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| | I saw an interesting poll being conducted on Social Media Today asking "Does Social Media have its own budget in the corporation or does it have to go begging?". There were less than 100 votes but by a 2 to 1 margin Begging seems to be the order of the …  |
| | I read on a blog that Facebook will have a new look - [url]http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/091020-141738[/url] I personally did not see much difference on the Facebook page except the letters looked bigger but I thought I changed my screen settings. So what do you think about it? |
| | We all have received multiple emails from Nigeria requesting us for funds. Also, if you saw District 9, "The Nigerians" also played a bully role on the site. Thus, I thought this was sort of funny but I am glad the Nigerias are finally taking a stand. [url]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars[/url] |
| | I just read on a blog a new social media mashup site - tracked.com and I really liked it. [url]http://www.tracked.com/[/url] For an internet marketing professional, I really see this site has strong potential. So what do you think? |
| | I just read on Mashable the results of this week's faceoff. [url]http://mashable.com/2009/10/23/wordpress-over-typepad/[/url] So I figured we members of DaniWeb can have our own FaceOff. |
| | Each of our our facebook pages are different. Why? Not only is it because of our postings on our wall, but also the apps we add to our pages. I just read about the plethora of Facebook apps on Mashable - [url]http://mashable.com/2009/10/24/facebook-apps-guide/[/url] So which apps do you use? |
| | What if there is a social media bill of rights? What will it say? Let's do some crowdsourcing now. What would you include? See this: [url]http://www.digitalconsumer.org/bill.html[/url] My recommendations are: 1. Do not start unnecessary flame wars. 2. Always be nice and giving What else would you add? |
| | Once upon a time, I saw many sites that had a word cloud. Even some of the sentiment tools have a word cloud. I even think some websites have it. Do you think these wordclouds increase your stickiness to an online community? |
| | No longer are the days when people would photo copy a note or a page of a copy. People now a days say "email it to me" or post it on FB. Thus, the other day, I was taking a commuter train from the burbs to NYC and noticed lots … |
| | Okay, Folks, we all know that writing online has disrupted the writing styles that our grammar school teachers have taught us. All I know it not to type in caps since it is yelling. Other than that - almost anything goes. So what do you think about this? I thought … |
| | As people on this board may know, I have drank the Apple Kool-aid though I dont have an IPhone yet... Anyway, I just upgraded to Snow Leopard OS and I dont see any difference whatsoever. Not even online or offline. Saying that, I do wonder if it will enhance my … |
| | I just read this on a blog about RainDrop - [url]http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Mozilla_s_Raindrop_Wants_to_Solve_Your_Communication_Woes[/url] It is not a widget but a script and it is still in baby mode. So guess what, you will encounter bugs. I personally like Firefox - it rocks! But anyway, I do like how Firefox is taking this … |
| | A friend of mine shared a warning yesterday about a hoax email being circulated about "Facebook needs you to re-enter your login" for security purposes and then it attacks your computer. This is really dangerous because we have so much on our computers and then it can spread non-stop in … |
| | With technology and actually with anything else, adoption of the new item or technology takes times and lots of effort. With the adoption of social media at fast speed, I truly believe that now the laggards are embracing it. You are seeing older generations on Facebook. One important fact is … |
| | I have a dating site and I wish to increase the conversion ratio and gain a much larger membership. I am new to this so wonering how this is done. I know there is lots of compertion but site is at 800,000 so I have done a lot to get … |
| | Smartphones have increased the ways people are connected. Thus, it is very easy to integrate Facebook, TweetDeck, and other applications to your phones. I have FB on my blackberry but I dont follow tweets. I used to but not anymore since I was getting tweets all day on my cell … |
 | It looks like Twitter Lists have arrived - Hallelujah! I just signed in to my account and got the following: [QUOTE]"New! Lists. A great way to organize the people you follow and discover new and interesting accounts. (BETA) Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting of friends, family, co-workers, sports … |
| | Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, confirmed to the Telegraph UK, that their updates will go live on Bing within two months. She also addresses the privacy concerns for Facebook users, saying that they will only be streaming updates of those members who have set their privacy settings to allow viewing by … |
 | Twitter, Inc., has shut down 33 fake Twitter accounts created by Republicans using the names of Democratic state representatives, but fake websites using the Democrats' names are still up. The story was [URL="http://current.com/177fi4c"]reported[/URL] in the Hartford [I]Advocate[/I], an alternative newsweekly. State Republican Chairman Chris Healy told the paper that it … |
| | I read on the Forrester Blog that it found in its recent survey that: [LIST] [*]Young singles and couples are the most connected. [*]Young families are heavy tech users, especially for shared experiences. [*]Older families are straddling different worlds. [*]Older singles and couples use technology more surgically. [/LIST] This is … |
| | We all know that Twitter and Facebook allows for some level of privacy in regards to your tweets and updates. Some users just make it very public while others make their updates very private and for the eyes of selected few. Thus, there was a concern that search engines, especially … |
| | Nielsen found that 18% of online visitors (at least from their sample) use social media as a discovery tool aka as research tool. I know I do it. It is a way to find "hidden gems". [url]http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/social-media-the-next-great-gateway-for-content-discovery/[/url] So what do you think? I am very big into finding so much … |
| | In this digital age where tweeting and updating your Facebook page is such a common place behavior, one major concern for me is online reputation management. The information you put online can come back and bite you. Most people may not realize this. HR folks facebook potential employees and now … |
| | I would like to say this is a joke but it is not. Read the link and learn about how you can earn $10,000, if chosen, to blog from inside a branded bathroom (yes, a branded bathroom) in Times Square on behalf of Charmin. In my time in marketing I … |
| | Mashable is reporting that the top twitter trend to watch is some bloggers migrating to tweeting because they can get their point across in 140 characters or less. While I could see this among the bloggers who are more humor-based in their blogging I don't know that this is going … |
| | Seems like a basic question for this forum but I wasn't certain if it had been asked. We all know how MySpace was and how Facebook improved on it. What would you build into the perfect next generation social media community if you knew you were the one chosen to … |
| | I recently came across a service that allows people to get a badge that can be included as part of their social media identity that validates that they are online in communities as a private citizen, a business professional, a representative of a corporation or as part of a not-for-profit … |
| | I was reading an interesting blog on Social Media Today about Customer Service being supplied by or accessed through twitter. One of my clients brought the blog to my attention and is interested in the possibility of using twitter in the company's customer service efforts. To be honest, while I … |
| | I have been asked by one of my clients to draft a social media use policy for employees. My client asked for there to be two sections, one for in office and one for out of office. I am curious to know if anyone has encountered corporate policies for social … |
| | I found this on a blog and it really is interesting to see. The blogger developed a flash counter that tallys the amount of activity of various social media types starting with the moment you start looking at it (i.e., number of blog posts, number of tweets, number of new … |
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