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Social Media News Ticker: Instagram Launches Bolt, Foursquare Debuts New Logo, Facebook Drops Gifts

The Realtime Report

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Foursquare: Facebook. Foursquare.

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Social Networking Stats: #RLTM Scoreboard, Marketers Buy Facebook Ads for Awareness, Not Fans

The Realtime Report

LinkedIn: 160 million members. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Marketers Buy Facebook Ads For Awareness, Not Fans. Marketers are buying Facebook ads primarily to build awareness and sentiment, according to a new survey by Ad Age and Citigroup. via iResearch iUser Tracker.

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Adds Photo Tagging, Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

The Realtime Report

Facebook to buy Oculus VR, maker of the Rift headset, for around $2B in cash and stock – last week Facebook announced the acquisition of Oculus VR, “the leader in virtual reality technology;” initial efforts will focus on gaming, but will expand to other experiences as well (TechCrunch). Foursquare.

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Wendy's "Treat it Forward" on Facebook, Twitter & Foursquare for.

Firebelly

Buy a frosty and Wendys will donate 50 cents to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Theyll donate an additional 50 cents every time you help spread the word about Fathers Day Frosty Weekend on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or FrostyCard.com. Video URL: [link] ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Social Media Isn’t About The Numbers! Or Is It?

SocMed Sean

The problem is, you can buy friends and followers online through your local black hat shopping cart and no one really knows what a Klout score actually means. Is he one of those annoying Twitter Noobs who simply tweets what he’s eating, where he checked-in on Foursquare, and quotes from popular authors/politicians? To what avail?

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Social Networking Stats: 63% of Users Share Product Info on Facebook, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

LinkedIn: 187 million active users. via LinkedIn. Foursquare: over 25 million users. However, ‘likes’ do not carry the same weight as friend recommendations: 64% said that more Facebook “likes” on a product do not increase the likelihood that they will buy that product. VK: over 100 million users.

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Basic Strategy: Create a LinkedIn Profile – use this to manage and network with your professional network. Foursquare! Who has time for this? Real Estate.

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