Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Image: bfishadow via Flickr, CC 3.0 . Considering how active we all are on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, when Starbucks opens its Delhi location, I’m sure I’ll be among the first customers to visit them, and of course check-in at Foursquare/Facebook and tweet about it too! Will it be unrequited?

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 5, 2013

billion to acquire ExactTarget , the cloud marketing company known primarily for its email marketing prowess. While Facebook and Twitter receive the bulk of attention, other networks such as Pinterest, Google+ and Foursquare also rank well. Foursquare has devised a tie-in to the HBO Series "Game of Thrones."

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Social Media Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2012

They've made great use of Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and more and have always led with a very human and very customer-centric approach. And their use of Groupon, Loopt, Foursquare and more prove it. Image credit: ~Oryctes~ (Flickr). The other airline that's going above and beyond in social media is Virgin America.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

When tied to other accounts such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn and blogs, your net worth rises based on the content you either create or share. I could see companies like Radian6 (recently acquired by SalesForce.com ) acquiring Empire Avenue as an adjunct to their business. Yes, that's an actual term.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 15, 2013

and Australia, found that customers are using as many as six channels to obtain answers or resolve issues with a company and that when they get in touch with a contact center, 40% expect the representative to already know about their attempts to resolve issues on other channels. It''s official: Twitter is now a data company.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 20, 2011

I’ve always found Foursquare a bit creepy; turns out there’s actually an app named Creepy that aggregates “GPS coordinates for any user (of geolocation services like Foursquare, Twitter and Flickr), pointing out their most frequented hangouts on a map…Essentially, it’s a stalker’s dream app.&#

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 23, 2012

Photo courtesy of Flickr user SeRVe Photography. "Let's " "No one is following our Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Pinterest/LinkedIn/Foursquare account – can PR go get us more fans/followers/likes/subscribers/friends?" About making the public think your product is the best or that your company is awesome.

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Myrland Marketing

DECEMBER 10, 2012

As Olof Schybergson , Co-Founder and CEO of Fjord , a global service design consultancy that works with top clients including BBC, Citibank, ESPN, Flickr, Foursquare, Nokia, and Qualcomm wrote in his article on Fast Company today… “The constant presence of “new” in our work feeds our curiosity, and makes exploration a necessity.”

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

“According to the Cone Business in Social Media Study, 93 percent of Americans expect companies they do business with to have a social media presence. And 85 percent believe a company should not only be present, but also interact with its customers via social media.&# if yes, please explain.

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 31, 2011

My partner @Shane sent me a link today “ Why They Stopped Using Foursquare &# by David Berkowitz. It is a long-standing aspect of our company. I was never a fan of FourSquare, as the mayorship and the discounts hold no attraction for me personally. Photo Credit: Sheep Alone by neate photos on Flickr.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 13, 2009

Between online storage, email, web servers and my pictures, I use different companies for different things. I have lost my interest in Yahoo though I do follow their company information like the new CEO Carol Bartz. Flickr Rocks! I use Flickr as my online photo storage bucket. There are so many great features to Flickr.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 13, 2010

Social Media Monetization Models on Flickr [link]. Pay $25 a year a la Flickr for a Pro account. Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. An ongoing service of account managers advising companies wanting to be Dell or Zappos would also be a nice sideline investment. Customer Pays Twitter .

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Firebelly

JUNE 11, 2010

Its important to be careful with whom you allow admin privileges on your companys Facebook page. Nonprofits (and businesses) have been requesting this functionality for years. Firebelly Memo: There are pros and cons to this new functionality.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 8, 2010

If you want a really obvious example – even if Twitter shuts down, Facebook removes my account, and Foursquare/Flickr/YouTube and so on disown me, people can still find me on this blog. The term hub and spoke went out of vogue a few years ago but it still works for me – the spokes drive the hub wheel.

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Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 22, 2011

Just write up what you have to say and blog, Tweet, Facebook and Flickr until you get the word out. If a reporter fudges something to make a company look good, and help out a PR buddy, they will be called out for it. I like to document the oddities and bizarre moments of modern life life on Flickr, Twitter and Foursquare.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. FourSquare “check in” drops (2009) Location-based app Foursquare was one of the first that allowed users to “check in,” while sharing recommendations all about their favorite neighborhoods and cities.

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Razor Social

MARCH 30, 2016

They could be saying something positive or negative about your company. Attensity is a social analytics and engagement platform specifically designed for very large companies. For a large company, there is far too much to do this manually. You may want to track and respond. An example of what Attensity Provides.

