Social Media Updates: Page 398
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The 7 Deadly Sins on Twitter
If you're new to Twitter or been on it for a while and wonder what will kill any social media strategy you may have involving the 140-character service think about this: It may be that you're committing one of the seven deadly sins of Twitter! Anger: How often do you see people saying something o...
By Mike Johansson • Aug. 29, 2011 -
Google Wants Google+ to Be Your Online ID
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt thinks Google+ is your ID on the Web, and if you're reluctant to use your real name then you're not welcome on Google+. That's really how it sounds when Schmidt answered NPR's Andy Carvin's question during the International TV Festival on how Google justified its nam...
By Mac Ocampo • Aug. 29, 2011 -
Social Media: Lies, Loathing And Libel
Irate and malicious people have always had an outlet and means for spreading their lies and bitterness. Whether it be by bad mouthing between people personally, over the phone and behind backs, it's now easier than ever. All thanks to social media.
By Nikki Peters • Aug. 29, 2011 -
Google Plus vs. Facebook... What's the Difference?
On 28th June, 2011 Google rolled out the beta version of its highly anticipated social networking site, Google Plus. It is no secret that Google has long been wanting to get a slice of the social networking market. So, what exactly is Google Plus and how does it compare to Facebook? In this post we are going to look at Google Plus Versus Facebook and examine some of their major differences.
By Louise Steiner • Aug. 26, 2011 -
Twitter Stats That Will Get You Tweeting -- 100%
Are you unsure about setting up an account on Twitter? Maybe you feel like it's not right for your brand or your line of work, maybe you think that anything you would have to say would fall on deaf ears because your target audience don't use twitter. Maybe you're wrong... The following statistic...
By Michelle Carvill • Aug. 26, 2011 -
IKEA and YouTube Get Personal
IKEA has launched the first ever personalised 3D showroom on YouTube. Drawing on information from Facebook, IKEA's tool creates a bespoke 3D bedroom that can then be explored and tailored by users to create their perfect bedroom.Customers will be shown an IKEA bedroom that will perfectly suit the...
By Steve Cater • Aug. 25, 2011 -
Robots Tweeting In Outer Space, We Are The Future!
Yes, ladies and gentleman, a robot using social networks whilst in a rocket in the depths of space... This is a story which sounds like it should be the plot to a old black and white Hollywood movie, but it's 100% true! A robot, named R2, has tweeted whilst out amongst the stars. Now we've heard it all. R2 was created by the NASA space co-operation to help aid his human counterparts in and around the space station with daily tasks. The tinman tweet read:
By Nikki Peters • Aug. 25, 2011 -
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Foursquare Crushes Facebook Places
Facebook just announced plans to abandon the "Places" feature inside its mobile application, making location information just a standard part of mobile status updates.According to Jay Yarow of Business Insider:"This looks like a tacit admission that Foursquare is winning the check-in battle, afte...
By Tammy Kahn Fennell • Aug. 24, 2011 -
First the World, Then the Dictionary
As many of you have already heard, "retweet" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary this week. Social media lingo can be overheard in almost any conversation on the street, and now, it's taking over the dictionary.The official definition is:
By Chad Richards • Aug. 24, 2011 -
How To Get The Google+ 'Verified User' Badge
With many reports that people are unable to find the "Name Verification" tab and being unable to find it myself this morning, I can only assume that Google has closed off this method of name verification. If you happen to have success please let us know in the comments below.With Google's insiste...
By David DeWald • Aug. 24, 2011 -
Unlike Google Buzz, Has Google+ Taken Off?
Guest post by John ZenithThere are already hundreds of social networks in the internet space, but only a few of them can be considered household names. If Google has anything to say about it, its new introduction into the game will be one we talk about for some time to come. Recently introduced t...
By Kiesha Easley • Aug. 23, 2011 -
Social Networks and Your Sales Force: A 3 Steps Approach
One of the biggest challenges faced by companies with large sales forces these days is how to deal with social networks. This is particularly true of companies that operate in highly regulated industries in which the sales force interacts directly with consumers, industries such as financial serv...
