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Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

Ari Herzog

Rachel Jonat joined Facebook in 2006. ” “I’d rather give up the 189 Facebook friends, the majority of whom I don’t have or want the phone number of, and focus on the people near and dear to me.” She deliberated for a week and posted a status update on her Facebook wall with her phone number and email address.

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Let’s imagine you have a company blog. You try sharing it on social media and even run a few Facebook ads, but the results are short term and costly. After a while you give up on the blog thinking it’s a waste of time. I first published them in 2006 and then updated them 2018. Here’s the problem. Don’t risk total failure.

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Use Facebook Data to Unlock Consumer Affinity

Buzz Marketing for Technology

When I started this blog back in 2006 Facebook was just getting going but nobody had a clue on when it came to the volumes of valuable data that they would ultimately produce. Today we are talking about almost 1 billion posts on Facebook per day, the same happens on Twitter every 4 days.

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10 Reasons Brands Fail to Convert Facebook Fans into Paying Customers

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Posted in Commerce Facebook Interactive Marketing Sales Social Media Social Networking Strategy. According to HubSpot, ninety three percent of adults on the Internet are on Facebook, yet only 1% of a brand’s Facebook fans will ever make their way to the company’s main website. It simply can’t be Facebook’s fault….

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Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs

Firebelly

Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace. Where did they go?

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Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

Ari Herzog

Rachel Jonat recently shared why she quit Facebook , extracting in part: I want more from my friends than status updates. I’d rather give up the 189 Facebook friends, the majority of whom I don’t have or want the phone number of, and focus on the people near and dear to me. people who watch everyone else Facebooking.

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PR generalists vs social media specialist?

Sherrilynne Starkie

. “The reason the PR profession has dragged its heels in terms of adopting and making the most of social media is its structure as a generalist industry where account teams are responsible for the full range of communication tasks (albeit with varying degrees of emphasis depending on seniority),” Simon wrote on his blog a few days ago.