Harp Interactive
APRIL 13, 2011
With 500 Billion + people on Facebook and an estimated 280,000,000 Twitter accounts, there is no doubt that social media is eye opening.shockingly so. The significance of social media for businesses is equally big. Expanding your brand's potential reach via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more has become the holy grail of marketing.
Dave Fleet
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Twitter sent an email around to users yesterday, giving four suggestions for getting the most out of Twitter in 2011: Follow your interests: Follow the people who share your passions. Get specific: Follow your favourite leagues, teams, players, writers etc. Don’t panic: Search for hashtags and relevant accounts during emergencies to stay informed.
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SocMed Sean
NOVEMBER 27, 2011
So, you’re ready to Tweet, right? You’ve realized that Twitter isn’t just people sharing what they ate for breakfast and that there might be some real value to engaging with the 100 million active users that might give you valuable insights about your products, services, and competitors. Before you jump in and start tweeting away, here are seven tips that can help you avoid looking like a newbie and (hopefully) avoid some common pitfalls. 1) Don’t Be An Egg – Adjus
yMarketingMatters
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
This is a guest post by Samia Zaky, who is in the social media daily trenches as a corporate Social Media Marketing Manager. She has developed robust and sustainable social media profiles and programs for different companies, knows the ropes, and gives us practical, valuable advice which I think you will find useful. We always.
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Jason Yormark
JUNE 13, 2011
Every once in awhile I experience something that I feel compelled to share even if it strays from the subject matter of my blog. Especially when the information doesn’t quite exist. That’s what happened to me last week when I realized late in the game that I had misplaced my passport 2 days before my trip to SES Toronto. Oops. I immediately turned to the web to see what my options were.
Mindjumpers
JUNE 3, 2011
Tweet Catching up with the weekend mood, I thought it would be a good idea to post something cool and interesting which has caught a lot of eye balls in social media and of course, made heads turn! So, what’s better than Lady Gaga’s social media campaign for the release of her album ‘Edge of Glory’. Lady Gaga built one of the world’s largest fan base by talking directly to her fans on social media on the release of her new single ‘Edge of Glory’.
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Almost Savvy
APRIL 6, 2011
You know you’ve seen it. That cringe-worthy photo from your friend’s beach vacation that she’s using as her LinkedIn profile photo. “What in the world is she thinking?&# you’ve wondered. “I’d never use a photo like that to represent myself online.&# Really, Mr. Look-at-me-and-my-super-cute-puppy ? Hey, don’t get me wrong, I’m all for puppies.
SocialFish
JANUARY 19, 2011
Today someone said something which still has me reeling hours later: “Facebook will eventually replace websites.&# Was this person the first to ever have said it? Surely not. But it was the first time I’ve ever heard an actual person say it, and I’m telling you, it freaked me out that someone could honestly believe something so crazy to be true.
Webbiquity SMM
MAY 3, 2011
Few phenomena have ever spread as far and grown as rapidly as social media; obviously, this has tapped into something essential to our nature. What is it? The answer may come from the email marketing field. According to a recent study by email service provider Aweber, four simple words virtually guaranteed to get an email opened are: “You are not alone.”.
Waxing UnLyrical
JANUARY 27, 2011
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck January 27th, 2011 Tweet In the genes? I don’t know if we PR pros have a faulty gene or what, but we make it so easy for other professionals to beat up on us. Image: JKönig via Flickr, CC 2.0 Last week I posted 6 ways to ruin your chances of getting free publicity over at BNET.
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Harp Interactive
APRIL 13, 2011
With 500 Million + people on Facebook and an estimated 280,000,000 Twitter accounts, there is no doubt that social media is eye opening.shockingly so. The significance of social media for businesses is equally big. Expanding your brand's potential reach via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more has become the holy grail of marketing.
Dave Fleet
JANUARY 27, 2011
Tweet 20 Social Media Business Trends in 2011. View more presentations from Dave Fleet. One of the great things about working in the digital space right now is observing the many changes constantly occurring. This week, I had an opportunity to pull together some of the key social media trends I’m seeing for a presentation at an event in Waterloo.
SocMed Sean
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
I’ve been asked this question more than a few times, so I thought I’d pass it along here. If you hate that apps like Yahoo! News, Spotify, and the Washington Post are pushing articles into your Facebook timeline, there is a quick way to get rid of them. Within your timeline each app gives you the opportunity to hide a specific story, but doesn’t give you the chance to hide everything from Yahoo!
yMarketingMatters
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
Twitter has been growing tremendously. In 2010, Twitter had 75 million user accounts. In 2011 (and the year is not over yet), there are 100 million active user accounts, with 50 million active users and 230 million tweets every day. Twitter says it expects to add 26 million active users by the end of the.
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Jason Yormark
APRIL 11, 2011
For the past week I’ve been playing around with an interesting new web browser called RockMelt. For those unfamiliar, RockMelt takes an interesting approach to web browsing by integrating social media directly into the browser making it much easier to communicate with your Facebook and Twitter networks, and to also share web content more quickly and efficiently.
