Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 19, 2013

The news from Libya since my last post has not been great. In a globalized world where news and money move at the click of a button, politicians are at the mercy of events, not in control of them. So, amidst the dirt, the power cuts, the uncertainty, the occasional violence, a new economy is emerging.

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Firebelly

JUNE 13, 2013

I discovered an article written by JWT on the 13 Mobile Trends for 2013 and picked out a few that I already see happening in my own mobile use. Blog News' With mobile technology rapidly growing and changing it is exciting to see what we can expect to happen in the future. Million Ways To Say Hi.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 31, 2013

What were the best social media campaigns in 2013? Oreo Cookie (@Oreo) February 4, 2013. And one more: While it wasn’t among the top 5 campaigns on The Realtime Report this year, we loved the risk taking involved with Dodge’s choice of Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy as the news spokesman for the Durango. No problem.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Here’s a look at our top ten stats posts (ranked by traffic) from 2013, including Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, Vine and plenty of influence marketing. What did you think was the biggest story in social media statistics in 2013? What were the biggest stories in social media statistics this year?

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 21, 2018

It’s been a little over a week since Facebook announced the latest news feed change intended to surface more content from friends and less content from brands. In that time, it’s clear marketers are setting the groundwork for future news feed changes. The History of News Feed Changes. Call me cynical.

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Proactive Report

APRIL 25, 2013

The 2013 State of the News Media report has good news and bad. The bad news is that the media is still hurting. This add up to a news industry that is more undermanned and unprepared to uncover stories, dig deep into emerging ones or to question information put into its hands.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Jim Dougherty (again) shares an excellent infographic outlining the content life cycle, from gathering information (from news, trends, brands, etc.) 2: 30 Remarkable Content Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2013 (and 2014). #3: 3: 18 of the Best Content Marketing Strategy Guides of 2013. #4:

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Firebelly

JUNE 3, 2013

When: June 5, 2013. AllFacebook Expo 2012 attendees – the smartest man in social media, Brian Carter, along with an uber-cool crew of Adryenn Ashley, Hyla Molander, Caroline Love and others. Where: Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Top notch speakers. The speaker line up is top notch.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

So as I stumble across the finish line, here are my top posts of 2013 by pageviews: The Most Common Google News Errors and How to Avoid Them. Google+ Engagement for News Sites: Top Performers and One-Year Growth Rates. The Most Popular and Active News Brands on Instagram. The Google News Standout Tag: Does it Work?

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Industry News Google is demanding that Microsoft remove the YouTube app from Windows phones , as it allows users to view the videos without ads and to download videos directly, both violations of the terms of service. Painful, but relevant is the Truth About Advertising in 2013. Does big data mean the end of intuition?

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 13, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest: Facebook. Social Media News Ticker Facebook Google Pinterest Sponsored Stories Twitter' Any social media updates we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 20, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Spotify: Facebook’s new Trending section.

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Proactive Report

APRIL 25, 2013

The 2013 State of the News Media report has good news and bad. The bad news is that the media is still hurting. This add up to a news industry that is more undermanned and unprepared to uncover stories, dig deep into emerging ones or to question information put into its hands.

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Proactive Report

APRIL 25, 2013

The 2013 State of the News Media report has good news and bad. The bad news is that the media is still hurting. This add up to a news industry that is more undermanned and unprepared to uncover stories, dig deep into emerging ones or to question information put into its hands.

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 5, 2013

Last week, we shared the 2013 Internet Trends deck from Mary Meeker; this week, The Atlantic takes a look a the 11 most fascinating charts from her presentation. India is seeing the benefit of social advertising for branding , according to the Ernst & Young Social Media Marketing: India Trends Study 2013 report.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 15, 2013

Industry News A survey of 1,200 people in the U.S., of internet users in 2013 to 54.7% Twitter has acquired big data company Lucky Sort , a visualization and navigation service that allows users to look at trending news topics in a visual layout. Globally, Facebook users will go from 42.6%

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 12, 2013

In the first quarter of 2013, email grew by 11.6% The areas of focus for measurement are: Content and Sourcing Reach and Impressions Engagement and Conversation Influence Opinion & Advocacy Impact & Value The standards are also listed on www.smmstandards.org and are open for comment until July 31, 2013. Think email is dead?

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 8, 2013

Industry News Content is always challenging to develop for social media, but what about the efforts you''re undertaking for engaging fans? For autos, even the Super Bowl didn''t help, as social sharing around that content fell flat in Q1 2013. Here are 7 ways to improve your social media engagement.

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Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2013

Why Bezos bought the Post , Facebook gets a CMO and starts bumping, time on digital surpasses TV, Facebook ads are undervalued, Vietnam outlaws sharing news on social sites, GE wants to put an end to press releases, the effect of tweets on TV ratings and more, it''s This Week in Social Media. Facebook''s new testing ground is India.

