Social Media Updates: Page 415

  • The Search Engine of "Likes"

    By • June 26, 2010

  • Reading Between the Lines of Facebook's Declaration of War Against Google Search

    Allfacebook.com revealed the news of "Facebook's declaration of search war against Google", creating some interesting arguments between Google fans and Facebook fans.

    By • June 25, 2010

  • Too Much Social, Not Enough Sales?

    Is social media wearing you out and getting in the way of your real work? It's not bad enough that you have to keep up with a blog, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendfeed, Youtube and maybe Plaxo, but every day I'm being asked to join yet another social network. There are hundreds of them...

    By • June 21, 2010

  • Is e-mail dead? Facebook thinks so.

    Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, says e-mail is dead and online communication - such as Facebook, will take its place. At Nielsen 360, she gave the keynote, which you can watch below: Link to original post

    By • June 20, 2010

  • Why I don't follow your brand on Twitter

    I follow people on Twitter for because they either have information or entertain me. Notice I said people. Not brands. Not companies. People. I firmly believe all social media is about connecting with people online. The most massive social media networks, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, are al...

    By • June 18, 2010

  • Is Your Twitter Addiction Paying Off?

    Twitter can suck you in to a vortex of counter-productivity like one bite of that KFC Double Down sandwich. I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. It also continues to be a reliable conduit for new visitors here at Convince & Convert. Ma...

    By • June 17, 2010

  • "I Like Your Comment"

    Anyone notice that you can now "like" comments?! Facebook's blog posted today: "So like peanut butter and jelly, we realized these two features would go better together. Starting today, most of you will see a small "Like" button appear underneath comments. We're rolling this out gradually, so if...

    By • June 17, 2010

  • An Ode Against Automated Tweets

    If there's one thing that really annoys on Twitter, it's automated tweets. You know the ones: xx has uploaded a video on YouTube xx has checkedin on Foursquare xx has added xx film to their Lovefilm account It's lazy and annoying. I'm not saying some these updates won't be of i...

    By • June 13, 2010

  • Social Gaming Activity on Facebook Shows Signs of Decline

    Whether you are active on Facebook or not, you most likely have heard friends, family and even the media talk about games such as "Farmville" or "Mafia Wars". These "social" games have been one of the largest growth areas in the video game industry, however recently the category has shown sign...

    By • June 12, 2010

  • If I Had a Million Followers, I'd Be (Fill in the Blank)

    On May 10th a bug caused every Twitter account to display the dreaded "0 Followers", causing millions of users to panic and contemplate their own "Twitter existence". People wondered if they would be forced to start over and if they did, would they take the same approach with their profile and...

    By • June 10, 2010

  • Most Twitter users don't tweet -Is that a problem?

    Twitter COO Dick Costolo who was speaking at the Conversational Media Summit in New York City, offered up that Twitter is now attracting 190 million visitors per month and generating 65 million Tweets a day. 65 million tweets a day. That's pretty cool. But it's this next sentence from Costolo t...

    By • June 10, 2010

  • 7 Factors To Consider Before You Follow Someone On Twitter

    Two of the most common questions asked when some begins using Twitter are, "Who should I follow? and "What should I look for when doing so?" There are a couple of schools of thought on the answer and it ties directly to what your goals are with your account. Some focus on growing the follower nu...

    By • June 9, 2010

  • Top 10 Twitter Tutorials on YouTube

    We all know that YouTube is a treasure trove of entertainment, with endless hours of Justin Bieber crooning to tweens and cats playing the piano. But it's also a terrific resource for learning â€" there are helpful how-tos about a wide range of topics that do a great job of breaking down complex...

    By • June 8, 2010

  • Why do you follow brands on Twitter?

    Image by [noone] via Flickr Some brands are very successful on Twitter. They might be using it for customer service, to engage with customers or to discuss issues that they might be interested in. For many brands, Twitter is a great way for brands to engage directly with consumers, to learn...

    By • June 5, 2010

  • "I Wish I Could Quit You," Facebook.

    "Quit Facebook Day" â€" an attempt to cripple the world's largest social networking site by encouraging dissatisfied users to leave en masse â€" has largely failed. Probably because it was scheduled for Memorial Day â€" a national holiday. A lot of people had other things planned for that day. ...

    By • June 4, 2010

  • Twitter: Focus on Quality over Quantity

    Earlier this week, I did a social media workshop at a magazine conference, and one of the questions about Twitter was whether it made sense to follow thousands of people - an approach taken by many people such as blogger Robert Scoble and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki. My immediate answer was "...

    By • June 4, 2010

  • Do You "Like" How I Look In These Jeans?

    Is the interconnected Web bringing us together, or making us all distracted voyeurs? Apparel company Diesel - who's aggressive marketing is consistently noteworthy - has rolled out perhaps the first-ever integration of Facebook "likes" in a dressing room.... Diesel boutiques in Spain now come eq...

    By • June 2, 2010

  • 5 Reasons Why Facebook Quit Day Was a Flop

    By now I'm sure you heard that talk is cheap; Facebook Quit Day earned the fail whale. Out of the multi-million users of Facebook, only 33,000 people quit. This was a surprise to some, but certainly not for me. I know why people did not quit Facebook: It was Memorial Day: To all those peo...

    By • June 1, 2010

  • Google Helps You Find Tweeps Like You

    Google recently introduced a new search tool that leverages the open API from Twitter to allow you to find Tweeps that have similar interests. You type in your @ Twitter handle and it returns a search results page that offers up a list of recommended users that have similar areas of interest t...

    By • May 27, 2010

  • Facebook: Too Big to Quit?

    Facebook drives people nuts. People are quitting over the latest privacy changes. Others are rushing to defend Zuckerburg and Facebook. And everyone else is caught in the middle of what to do with their account. I have a lot of friends who run social media campaigns or control their company's...

    By • May 27, 2010

  • LinkedIn - To Allow Or Not Allow Strangers?

    I recently reconnected to a large number of former colleagues via LinkedIn. Looking through their "connections", I noticed that some set their privacy settings very high. For example, you need to know their current email address in order to connect with them. Or, they only allow you to see the ...

    By • May 26, 2010

  • MySpace, Friendster Blew It: Why Facebook Rose to the Top

    According to Sean Parker, the former president of Facebook, Facebook would have never made it if it wasn't for very poor management of MySpace and Friendster. Don't believe me, watch the video. Link to original post

    By • May 26, 2010

  • How to Import Twitter Favorites to Your Facebook Page

    I must thank Heather for bringing up this brilliant question. To me, Twitter Favorites is another hidden gem for content discovery. Apart from discovering smart tips, Twitter Favorites works as a bookmarking tool to collect testimonials, acknowledgments about others and our work. Either way, i...

    By • May 25, 2010

  • LinkedIn Add Stats For Measuring Connection Effectiveness

    Fine, I'm a sucker for UI, Stats, and quirky changes to the aforementioned features on websites. I always want to know what they mean, why they were moved/touched/changed. Because you know somewhere somehow in the deep depths of the company, there was a meeting, a half-hour conference, or a dec...

    By • May 21, 2010

  • Twitter Search Gets a Little More Powerful

    We missed this last week when ReadWriteWeb reported it, but maybe you did, too. So here's something we've just discovered. A small but very handy change at Twitter's search engine, search.twitter.com, means it now peeks inside the expanded versions of web addresses shortened using services like ...

    By • May 21, 2010