Mindjumpers
APRIL 11, 2011
Tweet By now, we are all aware of how social media is changing the way we communicate with each other. Social media has made it easier for us to connect with people both close to us, businesses we have an interest in and not least people across the world. And now, we also begin to see how the education industry is joining the game. We are beginning to see lectures in the form of online videos and podcasts, as well as using Skype, Twitter and Facebook as platforms to discuss and share materials f
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
JANUARY 5, 2011
As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. Of course, then, today is my birthday, but it’s a big one. Today, I turn 30. I started this “best posts&# idea five years ago and it’s grown huge. 2010 by far was the biggest year yet in the Internet Marketing realm.
Almost Savvy
JUNE 23, 2011
So, there I was. Listening in on an fascinating conversation online with one of the business world’s most well known thought-leaders, some of his most famous books on the shelf above my desk as I soaked in his words coming through the speakers of my computer. His wisdom and perspective on the importance of respecting and empowering one’s employees and customers were inspiring.
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SocialFish
APRIL 4, 2011
With all this talk about influence metrics , here’s my take on what I think you should pay attention to when looking for influencers in your open community. 1. Influence has to do with relationships between people – both online and offline. I may be considered an influencer in the association space, but it’s NOT because I have 7k followers on Twitter.
Justin Levy
MAY 30, 2011
When I speak to groups or am interviewed about Facebook, I am often asked to provide examples of companies that are “doing it right.&# With well north of 500 million users who spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook, companies are increasingly interested in how Facebook can be leveraged as part of their marketing campaigns. It’s only natural.
Buzz Marketing for Technology
DECEMBER 15, 2011
Imagine a company that has upscale retail locations around the United States receiving tens of thousands of customer visits. Now imagine not having anyone there to greet and interact with those customers. What’s the point of the storefront? Facebook fan pages are much the same thing. But only 0.2 to 2 percent of fans go back to a page. Why? Because there is nothing going on that interests them.
Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 27, 2011
Here I go again: Klout does not equal Clout. And while it may in the future, it certainly does not right now. Yesterday Klout introduced “the new Klout.com.&#. I saw a tweet about it, and I can’t remember whose stream it was in, so I went across to check it out. My initial reaction (and it’s also in the comment that I left over on the Klout blog post, since I didn’t think it fair to simply write about it here and not comment there as well) is … that it’s very
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Dave Fleet
NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Tweet. We’re past the point where a “get me one of those” approach to the latest social shiny object is a viable approach. As business use of social media continues to slowly mature, measurement is becoming more and more important to justify the investment in social activities. Last week I spoke on a roundtable on Practical Social Media Goal Setting, Measurement and ROI , along with Janet Fouts , Steve Farnsworth and Brian Rice.
SocMed Sean
DECEMBER 21, 2011
I recently participate in an Twitter chat where the conversation turned to whether or not it’s a good idea to automate social media activities. The conversation primarily revolved around whether the “always on” nature of sites like Twitter require that you tweet 24 hours a day, since your followers aren’t necessarily in the same time zone.
yMarketingMatters
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Your business has a great Facebook and Twitter page. I take it that: You are creating and posting good, if not great, interesting, compelling content and your Facebook page and Twitter feed are full of information, news, reviews and links. You are interacting with your fans on a daily basis. You have acquired a short.
Jason Yormark
OCTOBER 27, 2011
If you’re receiving this blog post, that means you are one of the last remaining survivors. You are the future now. You are the last hope for humanity. Only you can help rebuild our fallen world. Round up as many Facebook friends and Twitter followers that you can! Re-tweet dammitt! For god’s sake Re-Tweet!!!!!! (and don’t forget to @mention yourself in the Re-Tweet).
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Mindjumpers
AUGUST 15, 2011
Tweet Singlegain has compiled this infographic that compares Facebook with Google+. From the very beginning of its launch, there has been much debate whether Google+ will be an actual threat to Facebook’s dominance on the social media scene. Earlier this month, Google+ hit 24 million users, which makes it the fastest growing website ever to reach that size according to Reuters.
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
AUGUST 2, 2011
With the breadth and depth of social media services out there, it’s no wonder that we often find ourselves lost in the vast array of services. Further, those who are seasoned may seem at a loss in the apparent “simplicity&# of it all. I took the opportunity to contact some of my esteemed friends and colleagues who are experts in their field and asked for their advice on their favorite little known social media secret and social media tools, including their own if they had them.
Almost Savvy
JANUARY 5, 2011
I already know most of you will be in one of two camps. Some of you will immediately feel my pain and totally get what I’m talking about. Others will think I’m making much ado about nothing and ought to let go of my outdated idea of how and where content is best shared. There will be a handful in the middle; those who can see both sides, but there won’t be many of you in this third group.
SocialFish
MARCH 4, 2011
This is a guest post by Wendy Harman, Director of Social Media for the American Red Cross. We’ve all heard the story of the unfortunate (though hilarious) tweet sent out through the Red Cross’ main Twitter account – here’s a nice recap by Shannon Otto you’ve probably seen - and how they made lemonade from lemons (so to speak).
Justin Levy
JANUARY 4, 2011
A little more than 2 years ago Chris Brogan and I were both attending the first Social Media Jungle event in New York so we decided to carpool down together. During those 5 hours or so of driving and over a dinner at a Chili’s in Middletown, CT later that night, we talked about a new project that he was launching. He was getting ready to unveil New Marketing Labs to the world and was close to signing the first contract which was going to be with Citrix Online (the folks who make GoToMeetin
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