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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Overview: Half of all social media users say they prefer video to any other kind of content. Much like image-based social sites, video hubs like YouTube, TikTok and Vimeo are attracting visitors in droves via visual content. How-to’s and tutorials are the cornerstones of social video content. Video sharing sites.

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Twitter-ups the future of events, sponsorship and event marketing

Akamai Marketing

Social media has reached the masses. Does anyone else think its interesting that Twitter, the hottest social media network today, is generating events? Ah, events. When will tradeshows start hosting Tweet-ups around the country to build momentum for their events? Everyone is doing it. I think so.

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How to Get Found Where Your Buyers are Looking: Web Presence Optimization

Webbiquity SMM

To expand your online footprint within your market, think about three types of sites where you want a presence: Social media sites: these include social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), social content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr, SlideShare) and social bookmarking sites (Reddit, StumbleUpon, Diigo).

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Jack Welch supports events and their business uses.

Akamai Marketing

By taracoomans – March 9, 2009 Posted in: economy Jack Welch supports events and their business uses. Share and Enjoy: Tags: event marketing , events No Comments Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! All Rights Reserved.

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Yahoo! Unloads Delicious

Small Business Mavericks

How about YouTube? Hurley and Chen are co-founders of YouTube, which they sold to Google awhile back. So I suppose they had the money to buy the struggling social bookmarking website. Delicious is one of the early forerunners of social bookmarking. Do the names Chad Hurley and Steve Chen mean anything?

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Which Social Media Channels Should I Use For My Business?

yMarketingMatters

Use the great hashtag feature to keep up with and be part of the latest trends and news worthy events. This social media channel is the most popular video oriented site and has an estimate of over 1 billion unique visitors every month , with over 100 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute.

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The bus to Hawaii: Marriott boosts Hawaii Bookings 40% with event.

Akamai Marketing

Maybe travel and tourism will will be the next segment to utilize the power of event marketing. Share and Enjoy: Tags: event marketing , Hawaii No Comments Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! Marriott Hawaii bookings are up 40%. P.S. The bus is already onto it’s next adventure: a NASCAR driver is using it.

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