Social Media Updates: Page 445


  • The Problem with Social Media Networks

    I've been on Twitter for a few weeks and have shared a few interesting pieces of info and learned quite a bit, in fact, it's a great way to learn about people's media consumption diets (here's mine) as they're sharing in real time what they are listening to, reading, or interacting with.Damon B...

    By March 5, 2007
  • Want to See who is Single on Facebook?

    Want to know who of your Facebook friends are single? You can see all a complete list, with percentages, by clicking here.Thanks to Mashable! for the tip on this one. Share This link to original post

    By Feb. 26, 2007
  • Coke, Snowboarding and Social Networks: What's the Connection?

    The above commercial for Coke Zero features an elderly man with his grandson drinking a Coke. Believing what he is drinking is the "same Coke" he has drank for years, the grandfather doesn't understand that this particular beverage is actually a new version of Coke. The grandson lets him go off...

    By Feb. 24, 2007
  • Teasing the Audience - IBM Lotus Connections and IBM Lotus Sametime Videos Now on YouTube

    Tags: IBM, Lotus, IBM Lotus Connections, Connections, Lotus Sametime, Sametime, Social Computing, Social Networking, Social Software, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Knowledge Management, KM, Communities, Collaboration, Real-Time Collaboration, YouTube, VideoOne of the key challenges ahead for any par...

    By Feb. 20, 2007
  • YouTube vs. The Media World: Mutually Assured Destruction

    The Wall Street Journal reports that Google's YouTube division is under attack from a coalition of mainstream media companies in the escalating struggle for a share of revenue from the video-sharing site. Driving the latest flare-up is testimony by a former Google employee that the company earn...

    By Feb. 12, 2007
  • Vote for Best Use of Social Media In Super Bowl 2007

    Great first half, boring second half, but fun time over at Brian Solis tonight for the game. The ads were ok, nothing really outstanding, though there were a few gems that got everyone laughing (and a few people cried for the robot who lost his job - or was that a shebot?). Regardless, we are h...

    By Feb. 5, 2007
  • Viacom to YouTube: You've lost that loving feeling

    According to Viacom, all the promotional and marketing benefits of viral video on YouTube are "illusory." The company demanded today that YouTube, a division of Google, remove more than 100,000 clips that include Viacom content. "People are waking up to the fact that there is no marketing advan...

    By Feb. 3, 2007
  • Use LinkedIn To Drive Social Media Adoption

    Ive seen a lot more activity on LinkedIn lately. I think some of it has to do with the end-user spike that a new feature can bring, in this case LinkedIn Answers. It also might have something to do with my personal widget marketing strategy. (Translation: I have my LinkedIn profile plaste...

    By Feb. 2, 2007
  • YouTube's Hot Air From Davos

    I got pretty excited by Chad Hurleys announcement at the annual Rich International Assholes Hot Air Fest at Davos that YouTube would soon start paying users for content until my fellow Social Media Collective member Jeff Nolan reminded me that it still isnt clear if YouTube itself is makin...

    Jan. 27, 2007
  • Early Evangelism, and on Writing a Book

    Early EvangelismThis is interesting, I received this email today. To protect her identity, Ive removed any personal info:Hi Jeremiah,If I remember correctly you were the one who first invited me to joinLinkedIn, some time in early 2005. Is that correct? I just want to mentionthat I reaped a ben...

    By Jan. 27, 2007