Social Media Updates: Page 398

  • Using Social Media While Driving

    General Motors is offering a new feature they are calling "responsible connectivity". This allows you to check your Facebook for messages and update your status from your car.This would be part of the OnStar system. OnStar is the subscription based support service that comes with GM cars.I saw th...

    By • March 4, 2011

  • 6 Tips to Run a Successful Group Twitter Chat

    Ever since Alexander Graham Bell patented his "apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically" back in 1876, it seems people have been looking for as many different ways of communicating as possible. And with the digital revolution in full swing, we have more ways than ever of c...

    By • March 3, 2011

  • Why Twitter Is Pushing Trending Topics

    If you've downloaded the latest Twitter app for the iPhone, you can't help but notice the new overlay at the top of the screen that highlights trending topics (and the occasional promoted topic.) Blogger John Gruber has coined this somewhat annoying screen-hog the "dickbar," after Twitter CEO Dic...

    By • March 3, 2011

  • 2 Tips for Smart Cost Management: Facebook Maintenance

    Two weeks ago we launched the ComMetrics social media cost classification model (see also 2011 trends: The social media cost-benefit pyramid). The classic advice for the most effective use of Facebook is ensuring you engage your fans and participate in the conversation. Accordingly, using a Faceb...

    By • March 3, 2011

  • Predicting the Future of Social Media

    In my last post, I talked about how we are already experiencing the future of social media. However, I also talked about going out on a limb, so now I turn to predictions and forecasting social media. More specifically, I'll outline the future of the top social media site (Facebook), then I'll go...

    By • March 2, 2011

  • Are Social Search Updates About to Change How We Shop Online?

    You may have seen over the last week or so Google and Bing launching Social Search Result updates to include comments, posts and likes from a user's social network into their search results.Bing users in the US will now see Facebook 'Likes' from their friends list appear in search results and th...

    By • March 1, 2011

  • Google Farmer Update - Don't Panic...Yet

    On Feb. 25 I wrote about Google's latest major algorithm update (the so called "farmer" update) on SocialMediaToday.com. Since then I've been tracking the results of the update, as well as the fallout. Danny Sullivan over at SearchEngineLand.com has been doing a terrific job gathering and reporti...

    By • March 1, 2011

  • 5 Reasons Twitter Sucks For Customer Service

    There I wrote it. That's right... when you stop and think about it, Twitter really sucks for customer service. And that's coming from a guy who has written in the past about how to use social media to recover from a customer service disaster. Or how companies have successfully used Twitter to de...

    By • March 1, 2011

  • Social Media Tunnel Vision: Facebook and Twitter

    Social Media Tunnel VisionWhen the term social media is mentioned, many now instantly think this just means "Facebook and Twitter" with little regard for the other major players in the field. This could mean huge missed opportunities for small businesses, who might not realize the big opportuni...

    By • Feb. 28, 2011

  • LinkedIn - Business Development

    business development - n : business function focused on strategy, creating strategic partnerships and long-term relationships with suppliers and customers. The business development function within a business can be thought of as a jack-of-all-trades position focused on strategic deal-making with...

    By • Feb. 25, 2011

  • What Can You Learn by Visualizing Your Twitter Network?

    When we apply a network mindset to the way we work - whether as an individual or as part of a network strategy, we believe that value is created through our connections, interactions and building relationships. That's social capital and it does have value. The impact, longer term, is innova...

    By • Feb. 25, 2011

  • Why Twitter is Like a One-Night Stand

    Maybe your girlfriend dumped you or maybe you haven't had sex since the '90's....whatever the reason, the allure of the one-night stand may be greater than any sexual escapade in our culture. One-night stands are a firecracker of sexuality: short, explosive, easily found in Vegas, and they leave...

    By • Feb. 25, 2011

  • The Finer Details of Administering Facebook Pages

    Note: On February 10th, Facebook announced a new Facebook Pages format which mimics the update made to individual profiles a few months ago. As a Preferred Developer Consultant, we have learned that the new Pages will be rolled out site-wide March 10th. This post reflects the latest changes inclu...

    By • Feb. 24, 2011

  • What is Your Facebook Welcome Tab Strategy?