By Dino Cattaneo • Aug. 22, 2011 -
The LinkedIn Diairies: Steps You Need to Take...Offline
LinkedIn has established itself as a social media tool that permeates all areas and levels of business. Indeed, it's rare to find a business person that hasn't created a LinkedIn profile. But, as with all evolving technologies, typical users only use a fraction of LinkedIn's functionality. Ha...
By Andrew Brown • Aug. 22, 2011 -
Favorite Tool in the Shed: TWITTER
... and I'll pick Peter Pan over all the rest. I've been asked what my favorite tool is for social media, what favorite site would be the last one I'd give up under duress. Without hesitation, it's Twitter. Find me at @rickcaffeinated on Twitter, and we'll start talking about anything you want - ...
By Rick Stilwell • Aug. 22, 2011 -
Immortality on Facebook? An Infographic
The last thing on someone's mind when they're about to die is (or ought to be) what's going to happen to their Facebook account. But with 500 million people on the social network, user deaths are pretty unavoidable. How will you live online after you've passed away in real life?This is a great in...
By Tammy Kahn Fennell • Aug. 22, 2011 -
Social TV Just Got the Kick It Needed
In January this year, I was asked to predict the key trends for 2011 and social tv was one of them (presentation is below if you're at all interested to see how i'm getting on!). Insights Eleven View more presentations from Paul Fabretti Hulu and conventional web broadcasting aside, this had l...
By Paul Fabretti • Aug. 22, 2011 -
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Social Media Haze: Business vs. Personal
In any given day, I receive dozens of questions about social media. Here are answers to a few questions I've been asked recently:Question #1:I was having a conversation with someone today about whether or not it's important to acquire friends and likes or if having likes only is most effective.A...
By Rachel Strella • Aug. 22, 2011 -
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Social Media is Two-Faced
Technology could either be a good thing or a bad thing. Social media is a product of vast progress of technology, which seems to have a huge impact on how society is evolving. As Jeff Jarvis puts it, social networks bring "elegant organization" to users. In has given birth to a customer-company...
By Mac Ocampo • Aug. 19, 2011 -
Getting the Google Plus Conversation Right
This content from: Duct Tape MarketingIf you still haven't joined Google Plus click here - 150 invites Benson Kua via FlickrOne of the most interesting things about Google's new social network, Google Plus, is the conversation that participation generates. Some still attribute this to the newnes...
By John Jantsch • Aug. 19, 2011 -
Klout vs. Empire Avenue - Measuring Your Online Influence and Readership
This post was intended for Social Media intermediates looking to increase their understanding of social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Thanks to the MLS-Office team for aiding in this research! Just the other week we doubled our energies on klout.com after digesting Mark Schafer...
By Marked Anon4now • Aug. 19, 2011 -
The London Riots: 4 Digital Activism Do's and Don't's
The great Martin Luther King, Jr., knew that the word-of-mouth approach is powerful when trying to initiate change in society. However, social media is making that approach seem out of date.Technology and social networks allow people to create and spread a message quickly. WOM is far too slow in ...
By Chelsea Hejny • Aug. 18, 2011 -
Telephone Flash Mobs, Celebrities, the Police and Social Media
Is a telephone flash mob criminal? How do you prove that a series of Tweets directly caused a telephone flash mob? The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is trying to answer these questions after an artist who goes by the stage name, "The Game" allegedly tweeted the phone number of a sheri...
By Bradley Shear • Aug. 18, 2011 -
The Evolving Use of Social Media for Political Campaigns
Campaigns and social media have been in the news a lot this year - Republican primaries and London riots in just the last week - and the exposure will increase as the US heads into election year in 2012. I want to look at how political campaigns have evolved in their use of the internet and socia...
By DIARMAID BYRNE • Aug. 17, 2011
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