Social Media Updates: Page 409

  • She said, "I Think Facebook is Just Stupid"

    Last Saturday night I was at a party with several old friends. Not many of them realized how I had been making my living for the last year and, as the conversation began to centre around social media, I heard someone say "I think Facebook is just stupid". I was about to round on her with several ...

    By • Jan. 11, 2011

  • Is Facebook Your New Call Center?

    In our survey of 200 leading business to consumer Facebook pages, Social Yantra has identified that 34% of the posts from customers on these Facebook pages are "actionable". Meaning, there is an opportunity for these companies to respond and actively engage in the conversation that's been initia...

    By • Jan. 11, 2011

  • Facebook moderation lessons from Sarah Palin's Alaska

    If you're looking for a best-practices playbook for Facebook moderation and brand engagement, start studying the model used on the Page of Sarah Palin's Alaska, an 8-part television series on TLC that concluded last night.Here are five reasons that I've been impressed with the Alaska approach:

    By • Jan. 10, 2011

  • Will Twitter Cross The Chasm?

    The tubes were buzzing recently about Twitter's new round of funding from Kleiner Perkins, whose $200 million dollar investment brings Twitter's total valuation to around $3.7 billion. As someone who has been involved with VC investment before, I can tell you that while the valuation is very exc...

    By • Jan. 10, 2011

  • What Would 2011 Have For Us?

    After 3 week long hiatus I'm about to restart my blogging. During the break I visited India and South Korea for about ten days each, and was reminded that how much I grew addicted to constant Twitter feeds and Facebook status updates. The moment I regained my free wifi connection at Seoul International Airport, I was back at catching up all the news bits from my social media curators.

    By • Jan. 9, 2011

  • The Most Visited Website of 2010

    Is it Google? Actually, no. Google didn't make it to the top this year. Google was bumped to second place by the one and only Facebook. Who would have thought when Facebook began nearly 7 years ago, that it would become as large and as influential as it is today? There is a movie about it, there are more than 500 million people now using the site, and its users are visiting Facebook for more than simply connecting with "friends". Facebook draws people from around the world - supporting causes, promoting brands and celebrities, and even shopping - while staying in touch with friends.

    By • Jan. 6, 2011

  • Why Emergency Health Personnel Should Not Use Twitter

    My father is a physician by trade. He spends more time on the road going to the emergency room than he does in any other place on planet. Basically, he's obsessed with his work. In any case, the other day, my dad and I went out grocery shopping and on the way there, he randomly asked me if he sho...

    By • Jan. 6, 2011

  • Social Media for Beginners: Facebook

    This is the fourth installment of a five part series: Social Media For Beginners: Facebook 1. If you run a business, you must be on Facebook. The numbers tell the tale. There are over 500 milllion people on Facebook. The more powerful number however is that 50% of those people log into Face...

    By • Jan. 6, 2011

  • Twitter: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

    In today's blog post on the well respected blog Business Insider Henry Blodgett stated "THE TRUTH ABOUT TWITTER: Half Of Twitter Users Never Listen To A Word Anyone Else Says" This is presented as some great revelation of startling proportions! OMG! Half of my Twitter followers never even read...

    By • Jan. 6, 2011

  • A new Twitter business model - a comprehensive hashtag strategy

    Following up on my previous post A New Local Business Model for Twitter, I extend the idea of Twitter potentially employing a new hashtag for geographies to other categories.To recap the geographical strategy:

    By • Jan. 5, 2011

  • StumbleUpon Passes Facebook For Social Media Traffic

    That was the whole tweet and nothing but the tweet that came from StumbleUpon CEO Garrett Camp.The findings came via an analytics service called Statcounter which tracks an average of 15 billion page views per month on over 3 million websites. In terms of Social Media, they reviewed numbers from ...

    By • Jan. 5, 2011

  • 10 Press Release Alternatives

    More than a few PR people want to declare the press release dead; however, as long as reporters continue to ask for releases - and sometimes run them verbatim - the press release is alive and well.

    By • Jan. 5, 2011

  • Finding Quality Interactions on Twitter - Lose the Auto DM!

    What is the benefit of an auto-DM on Twitter? Practically speaking, I suppose it's great. Automated responses reduce the time that you have to spend personally acknowledging new followers.Sure, sending an auto-DM after someone follows you might sound like a good way to begin a Twitter relationsh...

    By • Jan. 5, 2011

  • Facebook Goes For Gold

    Looks good 'on paper'

    By • Jan. 5, 2011

  • Don't send all your tweets to LinkedIn

    This article from @jorgensundberg really got me thinking about how I use Twitter on LinkedIn.Integrating Twitter into LinkedInI previously had the Twitter app integrated into my account, which sent all Tweets into my status on LinkedIn,The up shot of this though is that on the status updates on m...

    By • Jan. 5, 2011

  • Great Social Networking Cleanup of 2011

    Why wait for Spring? The New Year is the perfect time to clean up and clean out your social networks! Clean up - it means different things based on context. Social network clean up is about removing dead weight, be it contacts or entire network profiles, subscriptions or even what you publish....

    By • Jan. 3, 2011

  • 2011 is not About Social Media. Prepare for the Next Wave of Disruption.

    Every year I (like most people) look ahead and ask myself, "What do I want to be when I grow up?" (Okay, actually I ask myself that every few months.) This year I feel that it's time for me (to begin) to pivot again slightly.

    By • Jan. 1, 2011

  • Over 111 million Facebook users in Asia on New Year's Day

    As of January 01 2011, there are a total of 111.9 million Facebook users in Asia. In the last quarter of 2010, Facebook population grew by 21.4% in Asia, or almost 20 million new users.

    By • Jan. 1, 2011

  • 5 Ways Charities Will Be Using Social Media In 2011

    Social media provides the perfect platform for non-profit organizations and charities to raise campaign awareness, increase donations and actively engage with a wide online audience. As the increase in social media and online PR activity continues to grow into 2011, an increasing number of charities are starting to incorporate social media platforms into their promotional strategies.

    By • Dec. 30, 2010

  • 5 Reasons Why You Need a LinkedIn Account

    By • Dec. 30, 2010

  • Is Google Doing It's Part to Rid Twitter of Spam Bots?

    By • Dec. 28, 2010

  • That Funny Little Thing Called Facebook "Like"

    So we all know the cute little blue and white hand glove. The one that is the logo, often represented by the skinny blue rectangle. We look for it. We click it. But why?

    By • Dec. 28, 2010

  • The Twitter Secret for business. The simple, definitive "why" of Twitter - Rant #2.

    Back in July, I wrote this first rant called: The Twitter Secret - why & how to use Twitter for B2B and technology businesses. Rant #1, where I give a detailed explanation of how to use Twitter properly in business applications. By now I would have thought most people would have figured out t...

    By • Dec. 28, 2010

  • There's No Place Like Facebook for the Holidays

    Oh the memories of the holidays. The moments that make the memories.

    By • Dec. 25, 2010

  • Social Media and Numbers - Why They Don't Matter

    By • Dec. 22, 2010