    If you read information on best practices for Facebook business pages, the creation of a custom welcome tab is usually one of the first things mentioned. A welcome tab is a special tab created to greet new visitors to your page. Welcome tabs are usually set as the default tab for people that have...

    By • Feb. 24, 2011

  • Facebook Categorizes Search Results

    photo credit: Ben Stein Facebook Search, not something that comes to mind when when we think of search. Search is for the big guys, Google and Bing. Facebook Search is not as robust and the results are incredibly limited, but then again they are not a search engine. They are a social networkin...

    By • Feb. 24, 2011

  • Research.ly Offers a More Complete Twitter Experience

    When you were only following 10 people, Twitter seemed so peaceful. It was so quiet that you could hear the sound of a penny when it falls on the ground. Then when you started following back everyone or started to follow more people, it may sound as though you're in a mall... unless you have a T...

    By • Feb. 23, 2011

  • TweetLouder - Connecting Bands to Their Fans' Twitter Profiles

    Mashable has posted information on an intriguing new app for all the casual and hardcore music fiends out there who can't get enough of their favorite bands. The app, TweetLouder, scans a user's iTunes, Pandora, Last.fm, as well as SonicLiving accounts and cross-references their selections with ...

    By • Feb. 22, 2011

  • Why Facebook Could Dominate the Next Generation of Ecommerce

    Day by day, Facebook's tentacles continue to spread and pull in more of the web into its domain. Facebook Deals marked its step into the world of discounts and group buying. Now its got its sights set on the wider world of ecommerce. And its competitors need to be afraid. Very afraid. The integra...

    By • Feb. 22, 2011

  • Facebook Gets Creepier with 'Breakup Notifier'

    As the Huffington Post revealed yesterday, app developer Dan Loewenherz is using Facebook to increase the reach of stalker-friendly software by releasing the "Breakup Notifier," which alerts users when their crush becomes single. Yes, Facebook found a way to get even creepier. The Breakup Notifi...

    By • Feb. 22, 2011

  • Why You Must Appreciate Facebook Mobile

    With 500 million (and counting) people in the world with Facebook accounts, you need to grasp its importance if you want to succeed as an organization harnessing the power of the web. Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, iTunes - they have their purposes and reasons for social marketing - but for sheer num...

    By • Feb. 21, 2011

  • Should Your Employer Have Access to Your Facebook Account?

    Yesterday, I read a report in the American magazine The Atlantic which asked the question Should Employers Be Allowed to Ask for Your Facebook Login? It's the story of a man in the US state of Maryland who applied for a job at the state's Department of Corrections (prison service) and who was obl...

    By • Feb. 21, 2011

  • Building Offline Clout Not Klout

    Klout - a lot's been made of it. Klout purports to measure your online influence, social reach, and even your relevance. Metrics? Number of followers, retweets, and mentions. Seems fairly reasonable. Reducing all of those down to influence though is obscure, and the value of the things measured i...

    By • Feb. 20, 2011

  • On Influence and Klout's Accuracy

    Been meaning to comment on an interesting thread about Klout, Trey Pennington and overall influence calculations that have been going on over the last 10 days. Since I'm in London today, and still on my latest European trip, I haven't been able to physically write as much as I'm accustomed to. ...

    By • Feb. 20, 2011

  • When Twitter and Entrepreneurs Collide: Twitter Suspends 3 Third-Party Mobile Apps

    There's some speculation this weekend over the reasons why Twitter suspended three third-party mobile apps on Friday.Ubertwitter (now known as Ubersocial), Twidroyd and Ubercurrent were all suspended due to what Twitter described as "policy violations."What this means from the user point of view is that if you use any of these apps on your mobile device, it doesn't update your tweets any more, neither the ones to and from your community, nor ones mentioning you or private messages. And you can't send any yourself either.

    By • Feb. 20, 2011

  • How to Avoid Social Media Depression

    I was passing through the kitchen this morning where my wife was watching a morning TV show while eating breakfast. I caught segment on the subject of social media depression. I had never heard this term before. I would like to cite the speaker here, but they didn't mention it at the end of th...

    By • Feb. 20, 2011