Social Media Updates: Page 413
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Twitter's Fundamental Change for the Worse
Twitter plans to introduce media into the Tweet Stream. This is the worst idea in the history of Twitter.For now, let's ignore the fail whale problem. Even though we know the server load will only increase exponentially as the stream has to distribute hundreds of images and videos along with text, let's ignore this for the greater issue at hand.
By Jay Dolan • July 28, 2010 -
Do You Use LinkedIn to Follow Potential Employers?
Most jobseekers think of LinkedIn as a tool to network with individuals. While LinkedIn is certainly useful for this purpose, it can also provide invaluable information about companies you want to target during your job search.
By Chris Perry • July 27, 2010 -
Explorer Revealed on Facebook: Exclusive Interview with Scott Monty
Listen to Scott and I talk about the campaign in this exclusive interview!
By Robin Fray Carey • July 26, 2010 -
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Twitter - New Media, or News Media?
On, July 22nd a strong summer storm dropped over 7 1/2 inches of rain on parts of Southeastern Wisconsin in a two hour period. The coverage of the effects of that storm went wall-to-wall all night with live on-scene reports of flooded basements, cars being carried away by water on roads that...
By Tom Snyder • July 26, 2010 -
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Twitter In A Corner - Facing Huge Challenges
It's easy to consider Twitter a success, particularly if you don't look at it as a business, but it's facing some critical issues and Catch-22's that may endanger its existence over the next 12 months. The fact that it has not turned a profit yet, and the business need to start providing return on investment for its investors, puts it in an awkward position. It's a position that other platforms will also face or are now facing.
By Robert Bacal • July 24, 2010 -
Why Do You Retweet?
A friend passed a URL along to me this week with a research piece done by a Microsoft team last year on the science of retweeting. The trio of authors, Danah Boyd, Scott Golder and Gilad Lotan looked at 720,000 tweets over a six-month period and found that only 3% of the tweets "are likely to be ...
By Chris Syme • July 23, 2010 -
5 Ways To Get More Retweets on Twitter
A retweet on Twitter is a simple, but powerful ways to take your content that you're sharing with current followers and potentially making it viral. When someone retweets (RT) what you've posted the message goes beyond your personal follower pool. It's instantly sent to other new tweeters, which...
By Sarah Hartshorn • July 22, 2010 -
500 Million Facebook Users Later and Where Are We?
Facebook passed 500 million members yesterday. The number is great for them, and it's mind-boggling how they keep the site running smoothly with all the traffic they receive (Twitter, take note). The number comes as a laurel in the middle of another year filled with controversy.
By Jay Dolan • July 22, 2010 -
5 best practice tips when building a community using Facebook Pages
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By Krishna De • July 22, 2010 -
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Quit Betting on Twitter
There was a ComputerWorld post that talked about the issues with Twitter's downtime recently. A few companies who have dedicated clients and features that are dependent upon Twitter are whining about the downtime. Sorry folks, no empathy here. You built an entire company upon another free service that is a single point of failure for your clients? And you want me to feel sorry for you? (Insert time-out buzzer sound here)
By Douglas Karr • July 21, 2010 -
How To Brand Your Tweets on Twitter
If you're looking for a Twitter solution that combines both marketing and management then you absolutely must check out Market Me Tweet. Before you roll your eyes at the thought of yet another Twitter tool you'll be happy to know that Market Me Tweet is a true stand-out from the pack of Twitter ...
By Sarah Hartshorn • July 19, 2010 -
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The Twitter - Facebook Disparity
Last night, I attended a minor league (AA) baseball game in North Carolina (where I live) and was struck by how active the team was on various social media platforms. Before the game even started, they were showing pictures of the "Facebook Fan Of The Game" from their fan page, which I later learned had well over 3,000 members - not too shabby! I was also struck by the number of times the PA announcer asked fans to "join the team's Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter" for news, discounts and special promotions.
By Tom Webster • July 19, 2010 -
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LinkedIn Groups have a new look!
This month LinkedIn is revamping the Groups section of their site. You may already be a member of a group on LinkedIn, but if not, I would highly encourage it. More than likely, there are groups about your industry or a specific topic that is of interest to you. LinkedIn's groups have always been a great way to portray your expertise in a particular area or stay up to date on news topics, but with this recent update I imagine that they will become even more helpful.
By Danielle Leitch • July 16, 2010 -
Twitter's New Follower email notification facelift
The New Follower email notification from Twitter gets a fresh new look. It comes with full extract of your new follower's profile details, including 'bio' and 'location.' It also comes with better organized "what's next" guide - link to your new follower's profile page, send an @ reply / direct ...
By Yung Hui Lim • July 16, 2010 -
Seven Killer Features Google Me Needs to Face Facebook
The rumor is out. Ever since Digg CEO Kevin Rose slipped the juicy gossip about Google Me, speculations and predictions about Google's latest foray into social networking have run wild on the Web. Will this alleged social platform be an innovative standout like Gmail was? Or will it just be an amalgamation of Google's previous social letdowns - Profiles, Buzz and Wave?
By The Media Logic Team • July 15, 2010 -
Is Gen X Afraid of Facebook for Networking?
As a child of the 70's, I am a card carrying member of the (small but proud) Generation X. This generation is generally defined by people born between 1961 - 1979.The other week, I had the opportunity to listen to a valuable presentation on Generation X by Harvard Business Review contributer Tammy Erickson. The webinar was titled "The Leaders We Need Now. Are We Ready for Gen X to Take Charge?" An interesting question indeed in consideration of the perceived "Boomer-Y Love Fest" (quoting Tammy).
By Chris Perry • July 15, 2010 -
10 ways I plan to become a better Twitter user
You might notice this post is not entitled '10 ways to get more out of Twitter'. That's because I do believe that successful use of social media is as much about what you give to it as what you take from it. So what does it mean to be a better Twitter user?
By Robin Houghton • July 14, 2010 -
What's In Your Twitter Medicine Cabinet?
Ok, so I have a Twitter confession to make. If you follow one of my two Twitter handles @lindsayfultz or @GroshBackdrops and/or I follow you...I have something to tell you that you may or may not find disturbing...I have looked in your medicine cabinet when you weren't looking, and have been for the past couple of months.
By Lindsay Fultz • July 14, 2010 -
Facebook Pisses Off Users. Again.
For all its cool connectivity features and business tools, Facebook can still manage to piss users off even when it's trying to be helpful.
July 14, 2010 -
Does Twitter Need a Domain System for Usernames?
Twitter has more than its fair share of challenges and opportunities to address but one area it really needs to address is liberating usernames that have been collecting dust for a long time. There are too many useful and interesting usernames that have been sitting idle for months, if not years....
By Mark Evans • July 14, 2010
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