Jon Loomer

APRIL 20, 2022

A recent North Carolina State study suggests that Facebook interest targeting is inaccurate or irrelevant 30% of the time. So, how accurate are the interests that Facebook advertisers can use to target you? This is something that all Facebook users can check. Some examples: Social Media Examiner. Digital Marketing.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 19, 2010

During the last couple of years, Facebook’s default privacy settings have become more and more permissive – and often with great confusion to the users. I have found this chart that illustrates Facebook’s evolution of privacy from the early days in 2005 up until recently.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

TikTok may be taking over as the social network of choice for digital marketers. TikTok is a social media app that allows its users to create, share, and watch 15-second videos shot on mobile devices. Yet like other social media channels , TikTok has faced challenges, like claims of addictiveness and privacy concerns.

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Socialized

MAY 19, 2010

Everyone’s talking about the launch of Togetherville , a social network designed to bring parents and their kids together with the goal of learning responsible social networking. Any serious adult user of Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace knows these sites are both social and anti-social.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 17, 2019

In 2007 when I joined Twitter, those were not front of mind questions for those of us using the social network for the first time. In 2007, when I joined Facebook, it was all about the one degree of separation between you, and who you knew. Clearly, this is not your mother’s Facebook. Why are they thinking that?

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2020

A few recent announcements across the social media landscape recently led me to theorize the future direction that Facebook may take. As a leading social media agency, we’ve watched this platform evolve since day one, updating strategies as new features emerged and others disappeared. Facebook shut down Gifts in 2014.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JUNE 16, 2013

A black hole in social media data got a step closer to being understood this week. Facebook has introduced the use of hashtags ! Up until know, it’s been almost impossible to see into the world’s most popular social network to gain insight that could be crucial in developing social media strategies and campaigns.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 10, 2010

So I’m at my 12 year old daughter’s softball game last Friday night and as the game is concluding I reach for my cellphone and I see a text from my wife it reads: Your daughter is on Facebook&# ? The first words out of her mouth are that her sister Terry tried to “Friend&# my daughter on Facebook. I text back.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

AUGUST 17, 2014

I usually only follow celebrities on Facebook if I have actually met them in person, such as Jim Carrey, who I met about 30 years ago when he did a surprise gig at Yuk Yuks in Ottawa. I have this self-imposed rule because my own personal goal in social media is to make real connections with real people. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 12, 2010

Real Life Friends Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Networking , Social Media on July 12, 2010 | 34 responses While many of us use social networking tools differently, most of us struggle with similar questions and challenges. And, a few of their kids wanted to become Facebook Friends, too.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 16, 2010

It describes how the business is being done in Silicon Valley and how building a company like Facebook demands fierce fighting, no doubts, full focus and what the costs are in lost friendships and created enemies. So what can I as a marketer or CEO get from reading the book? Why do they change this and that? Is it reliable?

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 13, 2021

For more, see our 2020 article, Growing Privacy Concerns Put Social Networks’ Targeting at Risk.) Facebook’s solution is the Conversions API (CAPI), with which brands can send website, offline, or CPM data directly to Facebook’s servers. Phasing Out the Facebook Pixel. Platform Integration. Manual Setup.

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Hootsuite

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Facebook demographics reach farther and wider than any other social media network. But it’s important to look closely at the numbers to get a full picture of who uses Facebook—and how usage has changed over the years. In some places, Facebook’s audience has shrunk. Facebook has more than 2.45

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Sprout Social

JUNE 15, 2020

.” Chances are you’ve heard of GDPR or perhaps recall EU companies scrambling to become compliant with data and privacy regulations in May 2018. However, the impact of GDPR on digital marketing is ongoing and businesses in the EU aren’t the only ones affected. How does GDPR affect marketing on social media?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The recent proliferation of social media networks has increased awareness of online privacy issues. On the surface, some may feel that online privacy is only a concern for those attempting to hide their internet activities. Online privacy is an issue that impacts ALL of us. Social Networks.

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Pam Moore

MAY 27, 2016

It’s no surprise that Facebook is still one of the hottest social networks around. Check out these statistics published by Facebook as of March, 2016. Facebook is no different. Here are 15 things that smart, social savvy business marketers never do on Facebook. . Remove the drama.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In the lush landscape of social networking sites, advertisers are left asking themselves which platform will reach their target audience while generating desired business results. Despite recent issues, Facebook advertising usage remains steady among digital buyers. adults, according to Pew Research Center. incremental ROAs.

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Laurel Papworth

MAY 17, 2010

Facebook keeps changing around what is private and what is public in the default settings. Also a diagram on private to public social networks. What will take Facebook’s place as the most secure, most protected, most private of sharing spaces online? Elliot Schrage, Facebook ). Not my fault, blame Facebook.

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The Social Media Incubator

JUNE 13, 2013

In an announcement by the social networking service giant on Wednesday, Facebook informed users of the rollout of hashtags to status updates. That being said, many are skeptical on the use of hashtags on Facebook. What are your thoughts?

