Microsoft was much further back, in 37th place. Burberry – a fashion brand known for its efforts in social media – placed back in 16th. Red Bull had the best social video strategy of the year, according to new research from video network gorival (owned by AOL). The study looked at Interbrand’s 2012 Best Global Brands (with the addition of Red Bull and Old Spice), evaluating their performance based on volume, total views and engagement for video content uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook throughout the year. Google. Disney. Samsung. Old Spice. Prada. Coca Cola. MORE >>

Microsoft. As for Louis Vuitton , they have just put on their beautiful fashion show at Paris Fashion Week, which is why their page is alive with activity. Earlier this week Facebook launched a new page measurement which looks at the number of fans who “are talking about” a branded Facebook page. Here at FreshNetworks we’re very pleased with this new metric as it indicates a move away from measuring a page’s “success” through the number of likes or fans , and a move towards measuring real engagement  – something which we’ve always advocated. Company. MORE >>

Lesson: Remember, social media can’t be controlled in any fashion. Microsoft gets Political. Back in September, a Microsoft employee who managed the Microsoft Twitter account posted a negative tweet about conservative Anne Coulter. The Microsoft account had replied to a tweet from a former US labor secretary with this, “@RBReich your granddaughter’s level of discourse and policy > those of Ann Coulter.” Most of the below brands are rock stars when it comes to social media marketing, but we all make mistakes here and there! MORE >>

Microsoft Word for newspaper and magazine articles. The ideas for content come from the following areas: I still subscribe to a lot of email newsletters (old habits die hard) on topics as far-reaching as marketing, public relations, branded content, technology, art, music, fashion, innovation, etc. microsoft word. Wouldn't it be a magical world if someone could tell you - in detail - how to write a best-selling novel or a hit song? The truth is that there is a whole lot of secret sauce involved in outputting creative work. along with how I decide on where things should go? MORE >>

In addition to LinkedIn’s IPO, there have been some other recent developments in the world of social media finance: Microsoft purchased Skype for $8.5 G+ , an online community of professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs, assembled the detailed infographic below that clearly lays out the financial picture of social media companies in an easily-understandable way — it covers the history and valuation information for Skype , Delicious , Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, and Color Labs , makers of Color (a location-based photo-sharing app) in a very understandable fashion. MORE >>