Harp Interactive

JANUARY 10, 2014

'Categories: Blog , Facebook , Google , Google Plus , Pinterest , Social Media Marketing , Twitter Tags: Blog , Facebook , Google , google plus , Pinterest , social media , Social Media Snapshot , Twitter Social Media Snapshot Catch up on the need-to-know changes and updates in social media that affect your business and brand…all in one place. Below are highlights of changes on top social media platforms for the week ending January 10, 2014: New on Pinterest VisualGraph Coming to Pinterest Board

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yMarketingMatters

JANUARY 10, 2014

'Social media and digital marketing are going to grow even stronger in 2014. Fact! These are no longer “nice to have”, but “must have” for your business. With my first hand experience working with so many businesses, I am giving you my most important social media and digital marketing tips that will help you increase your online footprint, exposure and bottom line in 2014 for your business.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2014

'I’ll be starting a new series on SocMedSean that focuses on some of the most unsocial social media behaviors that I see in the digital space. In previous posts, I’ve covered items like: Buying Facebook/Twitter friends and followers Auto-Direct messaging Liking your own status updates This weeks comes focuses on those folks who surf LinkedIn profiles and choose to display themselves as anonymous.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 6, 2014

'Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season and are well rested, ready to take on 2014. In the spirit of the season, this week’s roundup features seven posts from around the web focused on the new year and what lies ahead. That’s a photo of red lanterns gliding into the Kolkata skies as part of The Tollygunge Club ‘s New Year’s Eve festivities, which is where I spent NYE. 1.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 9, 2014

'“TBT” or “Throwback Thursday” is one of the most popular hashtag trends on the web. According to Instagram, there are over 132 million photos bearing the tag. Obviously, it’s popular. Throwback to the 90′s- My cousins and I always loved to dress up our Barbies and each other! Consequently with all of its fame, there are bound to be some missteps when using the popular term.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 9, 2014

'Which US newspaper do you think is tops on Twitter? A new study by Searchmetrics reveals the leaders: The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today. These top three received the most mentions on Twitter in 2013; USA Today and the Washington Post also dominated the list of the top 10 most-tweeted newspaper website stories in 2013. The study ranked leading US newspaper sites by the number of tweets per week that were generated by the content on each site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 8, 2014

'It has become abundantly clear to me over the past few years that life – through which we all must pass – is an ever-evolving puzzle and a genuine delight. Image: Adam Collins via Flickr, CC 2.0. Good things come our way, sometimes unexpectedly; and not-so-good (I’m a PR guy; I can’t say “bad”!) things fall on us. This has become particularly interesting to me in my now decade-long role of “head honcho” of the Curry College Communication Department’s undergraduate Public Relations C

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Firebelly

JANUARY 7, 2014

'(Image via wikimotive). The art of finding the optimal times to post updates, tweet, and share brand items on social media remains a conflicting mess of information. Not only are the platforms themselves constantly getting new updates, the demographics of the people who use the platforms are continuously changing as well. Since there is no tried and true way of knowing your posts are being published at the perfect time, it is important to know your brand’s audience and the habits of its fans.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 10, 2014

'The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 1.19 billion monthly active users. via Facebook. YouTube. over 1 billion monthly unique users. via YouTube. Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. via TechCrunch. Sina Weibo: over 500 million users. via The Next Web.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 5, 2014

'Image from Bigstock.com. When Amber Naslund and I wrote The NOW Revolution in 2010, we created this graphic to describe the characteristics of the ideal community manager/social media practitioner. Since then, social media – and the skills needed to succeed in it – has changed substantially. Certainly, some of the characteristics we noted remain very much a requirement.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 10, 2014

'I’ve been in India for the past three weeks. Two weeks were vacation; this week and next I’ve been/am working remotely (which is actually going quite well now that I’ve gotten into my groove. I’ll tell you more about that after I get back to the U.S. next week). While I miss my husband and canines, the fun part of this “workation” ( tons of photos on Instagram!

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Firebelly

JANUARY 10, 2014

'If you know me then you know I am addicted to Snapchat. Whether I’m showing off the not so attractive faces I make or trying to step up Duncan’s Snapchat game (he struggles sometimes), Snapchat is one of the top apps I use. So on New Year’s Eve when I heard over 4.6 million users of Snapchat had their information leaked I was concerned.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 7, 2014

'In 2014, just under half (48%) of Western Europeans will access the internet via mobile phone (at least once per month), according to new research from eMarketer. By 2017 that number will rise to 66%. Norway is currently well in the lead, with 57% of the population using mobile phones to access the web in 2013. However, eMarketer predicts that by 2017, Denmark will rise to the top of the list with over 83% of the population accessing internet via mobile phone.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 5, 2014

'With over 4,500 people and companies following me on Twitter at @ariherzog , why did I create a new account at @ariherzogdotcom last week and ask people to follow me there instead? With over 8,400 people in a LinkedIn group I manage about social media marketing , why did I create a new group using that dotcom name and ask people to join that? Looking back to January 1 when I blogged about creating a new brand for myself , I ask these questions and laugh.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 8, 2014

'January 13 to 16, 2014, I’m attending the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas. This domain name conference is going to be amazing one, especially because of the speakers, the sponsors, and the attendees. Conferences are about who is there, and not just because of the type of conference it is. Nonetheless, now is a very critical time for the domain industry as a whole, as the new gTLDS are launching soon.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 8, 2014

'While most New Year’s resolutions involve losing weight or saving money, one group of Australian scientists had an entirely different thought: “How can we save lives from shark attacks?” Their answer? By making sharks tweet of course. Researchers tagged 338 sharks with acoustic transmitters, including great whites, tiger sharks, and whaler sharks, to test their tweeting experiment.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 8, 2014

'Who’s using social media in New Zealand? Just about everyone, based on the latest research from the comScore data mine. Nearly 95% of internet users in New Zealand accessed a social media site during November 2013, or 2.8 million Kiwis. The top social media platforms include: Facebook, with 1.95 million unique visitors in November 2013. LinkedIn, with 798,000 unique visitors (an increase of 53% since December 2012).

