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Understanding the Meaning of ‘FTFY’: A Guide

BeingOptimist

Primarily used in platforms such as forums, social media, and messaging apps, the term and its uses reflect an influential shift towards internet-based lingo within the cultural sphere. Similar to other acronyms such as LOL or BRB, FTFY emerged as a shorthand for a common phrase in conversation.

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How to Share Posts From the Instagram Feed to Stories

Buffer Social

Any post shared to a story will include a link back to the original post and include the original poster’s username. In a recent episode of The Science of Social Media , hosts, Hailley and Brian discussed this update (around the 4:45 mark in the below audio): Want to stay up-to-date with the latest social media news and views?

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Social Networking Stats: #RLTM Scoreboard; Facebook Ad Costs Highest In Russia

The Realtime Report

Posterous: 3.9 Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. By comparison, social media mega-user Brazil is a bargain at a CPC of only 20 cents. Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users. via Tagged. via Foursquare.

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Social Networking Stats: Twitter’s US Mobile Ad Revenues Top Facebook’s, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Posterous: 3.9 Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users. via Tagged. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Pinterest: over 11 million registered users. via Search Engine Land.

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The zizzazz incident

Josh S Peters

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Social Media » The ZizZazz incident The ZizZazz incident Written on September 2, 2009 by Josh Peters in Social Media 2 Comments - Leave a comment! Everything. Thank you for the comment.

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Do Your Followers Know the Background? All Yodeling in Context

Convince & Convert

This week: From ExactTarget , a free downloadable poster called The Lifecycle Roadmap. And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. Clearly this man is an underrated social media genius. Social Media Stat of the Week: 218,000,000+ monthly Twitter users.

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Does Saying “Link in Bio” Affect Your Instagram Post Performance? (Experiment)

Hootsuite

As much as we love some juicy gossip here at Hootsuite HQ, we love cold, hard, social media facts even more. Twitter, which only has one-third of Instagrams active users, generates five times more web traffic by comparison. Between anecdotal reports and gut feelings, social media experts have been a-buzz with suspicion.

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