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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

By creating informative and engaging content, brands can cultivate relationships with customers and followers that lead to conversions. Examples: YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitch and UStream. Use Smart Inbox to monitor all incoming messages and conversations in one place. Examples: Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and LinkedIn.

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Facebook Live Will Dominate Video Streaming

The Social Media Hat

Livestream and Ustream have been around for years, and Google+ Hangouts On Air were an incredible innovation. Being able to connect with up to 9 others in a live video conversation that could be viewed by many and recorded was brilliant. In fact, Google+ is a modern day Antonio Meucci. And boy, have we seen alternatives.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using Digg as an instrument to get Digg’s attention has never clearly had an impact until last week’s “revolt,&# and the only reason why it had an impact then was because it was done off Digg’s site (in this case, Ustream ) and had plenty of press people standing behind it.

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