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Facebook Timeline feature may effect brand pages
I’ve yet to experience the Timeline feature. Facebook hasn’t made official statements about how larger brands will react to the new design, but expect the changes to be apparent. Even though many of...
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The new and improved Google+ goes beta
This week marked the celebration of Google’s 13th birthday on Tuesday. What big plans does Google have now that it is officially a teenager? Google+ and the end of its invite-only phase.The search...
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Recruiters prefer Facebook over Linkedin
According to a recent study by research lab Potentialpark, recruiters actually prefer interacting with students and graduates through Facebook over Linkedin.Potentialpark surveyed more than 30,000...
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Mr. Youth reports on teen reactions to Facebook changes
In this day and age, even the slightest change on a social media platform can have a profound effect on its users. No audience continues to demonstrate this more frequently than the ever-fickle teen....
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Who's participating how in social media?
Hongkiat offers an insightful look at the different roles we play when using social media:Related articlesSocial Media Strategy for B2B Technology Companies (loispaul.com)Social, mobile usage get...
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New study suggests the more Facebook friends, the bigger the brain
Research suggests that there is a strong connection between the number of Facebook friends one has and the size of certain parts of the individual’s brain, according to scientists from the University...
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Love & Social Media
Let’s face it. The Internet has dramatically evolved the way we meet and interact with people during these modern times. It has certainly changed the dating game for social networkers.Research experts...
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Twitter takes lead in driving traffic to press releases
Twitter drives more traffic and generates more views for press releases than other major social media platforms, according to a new study conducted by PR Newswire and Crowd Factory.PR Newswire, leading...
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Set up your Google+ Brand Page right now!
Last week, I wrote Max SEO with 8 simple Google+ steps before Google opened up G+ Brand Pages, so first go read what I wrote in the previous post (because all of the advice still applies).In this post,...
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Google+ Introduces Community Guides for Organizations
What’s new in Google+?Google just recently launched a series of community guides to help organizations, including nonprofits and companies to celebrities and athletes, to fully utilize the platform and...
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Students To Tumblr: Let's Rumble!
Imagine sitting in your college classroom and watching as 100 years of student presentations pass you by. First come the chalkboard and paper notes with the shaking voice of someone unused to speaking...
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Measuring success in social media- numbers vs relationships
Twitter is like a cocktail party. Everyone is wearing badges stating their opinions. You can interact with whoever you please. You can stand in a giant circle of similar interests. You can branch off...
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Social Media: It’s All About Strategy
Although social media may be “the new media,” it’s no longer new. It’s been around long enough that simply creating a Facebook or twitter page isn’t necessarily going to get people to click that “like”...
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Tweepsmap – Mapping out your followers
Have you ever wondered where your twitter followers are from?A new app, Tweepsmap, can show you. All you need to do is authorize the app and in a matter of seconds, Tweepsmap will show you exactly...
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Your followers care about you, but do you care?
Over the course of a couple days, my Klout score went from 65 to 67 because my mother died. Not because I had some sort of amazing Klout-gaming strategy but because I have been honestly and openly...
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Is your social media marketing about listening or talking?
I know you. You’re spending all of your social media marketing budget on promoting your brand, products, and services; that’s fine except you’ve either forgotten — or never knew — that social media is...
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Your followers care about you
Over the course of a couple days last month, my Klout score went from 65 to 67 because my mother died. Not because I had some sort of amazing Klout-gaming strategy but because I have been honestly and...
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Your followers really do care about you
Over the course of a couple days last month, my Klout score went from 65 to 67 because my mother died. Not because I had some sort of amazing Klout-gaming strategy but because I have been honestly and...
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You need to prune in order to grow your social followers
Photo credit: WikipediaClients, colleagues, and my friends all want to increase their follower count. In a world where Lady Gaga has 25,555,017 souls following her @ladygaga Twitter profile, we’re all...
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Twitter is missing from the Internet in a big way right now!
Twitter is not just down, not even a fail whale — Twitter is missing from the Internet! Here’s your missing #failwhaleRelated articlesThe New Twitter Fail Whale [pic] (methodshop.com)Fail Whale T-Shirt...
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It looks like The WELL will be under new management
Is this code for The WELL closing or is the online community just being offered up for sale or a transfer to new management. It has never really integrated with Salon at all, so this is no surprise,...
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Stop shouting and start listening to your social media fans
I know you. You’re spending all of your social media marketing budget on promoting your brand, products, and services; that’s fine except you’ve either forgotten — or never knew — that social media is...
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Stop shouting at your social media fans
I know you. You’re spending all of your social media marketing budget on promoting your brand, products, and services; that’s fine except you’ve either forgotten — or never knew — that social media is...
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Will Google+ Communities draw you to Google+?
Will Google+ Communities draw you to Google+?Related articlesGoogle adds Communities to Google Plus (ibnlive.in.com)New “Google+ Communities” (larryferlazzo.edublogs.org)Google+ Communities Goes Live:...
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A Merry Christmas email from . . . Friendster?
So, look who visited my INBOX this AM: Friendster. Shall we all bail on Facebook and go OG? Let’s blow this popsicle stand! See you at the original social network!Related articlesemail from friendster...
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Share your Google+ Posts to Twitter via ManageFlitter
The best thing about ManageFlitter is that you can set up your Google+ posts to automagically cross-post to Twitter. It’s a brilliant hack and one of the few ways I have been able to grow my G+...
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Twitter adds a nice little feature to its web composition interface
Nice new little Twitter detail I just saw this AM on the Twitter web interface: red “too many characters” highlighting — check it out, it’s a nice touch!Also, thanks to a heads-up from tech blogger...
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Target Twitter audiences of every size with a theory of everyone
Photo credit: Fora do EixoWell, as you all know who read this blog, I am a Cluetrainian. This means I believe that anyone who spends their time and talent online are online influencers and potential...
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Facebook paid sponsored content will meet you only halfway
After reading Disruptions: As User Interaction on Facebook Drops, Sharing Comes at a Cost by Nick Bilton in the New York Times (and Facebook‘s detailed fact check), I thought I would spend $21 for your...
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The Perfect Twitter Pitch
This morning I received the following tweet from Simon Ellinas (@cartoono):You’ve been Caricature Assassinated! @chrisabraham Please ReTweet. Use as avatar! #caricatureassassin...
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