Social Media Updates: Page 408

  • 6 Timely Tips for Twitter Success

    New research from Sysomos shows that 92.4% of all retweets happen within the first hour after the tweet has been sent.This demonstrates that Twitter users are not browsing the public stream (or even their own lists) to find and interact with tweets from earlier in the day.

    By • Oct. 5, 2010

  • Effective Twitter for Business in 15 Minutes a Day

    If there were a single piece of advice I could give company execs who are trying to use Twitter as part of their marketing tool set, I'd sayBe mindful of your time.

    By • Oct. 4, 2010

  • The Social Network Movie Review

    I saw The Social Network, aka the Facebook movie.

    By • Oct. 4, 2010

  • The Social Network - From Harvard Prank To 25 Billion Dollars

    By John Kelly • Oct. 1, 2010

  • Skype and Facebook: Combining business and personal

    Facebook choosing Skype as the VOIP provider just caused a forced blend of your personal and business contacts. I primarily use Skype for business needs and keep Facebook for personal. In order to use the blended service effectively, I would need to add personal users to Skype and business users to Facebook. I imagine this will happen through Facebook Connect for authentication.

    By • Oct. 1, 2010

  • A Brief Comment on Twitter Innumeracy

    Yesterday I wrote about the latest Sysomos data on Twitter behavior, and how I wouldn't be so quick to draw conclusions about engagement or the value of Twitter based upon these data. One last comment on this topic: Yesterday, the headline that most blogs and sites went with was this one (I've picked on Alltop, here, but you can find others): "71% of tweets produce no reaction."

    By • Oct. 1, 2010

  • Facebook vs. Twitter: How are they different?

    A while back I came across a great quote: "Facebook is where you find the people you know, Twitter is where you find the people you should know." To me this really says it all, and I'll try to explain why ...

    By • Oct. 1, 2010

  • Facebook News: Changes Coming to Your Newsfeed

    Facebook continues to beta-test changes on how status updates function for users and Pages. Here's a preview of what's to come.Format. The first thing users will notice is a new format. Instead of having one type of post (status updates) with attachment options, there will be multiple types of posts.

    By • Sept. 29, 2010

  • LinkedIn Enhances Company Profiles

    By • Sept. 29, 2010

  • B2B Marketing on Facebook, a Dead End Strategy?

    I was re-reading an excellent Mashable post as a follow-up to my suggestion that Facebook should split into distinct personal and business sites. We have to assume that Facebook won't change, so what can B2B companies do with their Facebook pages?

    By • Sept. 28, 2010

  • Study Finds Celebrities Have Little Twitter Influence

    "Celebrities who have an army of followers on Twitter do not actually hold any influence on the micro-blogging website, scientists have discovered."This was the headline on a story posted to the telegraph.co.uk this past Saturday, September 25th. Now my initial reaction was one of feigned disbelief...

    By • Sept. 27, 2010

  • How The Social Network Movie Will Damage Zuckerberg's Brand

    The Social Network movie is coming out on October 1st and has already received substantial reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine and other influential publications. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 100%, which is extremely rare for this type of movie, or any movie in general. The New York Po...

    By • Sept. 27, 2010

  • Facebook Philanthropy: Using Social Networks for Social Change

    In the online world, 'the things you care about' define who you are. They say as much about your personality as the clothes you wear and Facebook updates you share.

    By • Sept. 27, 2010

  • Twitter: What's So Great About the Conversation?

    When I announced TheSocialWeb last week, I said that I'd be challenging the status quo and asking the question 'why' a lot. And I'm starting off with a something that's been on my mind for several weeks now: from a marketing perspective, why do we bother with Twitter?

    By • Sept. 27, 2010

  • 7 Really Cool Things About the New Twitter

    By • Sept. 25, 2010

  • 51% of those reached by a company on Twitter are more likely to do business with you.

    Interesting statistic and a friend of mine gave me a link to this info-graphic earlier this week. Do you believe the first point (51% of those reached by a company on Twitter are more likely to do business with you)?

    By • Sept. 24, 2010

  • Facebook: The new search marketing ?

    An advertiser can produce the best creative ad in the world, but knowing your friends really love drinking Coke is the best endorsement for Coke you can possibly get." -Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, as quoted by Bloomberg Businessweek Product websites are not dead as some would...

    By • Sept. 24, 2010

  • Writing in Twitter's Shrinking World

    By • Sept. 24, 2010

  • Enhance Your Facebook Fan Page With 11 Quick Tips

    With over 500 million users and over fifty percent of those users logging in daily, Facebook is a platform that's proven to be effective for building community online. Millions of people use the social networking tool to stay connected with family and friends - sharing photos, videos, links, reso...

    By • Sept. 23, 2010

  • Twitter Isn't Really a Network Anymore...

    By • Sept. 23, 2010

  • The Dangers of Facebook Narcissism

    I recently read an article that declared Facebook users more likely to be narcissistic, insecure, and have lower self esteem than those who forgo using the social networking site. Is this statement far from the truth or right on target?

    By • Sept. 23, 2010

  • What's up with the Twitter prank?

    By • Sept. 22, 2010

  • Personal Brands: Social Engineering by Social Media

    Facebook is changing the way you can reject requests from prospective "friends." You'll click on "Not Now," which replaces the "Ignore" button. That puts them in Facebook purgatory, under a category called "Hidden Requests." The person requesting your friendship will see their status as, "Awaiti...

    By • Sept. 21, 2010

  • Bing Social Now Recommends Who To Follow On Twitter

    By • Sept. 21, 2010

  • Twitter Followers for Your Business: From Zero to Hero

    I recently Tweeted a link to an article that advocated a tactic of building a Twitter following by following people and hoping they follow back. A local business owner asked me if the "find, follow, and hope for followback" strategy actually works. It was a great question... one that takes a ...

    By • Sept. 20, 2010