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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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Will iTunes' Ping Be a Success?

Mindjumpers

Posted by Anne Herngaard Sep 2nd, 2010 Tweet Yesterday Apple announced a line of updated products along with the social network called Ping. The music network runs within Apple’s latest iTunes 10 version – also in iPhone and iPod Touch. Furthermore, making iTunes a social experience will boost the possibilities of sales.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #122

Twist Image

This sets up the battle of the next decade: Apple , that wants great content in order to sell devices; Amazon that wants great devices in order to sell content. Looming in the wings is Facebook - and lest we think things are done, don't forget that 5 years ago it was MySpace and Yahoo fighting for top slot in the world. alistair croll.

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

Firebelly

And Youtube dominates the pack (as if that’s a surprise to anyone…).Comscore Many of the videos, especiallyon Youtube , aren’t marketing a product or brand;they’re just for fun. Case in point: Apple vs. T-Mobile. When I saw the new T-Mobile MyTouch 3G commercial, Iimmediately thought of the Apple iPhone commercials.

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The Future of Local News WILL Disrupt Facebook

Stay N' Alive

I am often asked, "will Facebook ever go the way of MySpace?" People are replacing their TV watching habits with Youtube, and Hulu, Netflix, Xbox, and Apple TV. Youtube strategies will become more important as more people use Youtube to get entertainment and news. People are seeking their news online.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The Pork and Beans video enlisted in familiar faces across the YouTube culture. With over 1 billion video views on YouTube per day, if you have a great video that shows your passion for the product and the right audience comes along, you can find your video in the spotlight. The video above is one of the first iPod touch commercials.

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