When you sign up to Foodzy (it’s free, but there is also a paid version) you win badges for certain good or fun eating habits. I unlocked a badge – the Foodzy Freshhead badge, below… Plus, I got a message telling me to drink more water… Hmmm I understand that everyone is getting into gamification, but really? I can’t say that the fact I got this badge makes me want to go onto to eat a carrot or drink the 2 liters of water to get another – would you? A badge just won’t cut it! Will a badge for a carrot spur you on? MORE >>

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Trending Stories Sorry, This is Not the End of the PC Era [OPINION] 30 How Are People Using Twitter? Badges are among the most visible elements of gamification, the use of game-thinking and game mechanics to engage media audiences. badge is one of many tools in an engagement design arsenal that also includes point systems, leaderboards, challenges, rewards, team play and achievement, among others. “Badges? socialmedi MORE >>

Social networks like Facebook & Twitter have massive participation figures. In this post, I offer some thoughts on why people become loyal to certain networks & what marketers can do to encourage community loyalty. It's also important to understand The Cycle of Social Interaction when trying to build community loyalty. The Cycle of Social Interaction It might seem simple, but many marketers abandon this cycle and focus on marketing tactics while trying to build a community. Badging. Recognition. Why it works : It's human nature to seek approval. MORE >>

For now on, I’m going to call it Voice of the “social&#  Employee. Can an internal socially powered ideation platform or network empower and propel an employee into massive production and an upbeat morale? Does social media offer the panacea to an employee who feels that he is not being paid what he is worth? Does social give a voice to the employee who isn’t happy? Does social soften the feelings of the employee who thinks that the company doesn’t care about them? How can a company leverage that through an internal social platform? Right? MORE >>

Despite all the posts raving about it on basically every social media blog and news site known to mankind, Google+ is most assuredly not the next great social network. Let me be the first to say: TurntableFM is the future of social networking. Sure, it has the Sparks and the Hangouts and is a very nicely designed social network. The more I thought about it, the more I realized this was the social network we’ve been waiting for. We don’t carry those scars with us, however – we carry that as a badge of honor. said it. MORE >>