Social Media Updates: Page 409

  • 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

  • What Happens When You Report Facebook Spam?

    By • Sept. 20, 2010

  • 80 Fully-Engaged Followers vs. 800 Partially Engaged Followers

    The other day, I was reading another person boast about how many followers they had on Twitter, and I wondered:Would you choose to have 80 followers who are completely engaged with what you do online, or 800 followers who are only partially engaged?

    By • Sept. 20, 2010

  • Twitter For Business In Ten Words Or Less

    A few months ago I wrote about the "follow-us-on-Twitter-and-Facebook" phenomenon, and the lack of a clearly defined strategy for promoting the differential use of these two services to your customers and audience. One the points that article made was the fact that Twitter themselves had not articulated what their unique benefits and features were for such purposes, and so they were getting thrown in as part of a "chickenorfish" discussion.

    By • Sept. 19, 2010

  • You Are What You Tweet

    By • Sept. 18, 2010

  • New Twitter Getting Too Much Hype?

    In predicted and typical fashion, the "new" Twitter announcement is being praised as the greatest thing since sliced-bread. That's what happens in the tech business. People have the shiny-object syndrome. One of the most absurd comments came from Marion Maneker over at BNET, who essentially said that the "new" Twitter will do to cable news what the web did to newspapers.

    By • Sept. 17, 2010

  • Your Facebook Status: I don't care what you had for lunch. Or do I?

    By • Sept. 16, 2010

  • Will The New Twitter Save Our Engagement?

    Dear Twitter

    By • Sept. 16, 2010

  • Facebook Is Now Court Evidence

    Social networking sites, such as Facebook, have now become informational sources that workers' compensation lawyers are now utilizing for evidentiary purposes. The question that remains unanswered is how information obtained through social networking sites can be admitted and utilized as evidence.

    By • Sept. 16, 2010

  • The New Twitter

    On Monday, I received a message from the short and simple message from the Twitter team, "You are invited to attend a special event at Twitter HQ tomorrow afternoon, RSVP Yes or No."

    By • Sept. 15, 2010

  • Your Twitter Username is Your New Email Address

    By • Sept. 15, 2010

  • For now, Twitter is what you make it

    Twitter's all over the news today, not only tech but also general, reporting and commenting on its announcement yesterday of "a new, re-engineered Twitter.com that provides an easier, faster, and richer experience."

    By • Sept. 15, 2010

  • How to get your Facebook Fan Page Banned

    I've advised too many people for too long on this that it needed to be a blog post.

    By • Sept. 15, 2010

  • The New Twitter: Now Featuring Video

    Twitter unveiled its new Twitter.com interface today, and the big news is that it now features embedded video and images. So, rather than simply tweeting shortened URLs to video clips and pictures, online video publishers can now publish their content directly to Twitter.

    By • Sept. 15, 2010

  • The New Threat of Typosquatting (Misspelled Brands) in Social Media

    A recent tweet by Andrew Nystrom of Red Bull brought attention to a growing trend we've noticed in Social Media sites such as Twitter and Facebook -- that of Typosquatting. Typosquatting is a form of brandjacking/cybersquatting in which someone registers the misspelling of a brand or trademark t...

    By • Sept. 13, 2010

  • Twitter Profiles - Do They Matter?

    By • Sept. 13, 2010

  • Do Facebook Fans Really "Like" You?

    They like you, but do they really like you?I just returned from Podcamp Montreal, where I attended several thought-provoking sessions which I'll write about over the next little while. One of those touched on an interesting question:If someone "likes" your company on Facebook but hasn't tried your product, what is that worth?

    By • Sept. 13, 2010

  • 3 Facebook Studies to Help Shape Your Facebook Marketing Strategies

    There is no question about how hot Facebook really is, with 500 million users to date, it's hot-hot-hot. But what does that means to marketers and business owners alike?

    By • Sept. 13, 2010

  • How Not To Use Twitter: A Tweet Gone Bad

    By • Sept. 11, 2010