Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

million in new venture funding , Dollar Shave Club CEO Mike Dubin spent some of that money on a YouTube video that cast him in the leading role. A quick look at his Twitter stream will demonstrate, it’s not just lip service, he’s actively engaged. Armed with $9.8 million views or about as many views as venture capital dollars invested.

Social Media 142

Social Media Survey Loyalty Apple 142

Janet Fouts

MARCH 20, 2012

Even if they don’t ask for your password you can bet an HR person will have googled you and viewed your profiles on Linkedin,Twitter, Facebook and Google+ at the very least. Maybe it’s a mention of a great weekend away on a blog, photos on Facebook, Twitter or Flickr, a video on youtube of you being silly.

MySpace 138

MySpace Reputation Privacy Applications 138

Janet Fouts

MAY 30, 2012

On the one hand it’s got the best features of Twitter like immediacy and fast moving conversations with the added plus of being able to direct conversations to channels (Circles) of people who are actually interested in that topic and exclude the ones who could care less. It’s Twitter on steroids. OptimizeBook.com.

Google 133

Google Social Media Sentiment Conversation 133

Janet Fouts

MAY 12, 2015

You don’t have to use Twitter to join Periscope. I still recommend it if you have a Twitter acct as Periscope can leverage the social graph to spread the word about your video stream, but if you don’t have a Twitter account you can simply sign up with just a mobile phone number. Create your username.

Video 70

Video Avatar Social Graph Twitter 70

Janet Fouts

AUGUST 13, 2011

However, the majority are still only focusing on major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The major networks such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are typically used by people of many countries, so it makes sense to have a presence there, segmenting your channels by country. Choosing your networks.

Social Media 134

Social Media LinkedIn Banking Social Networking 134

Janet Fouts

AUGUST 30, 2015

Streaming right into Youtube is nice, to be sure, but I’ll give it up for downloading the stream from Blab or embedding it into my website. Both apps allow some engagement with your Twitter following, and Meerkat also gives the option to connect to your Facebook account. resolves a lot of these issues. Bottom line.

Embedding 70

Embedding Hosting Notification Groups 70

Janet Fouts

JULY 26, 2010

Of course we’d seen it on YouTube. We talked about Shirley Sherrod and the video. We lasted 15 minutes.

Social Media 145

Social Media Yammer iPhone Embedding 145

Janet Fouts

JUNE 8, 2011

I mean really, all of the communities online from Forums and Youtube to Twitter and Facebook use the user-generated content on their site to earn revenue and we don’t seem to mind so much. Is this sour grapes from journalists who used to get paid to write and now must suffer the indignacy of writing for free?

Syndication 135

Syndication Aggregator Engineering Sites 135

Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

You can have the biggest following on Twitter and Facebook and Google+ , the best videos on Youtube and a constant flow of repins on Pinterest and still not make a single sale. It doesn’t matter what your social media strategy is unless it includes what you expect the prospect to do after they find you through social media.

Social Media 140

Social Media YouTube Google Tools 140