For the London 2012 Olympics, the organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recognized that people want to receive their event news in different ways. For the London 2012 Olympics, the IOC created a website to become the hub of all digital media. That has changed with London hosting the games and embracing it by creating an account for every event. They’re a UK financial solutions provider Credit Season and they put together an infographic showing the rising cost and economic growth resulting from hosting the games. INFOGRAPHIC]. MORE >>

With this medium moving at warp speed in popularity since the 2008 Beijing Games, and gaining considerable speed during Vancouver 2010, industry veterans knew that Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest would have their own podium finishes at London 2012. host broadcaster ; Crazed fans have used Twitter to threaten competitors ; U.S. The London 2012 Olympics are proving to be the perfect test scenario of intense, global social media. Social Media elissa freeman London 2012 Olympics social media crisesToday’s guest post is written by  Elissa Freeman. On the upside? MORE >>

Amber MacArthur, also known as Amber Mac, is an internationally-known speaker, best-selling social media author, TV host, and entrepreneur. She brings her knowledge to various audiences as the host of BNN’s App Central , Canada’s first national TV show about mobile technology and trends, currently shown on five broadcast platforms nationally and two networks internationally. Amber There are a limited number of Social Mix 2012 seats available and early bird rates are in effect until June 18. Buy Social Mix 2012 tickets here. His first book, Crush It! Enjoy this post? MORE >>

But hosting your organization’s website for free may not be how you want to pinch pennies. Getting stuff for free is nice. It’s good to save a buck or two, especially if you’re a small business owner or non-profit. Spammers like to get things for free too, and their smut can soil your website rankings [.]. Social PR MORE >>

We’re proud to acknowledge these 50 women from 41 different organizations as the top #Nifty50 women of technology on Twitter for 2012. She also hosts the talent chat (#TChat) on Twitter Wednesdays from 7-8pm eastern time. ” She was named B2B Magazine’s 2012 Digital Marketer of Year. She hosts In Beta , a podcast about open source, web-based, mobile and social apps, and This Week in Google , a web show which covers the latest news about the cloud and Google. There you have it, the #Nifty50 Women of Twitter for 2012. Stacey Acevero. sacevero. kishau. MORE >>