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2012 in Recap: The Year of Visual Social Media

Mindjumpers

But 2012 was also characterised by being the year when visual content came into focus, as Sara predicted. In 2012, the photo sharing platform Instagram became immensely popular, which proved that users are increasingly visually focused. Facebook Timeline. Facebook & Instagram: success and turbulences.

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Socialympics: How Social Media and Blogging Has Boosted Sports Media

Convince & Convert

The London 2012 Olympics from July 27th to August 12th are going to be the most covered sporting event in our world’s history. His website , which is more of a news and interview destination than a personal site, receives major daily traffic. I wrote the majority of this piece from my hotel room in New Orleans while at NABJ 2012.

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The Complete Solo Build It! Review - An Insider’s Perspective

The Social Media Hat

I've built sites using Geocities, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, PHP-Nuke, GoDaddy, Joomla, Drupal, Wix and WordPress. None of them, however, helped site owners understand what to do with their new sites - or even whether their idea for a site was a plausible one. They treated the site like an online brochure.

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Seven Tips For Jumpstarting Your Visual Storytelling Strategy

Convince & Convert

The human brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text , offering a powerful advantage to companies that can curate social media-friendly visuals that drive an immediate response. A unique example of using visuals to tell an important company story came when the Calgary Zoo published its 2012 annual report on Instagram.

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What New Data Tells Us About Blog Advertising

Convince & Convert

These are sponsored post, giveaway post, contest post, collaboration post, and event hosting post. This type of sponsorship can deliver very specific goals that may include site visits, email registrations, social follows, and more. Other top blog advertisers include: Disney, Silk, Home Depot, HP, Minted, Squarespace, and Zappos.

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Social Pros 24 – Shawn Morton, JPMorgan Chase

Convince & Convert

We use Argyle Social for our social engagement; we use Infusionsoft for our email; Janrain is our crackerjack social integration company, and Jim is our guest host for the podcast (and a smart guy). There was a time when Facebook was starting to much more operate like a micro-site. In 2012, it doesn’t rank. Jay : Exactly.

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6 Brands That Nailed Their Product Launches (And What You Can Learn From Them)

ProBlogger

In 2012, Barclays launched the mobile app Pingit , a mobile payment service that lets users transfer money easily through their mobile phones. First of all, they added value to the product by curating and including the works of key influencers in the creative industry. Available only for U.K. marketplace. and the U.K.