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The Way of the Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Both Klout and Peerindex require you to hook up various sources in order to calculate your influence – Klout includes Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Foursquare, Youtube, Instragram, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress.com, Last.fm and Flickr.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Now your Google+, your Foursquare. Flickr, going back to FriendFeed and Plurk and things that we don’t necessarily use now. And I started a company in 1999 developed around simply influencer identification and engagement. So a lot of companies that I work with today, we reexamine those. Brian: Yeah.

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Laurel Papworth

MAY 8, 2010

Nearly five years ago–back when Flickr was still in its infancy, and Facebook was on just a few college campuses–we founded Tiny Pictures with a view to helping people share experiences as they happen. Companies that build online communities around their products or services are not providing products or services.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Create a social media steering group (cross-functional) for your company. Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. The reviews business will be transformed by geo-location.

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Many companies, especially small businesses, might rely on Facebook while letting other social media outlets slide. In the time that it would take you to post exciting news about your company to Facebook, it’s now possible to spread it to Twitter and Google+ as well. Best of all, it’s free.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The Jordan Rules): This is a great chart and article on the best social media channels for both B2B and B2C companies. Samir Balwani): Samir talks about the pros and cons of Tweeting by company representatives, from the CEO to a brand. Here are 10 reasons why you as a company entity should avoid it. Share This or Else!

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

9 Ways B2B Companies Can Use Location Based Services by Social Media B2B. He lists nine steps its imperative for companies to take in order to “build enough social karma (yes, I said karma) to facilitate things like guest posting opportunities, retweets, likes, etc.&#. Social Media Strategy and Best Practices.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 27, 2010

For companies that have a physical location it makes sense to have a Facebook Place in order to track the people who are stopping by your store, office, or venue. Facebook Places vs. Foursquare: Who Has The Business Edge? Foursquare: Who Has The Business Edge?

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 26, 2012

Oh well, whatever you call the discipline of maximizing a company’s online visibility in a world where search is much more than Google-Yahoo-Bing and where web presence is much more than a corporate website, here are 18 of the best blog posts and articles from the past year on how to do it well.

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 9, 2010

Last month, Joe Chernov, the director of content for marketing automation company Eloqua , contacted me with some material to share with you. You'll find uses and best practices for using blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, Wikipedia, Delicious, Google Buzz, Foursquare and Gowalla for marketing purposes.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

FourSquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other location-aware services are social networks, unifying real connections. That’s one of the biggest reasons for companies not to engage in social media at all. I’m just starting our company blog and great rules to live by! Nurture Perception. It’s hard work.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 29, 2016

The company just announced that it will open up a set of business tools including new business profiles, analytics and the ability to create ads from posts directly within the app. Whether you’re growing your own personal account or working on behalf of a company, read on to find out the 10 best tactics (with tools and examples!)

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 22, 2010

How to backup your social media life – covers backup options for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, and Picasa. Why I deleted my Foursquare account – geolocation is hot, but I don’t need to have a Foursquare account to evangelize its importance. If you feel the same, please go and nominate!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

There was a hostage situation at the parent company, Discovery Communications, on the first of the month. Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. I posted to Flickr and tried my best to bring it to their attention. And I waited. I was wrong.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

How to Develop a Social Media Strategy: A Roadmap for Integration (Very Official Blog): Shannon Paul did an amazing job on this post that presents questions and answers that will help companies consider their goals for the creation of a social media strategy. Why not see how some companies are gaining from it right now?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 25, 2012

The photo sharing application Instagram has accumulated 15 million users and is quickly outgrowing Foursquare. It’s a great tool for B2B companies, for which presentations have remained a powerful form of social media. For instance, you can upload pictures to Flickr and share them on Facebook or Twitter. Slideshare.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Flickr Creative Commons Search This is my go-to source for photos for the blog and presentations. Using Flickr’s advanced search, you can browse photos that are specifically made available under a Creative Commons license , allowing you to use them with attribution in blog posts, etc. I’ve tried Foursquare , too.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 4, 2010

Ultimately, this will make for stronger companies. Social media just makes it easier for companies to do the listening, learning & recognizing issues that might be out there that never really arose in the office when the product or service was created. Too bad to see that a company that already understood the issue ignores it now.

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Myrland Marketing

JUNE 29, 2010

Many thanks to AmandaJoy2008 for the Flickr image used above. What has changed are the tools, and people and companies are struggling to learn and use them effectively. Share Share this on del.icio.us Share this on Facebook Share this on Linkedin Subscribe to the comments for this post? Stumble upon something good? Yes, you are right.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 5, 2013

Rapidly growing companies? The least popular major networks are Flickr, Tumblr and StumbleUpon. ( Furthermore–75% of social media users “object to major companies and platforms using their personal information for commercial purposes.” For example, 93% of marketers use social media for business. B2b vendors?

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