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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

If you want to improve your social media marketing strategy , you need to know about the different types of social media content and how or where you share that content. Understanding these different types of social media will help you develop a better content strategy and know where to focus your time and energy.

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Kmart Halloween Campaign Combines Social Media, Mommy Bloggers, Live Video — and Breaks A World Record

The Realtime Report

To get consumers excited about Halloween costumes, Kmart hired ad agency Draftfcb to create a live event, a social media campaign, a visually impressive ad — and to break a world record. Mommy bloggers were invited to view the event live, and it was streamed live on UStream. What do you think?

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12 Questions When Considering A Hybrid Event

SocialFish

Hybrid events, face-to-face experiences with a live streaming component for remote attendees, should be the norm. 12 Question To Consider About Hosting A Hybrid Event. Do we have a budget to broadcast the event to our members and potential members? Livestream, Ustream and Qik are a few. Don’t have an extra $10,000?

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8 Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Live-Streaming

Ignite Social Media

Live-Streaming isn’t a new tactic, it’s been around awhile now with companies such as Live Stream and UStream just to name a few. Make sure to check with the venue, location or event coordinators ahead of time so when you show up there are no surprises. Do Check into Permits. Do Rehearse Ahead of Time.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. They used Twitter, so that attendees could tweet and discuss the events with their followers. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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When The Media Plays Scrooge

Waxing UnLyrical

What surprised me (and not a little) is the way the media who were apprised of the event have portrayed this. NBC Washington, when it posted a blurb on the event, led with the headline, “ Caroling Flashmob to Spread Cheer, Ruin Commute.&# Third, is someone going to Ustream the event? thanks for the … [.]

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Learning via the Social Media Game

Bare Feet Studios

Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game , an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. Media Content.