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 28, 2012

Well, we're about to do it again for the launch of the 2013 Ford Fusion , which we revealed at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, where we debuted it to 2,500 media, including 150 bloggers we hosted from around the world who produced some amazing content. Why Transmedia for the 2013 Ford Fusion?

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The News Feed is one of Facebook’s marque innovations. For nearly a decade, the News Feed was the jewel in Facebook’s crown. It even admitted the News Feed can have a negative impact on mental health. While the News Feed has been experiencing growing pains, a new format has arisen: Stories.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

For some marketers, Facebook’s constant tweaking of the News Feed algorithm — which determines what users see and don’t see in their feed — is a source of frustration. Whether it’s click bait or fake news, Facebook wants to limit how much of this content gets visibility in the news feed.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 23, 2013

Industry News Last week''s terrorism news were all over traditional and social media platforms. Overall, there''s a sense of perspective that social media can be helpful as well as misleading in an environment in which we''re all watching the news unfold in front of us. And we were indeed following along.

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Writtent Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2013

There’s definitely research to back up this approach, too – scientists have long known about a phenomenon called the “negativity bias,” which causes humans to pay more attention to bad news than positive content. Company News' Leverage a Familiar Tale.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Just 13% of PR practitioners add videos with news content. 35% have a video gallery in their newsroom. 82% ask for video to be delivered via embed code. 37% of online newsrooms offer embed codes. Online PR images media multimedia online news online PR relations videos' FREE WEBINAR – ONLINE NEWSROOM SURVEY REPORT.

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Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 20, 2013

2013 is coming to an end after what has been an interesting year for social media and we think that 2014 isn’t going to be any less interesting. This means that more and more companies try to tab in on this opportunity and make use of or create their own social news rooms to find the content that fit their brand. Real time is king.

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 14, 2013

Webinar August 28, 2013, Sally Falkow APR and Lisa Buyer discuss the new Google rules for writing a press release. To do that you had to write a release that had real news value. Now a press release posted on the wire will be published verbatim on many major websites and could be picked up on smaller news sites and blogs too.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Did you hear the news? Given that some version of this rule has existed since 2013, this is a big deal. Privately, reps are confirming this news with advertisers. Lots of text in images wasn’t nearly as common in 2013. Those who have wasted time and energy over the years because of this rule were the most excited.

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Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2013

news this week in social trends' How brands build relationships, curate content and tell their own story is completely in their hands. But the opportunity is huge. And if you haven''t seen the video compilation of Vine videos, check it out. Video credit: JehReh (Vine).

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 19, 2013

Instagram Video this week in social news social media facebook Twitter' And here''s why the improvement to Instagram and the like matter: [link] [If I had a way, I''d embed that Instagram video] We''re all going to need to fine tune our skills and hone them more to visual storytelling. These tools leave us with fewer excuses for adapting.

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Proactive Report

JULY 4, 2014

You might have noticed it in your personal News Feed. “Every time someone visits their news feed there are, on average, 1500 potential stories from friends, people they follow and pages they’ve liked for them to see. Let’s look at what makes content show up in a News Feed. Use the News Feed post advertising option.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 9, 2014

A new study by Searchmetrics reveals the leaders: The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today. These top three received the most mentions on Twitter in 2013; USA Today and the Washington Post also dominated the list of the top 10 most-tweeted newspaper website stories in 2013.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The Facebook algorithm helps make sense of the huge number of posts that people and businesses share every day and chooses the posts to show in our News Feed based on a huge number of factors. Read on, and see what goes into the complex, fascinating formulas of the Facebook News Feed. Facebook algorithm values.

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Proactive Report

MAY 7, 2014

A new report from the Indiana University School of Journalism shows how US jouranlist are using social media to report the news. journalists conducted during the fall of 2013, the new report updates previous findings and adds new ones concerning the role of social media in journalism. 40% of U.S. use Wikipedia.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 3, 2013

Typically reserved to the right column, Facebook just announced that these targeted ads will now come to the News Feed. Facebook Exchange (FBX) is an advertising service that allows brands to serve targeted ads based on interactions on Facebook. What's in question is how users will react to it.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Did you hear the news? Given that some version of this rule has existed since 2013, this is a big deal. Privately, reps are confirming this news with advertisers. Lots of text in images wasn’t nearly as common in 2013. Those who have wasted time and energy over the years because of this rule were the most excited.

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 24, 2013

FB Q213 Investor Deck by CNET News Desktop and mobile based ads in Facebook''s Newsfeed perform significant better than the right-hand sidebar. A 61 percent increase in advertising revenue - 41 percent of which was from mobile advertising. 100 million monthly users for the Facebook standard cell phone app (non-smartphone).

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