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Employees Are A Critical Element To Your Social Media Success – Are You Leveraging Yours? Apple Isn’t!

SocMed Sean

Without people and their personal relationship information, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter would be reduced to…well…MySpace. Recently, Apple’s social media policies were leaked to the public and their contents were startling. Why bother leaving the issue live if no one from Apple is allowed to comment.

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. Apple has no such protocol in place, and at this point, there is no engagement. I’m going to stop there, though. No acknowledgment.

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Digg vs. Reddit: Reddit's Staff is Better » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The story did quite well on Digg and on Reddit, with Reddit users noticing that one of the fish forms actually looked very much like the Reddit logo. The story did quite well on Digg and on Reddit, with Reddit users noticing that one of the fish forms actually looked very much like the Reddit logo. I am enjoying Stumble lately, though.

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Top 100 Most Innovative and Influential People in the Web 2.0 World

Bill Hartzer

In the social networking category, Mark Zuckerberg, the Founder of Facebook , beat out Kevin Rose, the Founder of Digg. Kevin Rose, Founder, Digg. NYSE: NWS) (MySpace ). Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Inc. Eddy Cue, VP, iTunes (Apple Inc. In the search category, the heads of Google , Microsoft , and Yahoo! Nasdaq: AAPL).

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You can't fight the power of video. It's bigger than all of us.

Firebelly

Case in point: Apple vs. T-Mobile. When I saw the new T-Mobile MyTouch 3G commercial, Iimmediately thought of the Apple iPhone commercials. Well, you can take a look for yourself: Apple iPhone commercial:  T-Mobile MyTouch 3G commercial: It seems obvious that T-Mobile at least modeled their touchphone marketing Apple’s.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source. Twenty-two minutes after it hit the front page, it sat at 2099 Diggs. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs. How do you get your news?

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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