +1 was the supposed absurdity of ...

    By • April 18, 2011

  • Twitter - What is Your Tweet Volume Doing for Your Reputation?

    First and foremost, I love Twitter, it helps me so much in my life, both on a personal and business level and it's fair to say it has played a huge part in my career development. But something has bugged me for a while and it has to do with the Tweet volume of users. There are people out there wh...

    By • April 17, 2011

  • Why Does Our Site Have More Klout Than Bill Keller and Why Should You Care?

    Just spent the last couple of days at Microsoft Dynamics annual user conference, Convergence, in Atlanta. Besides a mind-blowing keynote from Malcolm Gladwell (well-chosen, Microsoft!), I found very compelling a demo from newly-announced CRM Dynamics partner, ExactTarget, which is fully utiliz...

    By • April 14, 2011

  • Who Uses Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, & MySpace? 4thQ & 1stQ Stats and Analysis

    The last two quarters have seen some interesting trends in the big four Social Media services. The most obvious is the leveling off of growth of Facebook and Twitter, but of greatest interest is the clarification of who is using the Social Media tools. Despite the plateau reached during the last ...

    By • April 13, 2011

  • Who Uses Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace - Social Media Update: 4th Q 2010 and 1st Q 2011

    by Paul Kiser USA PDT [Twitter: ] [Facebook] [LinkedIn] [Skype:kiserrotary or 775.624.5679] Paul Kiser The last two quarters have seen some interesting trends in the big four Social Media services. The most obvious is the leveling off of growth of Facebook and Twitter, but of greatest interest i...

    By • April 13, 2011

  • 5 Tools to Be More Efficient on Twitter

    As much as I love Twitter it can sometimes really turn out to take up more of my time than it should. Here is a list of 5 amazing tools I am using which can help you to bring down your time spent, yet without trading in on the impact you are making: 1# Manageflitter - Get rid of some Twitter Nois...

    By • April 12, 2011

  • Facebook Commerce - Does it work?

    The short answer? Yes! The long answer? Yes, but while social commerce is e-commerce, you have to think about your social commerce efforts a little differently. Time for an analogy! John is driving 70 miles per hour on the Interstate and has a 28-minute drive to visit his girlfriend. During this...

    By • April 7, 2011

  • Why Your Employees Should Be on Social Media Sites

    If you're like many business owners or managers, you may hesitate to allow your employees to participate on social media sites. What if they spend hours on Facebook instead of working? And what if they say bad things about the company? You may think that the risks outweigh the benefits.Actually, ...

    By • April 6, 2011

  • The Bank of Facebook: How will Facebook interact in the global economy?

    design by ericaglasier.com - @EricaGlasier What follows is a guest post by Venessa Miemis...I've asked her to share insights from a developing research project she's currently leading, The Future of Facebook Project. I recently took part in the project as I believe this discussion is more relevan...

    By • April 6, 2011

  • Building Your Online Community

    A few days ago, I recorded a podcast with Srinivas Rao for BlogCastFM (yet to be published). One of the questions he asked me is what new bloggers can do to find and attract readers and build community.

    By • April 5, 2011

  • How I Boosted my Twitter Reach by 15 percent Overnight

    While it is not the end-all be-all of influence metrics, I do monitor my Klout score for changes. Yesterday I saw my True Reach score jump from 53 to 61 literally overnight. This was not an accident, and I was not surprised. This article will tell you how I did it. First of all, let's be clear ...

    By • April 3, 2011

  • Be careful who you hire to manage your business' Twitter account

    Have you ever been to a restaurant you have not eaten in before? You sit down and are presented with the menu. There are an overwhelming number of dishes on the menu so much so you think to yourself they cannot possibly manage them all to a high standard. Or can they? If it's an Italian res...

    By • April 2, 2011

  • How Many Users Does Twitter REALLY Have?

    How many people use Twitter? Many fewer than Twitter would lead you to believe. According to its "about" page, Twitter has 175 million registered users. But "registered users" is a funny term. What it really means is the number of accounts. So, according to Twitter, 175 million Twitter account...

    By • April 1, 2011

  • Internet Wars - Google Takes on Facebook with the New +1 Button

    Ok so a while ago I wrote a post about how kids (18-30ish) are now starting to use Facebook as Google. Rather than go to the extreme effort of opening a new browser window, typing in google.com and then entering their search terms they are opting to simply search on Facebook.Kind of a cool idea. ...

    By • March 31, 2011

  • The Cool Kids Play on Twitter, but the Masses Play on Facebook

    I have a confession to make: I prefer Facebook to Twitter. There, I said it. A couple of days back, amidst the stream of dross that has invaded my Facebook newsfeed as everyone and his dog jumps on the Facebook Questions bandwagon and gives it a test drive, there were a few people asking 'do you ...

    By • March 30, 2011

  • 3 ways Facebook Questions can help your brand

    Facebook has recently added "Questions" to its list of features. Facebook Questions has the potential to be a valuable market research and engagement tool because: The interface is nicer than the Facebook Polls application. You can pay for Facebook advertising for your Questions (via the URL), wh...

    By • March 30, 2011

  • Facebook Page Trick: Find Out What Your Fans Like

    See my original answer on Quora.comUpdate: Shortly after publishing this article, the feature disappeared from Facebook. As of 10/25/11, it is back! Follow the steps outlined in the article below.So, you're a Facebook Page Admin and you've dabbled with Insights but you want to know more about you...

    By • March 29, 2011

  • Twitter Lists - More Than An Organizational Tool

    Recently, a colleague posted the following tweet: I couldn't agree more. Quite frankly, I think Twitter lists are one of the most underutilized aspects of Twitter. All too often, I see and hear of Twitter users that simply don't use lists or rarely check their own listings to see how others are...

    By • March 28, 2011

  • 10 Reasons to Eat ROI for Breakfast in Social Media

    Social media is free, right? Simply sign up for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. Enter some data for your profile, add a photo for your avatar, dump your email contacts and find connections and you're set. All you have to do now is tweet, Facebook and you'll be popular online and increase revenue 1000% because you're "doing social media."

    By • March 27, 2011

  • Common Mistakes Your Business Must Avoid On Twitter

    Here is a list of 7 common mistakes that I see from companies using Twitter. Don't try these at home...or at the office! Avoid these mistakes like the plague whether you are a mom & pop shop or a Fortune 500 company. 7. Branding: Your company twitter account should be an extension of you...

    By • March 27, 2011