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 6, 2014

'I tweeted a selection of my Twitter followers a thank you for following me and casually asked them for their word of the day. Below are their responses. @ariherzog Stupendous. As in, I just watched Smaug the Stupendous. #hobbits. — Robbie (@VenTime) January 6, 2014. @ariherzog anticipation. You? — Arestia Rosenberg (@arestiaR) January 6, 2014.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2014

'Marketers are evidently enthusiastic heading into 2014… about everything. A fascinating new study was released this morning from Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud (a client of Convince & Convert ). Called 2014 State of Marketing , insights from over 2,500 global marketers , the report is full of data about marketers’ outlook and plans for the coming year.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 6, 2014

'We all have those people that have made a difference in our personal and professional lives. And I know these would be people I would be happy to recommend in a heartbeat on LinkedIn. But then it comes time to sit down and actually write the recommendation… I’ll admit I’ve written, analyzed, deleted, and rewritten the crap out of a few of my LinkedIn recommendations.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 6, 2014

'Just in case you missed it, here’s the one social media update for the week — and it’s a pretty cool one: Vine. Vine finally gets a website of its own, Vine.co – after being mobile only for almost a year, six-second video-sharing platform Vine now has its own site on the web; users on the web version have lots of options for searching and viewing Vines, but the ability to create new content is still confined to only to mobile (GigaOM).

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 6, 2014

'As we kick off 2014, we’re awash in PR trends and predictions. Here are six trends to watch in 2014. Here are 20 more. And another 10 more. But let’s look a little further ahead. And let’s start by looking at the implementation of standardized testing in our nation’s schools, the performance reviews of police officers , and the recent financial crisis.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 9, 2014

'Just when you thought the holidays were over, I’m urging you to indulge me in one more post on seasonal social media content. As a thank you for your patience, I’ve sourced something hilarious. If you’ve never heard of or followed Innocent Drinks , a wholesome smoothie, juice and veggie pots brand based out of the UK, now is the time. With a refreshing approach to social media, Innocent shares a mix of educational and cheeky content , all of which boasts a high engagement rate amongst its follo

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 6, 2014

'Whether you are setting up a landing page for a social media campaign, a paid advertising campaign, or organic SEO, you need to make sure its No. 1 priority is converting visitors to sales. That’s the primary purpose for a landing page whether you are selling a product, generating leads, or capturing contact information for a later follow-up.

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Twist Image

JANUARY 7, 2014

'Everyone is talking about the Michael Bay meltdown that happened at CES. I hate the whole "kicking someone when they are down mentality," but this is worth watching if you ever have to present or speak in public. Ugh. it''s tough to watch, isn''t it? Because I am often asked to speak in public and I have a personal passion for the art of public speaking, my email, social feeds and phone have (literally) been a-buzz all day about this incident.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 6, 2014

'Pretty soon, you’ll be able to register new domain names that have a new extension. Rather than the traditional.COM,NET,ORG domain extensions we are all used to in the past, you’ll be able to register a domain name like domain.luxury, domain.land, domain.bike, and even domain.cab or domain.computer. These are the new gTLDs. Here’s a list of a few of the new gTLDs that are being offered: bike.guru.holdings.plumbing.singles.ventures.clothing.camera.lighting.equipment.estate.grap

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 10, 2014

'Elias Roman, Songza @eliasroman. Elias Roman , Co-founder of Songza , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week (on the 99th episode!) to discuss the undeniable power of excellent curation, delivering content to users that is perfect for the moment, and what makes people hit the “share” button. Read on for some of the highlights and tweetable moments, or listen to the full podcast.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 7, 2014

'If you still live in the old world of newsletter printing, you may have heard that Thursday is the best day to ensure that your newsletter lands in someone’s mailbox. Many marketers, when they converted their print newsletters to digital, stuck with that Thursday rule. According to several studies , there is some validity in that thinking. Then again, you can’t be too sure.

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Twist Image

JANUARY 9, 2014

'Don''t know someone''s email address? No need to fret, Google is here. Confused? Don''t be. Let''s go back in time to a blog post titled, Is Google+ About To Make Facebook Frown? , from January 2012: "Google has the power (and ability) to make Google+ (and everything being shared within it) the underlying social platform within all of its many applications ( Android , Gmail , Google Docs , Picasa , Google Maps , Google News , YouTube , etc.).

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 7, 2014

'When you have a fairly popular blog, you have to deal with comment spammers. Unfortunately, blog comment spamming still works apparently, or at least the blog spammers haven’t learned that it doesn’t work. Nonetheless, I’m still amazed at some of the comments left on the blog. There are always the really bad comments that make no sense at all, and then there are actual comments by real people.

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Writtent Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

'About two-thirds of marketers say their company blog is “critical” or “important” to their business. Part of the reason is that blogs are a great way to engage your visitors. ( U.addresstwo ) Still not sure whether you need to have a blog? Here are 20 stunning facts about business blogging that will make you think differently.

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