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JUNE 29, 2012

Nicked from Marketing Pilgrim. Ever update your Facebook with a silly remark and then regret it? ” The website sends search bots to crawl Facebook and Foursquare to find key words such as “hungover” and “cannabis” and divides the findings into four categories: “Who wants to get fired?”,

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Set Your Facebook Privacy Settings If You Don’t Want Your Personal Profile Searchable Why would you want to do this? In the upper right hand corner click on Account>Privacy Settings. You’re done.

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Twist Image

JULY 16, 2011

Online social networking continues to change and evolve. The latest news is all about Google + (you can read some of my initial thoughts about the platform right here: Co-dependency In The Age of Facebook ). Google + lets you be selectively social.

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Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 11, 2012

As you may know, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and to some degree Google are blocked in China. A survey done in 2012 by McKinsey, showed that 95 percent of those living in Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 cities are registered on a social media site and proves at the same time to be the most active users. Web-based social networks.

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Social Media Privacy Nielsen Social Networking 254

Sherrilynne Starkie

MAY 9, 2018

This week's top 5 social media must-knows include Hootsuite and Pinterest, Google News and AI, New Buttons for Instagram, Facebook user loyalty and new features from WhatsApp. Facebook privacy: Survey suggests continuing US loyalty. Follow List. Embed List. Hootsuite announces integration with Pinterest. May 09, 2018.

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Twist Image

MAY 16, 2011

You can't throw a rock and not hit a concern about privacy and the use of our data online. This is a huge concern because us Marketers have screwed it up so royally over the years. The other side of privacy. Facebook will never use any of your content without your consent. Facebook doesn't and Google doesn't either.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This week’s top 5 social media news for marketing and communications professionals! We feature the new Facebook Messenger Unsend. Get information from Facebook on fighting fake news. Facebook’s Messenger Unsend Feature Is Now Available. Facebook’s Messenger Unsend Feature Is Now Available.

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Buffer Social

MAY 21, 2018

Facebook, as a platform, is barely recognizable from the social network that launched to connect Harvard University students in February 2004. And looking ahead, the Facebook of five years from now is highly unlikely to resemble the product that 2.2 What this means for the Facebook ecosystem. That’s no bad thing.

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Ignite Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

While we don’t have a crystal ball, we have included social data and insights from eMarketer to help guide and inform our social media predictions for 2020 and trends to consider in the next year. Purely Organic Social Media Strategies Will Continue to Decline. Elections Will Impact Facebook Costs & Engagement Negatively.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

OCTOBER 21, 2013

This is nothing new to Facebook users, whose ‘likes’ have been featured in the social networks sponsored stories for quite some time now. Content marketing: feeling ripped off? Which social network would you quit? PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Related posts: Video: the Internet of you.

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Socialized

MAY 13, 2010

You have to wonder why the Obama administration isn’t hinting at a bailout for Facebook in the event that the social network’s latest privacy kerfuffle threatens the very vitality of the global poking grid. Facebook will issue a watered down explanation — it won’t be an apology.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 14, 2010

I’m listening to the pushback from Facebook users and parents who are concerned about Privacy. I’m compiling an exhaustive list of blog posts and articles related to Facebook, children, and privacy and how it impacts all of us. Facebook: Children evade social websites’ age limits.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 15, 2010

When this happens online, it takes the form of email, newsletters, Facebook mail or direct messages on Twitter. I’ve seen this on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. On Facebook, I’ll unfriend you. click to enlarge images) You Lost Me At “Click Here&# I connected with you because I wanted to get to know you.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Welcome to dark social. Don’t worry, dark social isn’t the same as the notorious “dark web” trying to lure you into evil. Dark social is the oldest social network in action: private, untraceable human-to-human communication. Browsed a Facebook Group? For example, have you sent an email today?

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yMarketingMatters

JANUARY 19, 2012

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I watched and experienced first-hand the marketing and social media landscape change, consolidate, focus, develop and evolve all at the same time. As I’ve said before, social media needs to be INTEGRATED into your overarching marketing plan.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 23, 2018

Maria writes for a variety of blogs and today she shares her thoughts on how a variety of emerging technologies could potentially impact our use of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. That is why people often scoff at the idea of virtual reality (VR) being used in social media. Augmented Reality.

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Later

MAY 1, 2019

There are some big Facebook changes coming soon in 2019, with the company’s focus shifting to community and privacy. Here are the new features and changes coming to Facebook in 2019: Facebook Update #1: A New Mission and Focus on Privacy. Facebook Update #2: A Totally New Facebook Logo and Redesign.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 30, 2019

When it comes to social media marketing, Facebook is the big guy on campus. As of June 2019, Facebook has grown to have 2.38 billion users , making it the top social media platform for the total number of active users. In the world of social networking sites, Instagram is still relatively new in age.

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