Social Media Updates: Page 402

  • 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

  • Research: Fortune 100 Companies Have 20 Social Media Accounts on Average

    Burson-Marsteller has released the 2011 edition of its report on social media accounts of the Fortune 100 corporations and here are the key findings: 1. Twitter (77%) is the most preferred platform followed by Facebook (62%), YouTube (57%) and corporate blogs (36%). No surprises here, as Twitter ...

    By • Feb. 20, 2011

  • How Real People Use Twitter

    I am not a typical Twitter user. I follow over 3,000 people, and I have over 4,500 followers. I say this not to brag (you may have more, certainly), but to note that I am an outlier. Indeed, according to the most recent data I've seen (Twitter Statistics For 2010, produced by Sysomos) 98% of Twit...

    By • Feb. 19, 2011

  • Social Media Advice for Beginners: Be Consistent

    Note: If you like what you see, please consider following me on Twitter. Thanks!So you've got a website, a blog and a Facebook page. You might even have a Twitter account, depending on your line of business and how much free time you have. You're headed in the right direction. Now what?THE POWER...

    By • Feb. 19, 2011

  • Wisconsin Controversies Trend on Twitter

    Schools closed? Politicians in hiding? More than 10,000 angry protesters? Wisconsin government is in chaos this week - and it shows on social media sites. Wisconsin-based politics have been trending on Twitter since Thursday: Recent 'WIunion' Tweets: PsychoticLynx: RT @FourYawkeyWay: @alaa Tod...

    By • Feb. 19, 2011

  • Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

    Rachel Jonat recently shared why she quit Facebook, extracting in part: I want more from my friends than status updates. I want to give my friends more than status updates. If this person isn't significant enough in my life for a birthday phone call or visit or even a personal email, why do I w...

    By • Feb. 19, 2011

  • Get People to Opt-In to Social Media

    Although you are a firm believer in social media and all that it offers, you are still bound to come across business associates who don't seem to understand its value and how amazing it can be for their business. The nonbeliever

    By • Feb. 19, 2011

  • Is a Twitter vs. the Ecosystem Row Brewing?

    What would happen if you built a really expensive house only to see a never-ending number of guests have more fun in it than you? After a while, you would probably kick most, if not all, of them out so you could enjoy the house and its amenities yourself.It's a scenario being experienced by Twitt...

    By • Feb. 18, 2011

  • In Defense of Klout Measurement for Social Media Influence

    By • Feb. 17, 2011

  • 17 Tips to Get More Twitter Followers and Tweeter Friends

    To tweet or not to tweet was your question of 2010. Now that it's 2011 you've decided to take the big tweet plunge. You finally get the guts to hop on Twitter. Chances are your experience might have started out a little like this: 1. You setup your account. 2. You followed some famous people t...

    By • Feb. 17, 2011

  • Facebook Integration for Upcoming Mobile Devices

    After device launches from INQ and HTC which have integrated Facebook into their software as well as a physical 'Facebook' button (currently in HTC's ChaCha and Salsa phones), the social networking company has announced that many more devices featuring such functionality will appear this year. W...

    By • Feb. 16, 2011

  • Twitter Rules: Are They Changing?

    Twitter is one medium with many different categories of users. In the Exact Target report on Twitter X-Factors, they listed a dozen unique user groups when explaining Twitter attrition rates. It's true that many people use Twitter for different purposes and its evolution has been well documented....

    By • Feb. 16, 2011

  • Facebook: Where Have All the Cool Kids Gone?

    I had the great pleasure of listening to an interesting Facebook talk by Julie Hall last night at the Social Media London meetup. She did a great job in spite of not having a big screen to show the audience what she was talking about - no mean feat! Toward the end of the session we had questions ...

    By • Feb. 16, 2011

  • 7 Ways to Thank Someone for a Retweet

    Guest post from Angie Schottmuller, an interactive Jedi, e-commerce expert, and multi-channel strategist at Interactive Artisan. If you're an active Twitter user, you've likely seen a "Thanks for the RT!" post at some point. You've possibly even posted them yourself. So is a "retweet thank you" p...

    By • Feb. 15, 2011

  • Slow Social Media: More Thoughts on What a Slow Social Movement Would Mean

    Last month I wrote that Social Media Needs a "Slow-Food"-type Movement. This piece was well received by a lot of people I know and respect, such as Ian Schafer of Deep Focus: Great post from @Rick_Now: RT @kdoohan: Social Media needs a "slow food" type movement http://gr8sh.it/hPr5rYJanuary 31, ...

    By • Feb. 15, 2011

  • Research Shows News Outlets Key Driver of Twitter Trending Topics

    For years we've known that a key driver of search was news coverage. This was great validation for PR professionals. It proved what they always knew, that people read news and then want to find out more. Then social media came along and we could actually "see" word of mouth spread. What do you kn...

    By • Feb. 14, 2011

  • Infographic: Social Media By Demographic

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    By • Feb. 13, 2011

  • How to Use Social Media To Have a Wildly Successful Event

    Many of you know I also run a bed and breakfast and event space called the Urban Oasis and we put on lots of events here throughout the year, so this topic is very important to me. We really used Social Media to put on a super book signing for Chris Guillebeau's Art of Nonconformity book tour.

    By • Feb. 13, 2011

  • What if You Only Had 20 Blog Posts Left?

    His name is Wael Ghonim.On January 25th he decided that something had to change. He didn't want to lose weight, stop smoking, or get a promotion.He wanted to earn a decent wage, express his opinions freely, and end the regime of a tyrant.

    By • Feb. 13, 2011

  • Big Opportunities for Small Businesses in Facebook Pages Redesign

    Facebook has redesigned the pages which, for most of the small business world, are our business pages. These new changes are similar to the individual pages in the layout, however, there are quite a few other changes that are big opportunities for businesses to take advantage of to make their pa...

    By • Feb. 12, 2011

  • LinkedIn's Challenge: Balancing Good, Bad, and Ignorant During Rapid Growth

    By • Feb. 12, 2011