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| | I am of the opinion that social media marketing and building online communities is becoming the biggest factor in eMarketing campaigns. Eventually, I believe, it will become the prevalent activity in eMarketing campaigns followed by e-mail and then more traditional web activity (corporate sites, banner ads, etc). Does anyone agree … |
 | It's been known for a while that current and potential future [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2555.html"]employers[/URL] look at people's profiles on social networking sites such as Facebook. And it's also been known that people are using social networking sites to announce the status of their relationship -- or [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3874.html"]lack of one[/URL]. Now the two … |
 | I think daniweb's social groups should be linked off the main page under "Daniweb Community Features" on the bottom right section of the page pointing to: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/group.php[/url] I can't remember how I found the groups but the only way I can get back there now is by viewing my profile, …  |
 | using FF 3.5.3 and attached is how that window looks. |
 | Even though most people are familiar with Wikipedia, many may not realize that creating a wiki is another social media tactic that business can leverage. Thus, have you used a wiki to build your client's online presence? I have managed a few wikis in the past and it takes time … |
| | Hi, I would like to know how can I automate my blog so posts automatically feed into Facebook and Twitter? Thanks. |
 | Is there anyway I can bring to a moderators attention a spurious PM? |
| | In another thread I talked about sports banning players from tweeting during games and how this could cause problems with the fan base. Mashable is reporting about how the NHL is using Twitter to cause a fan buzz. Read on... [url]http://mashable.com/2009/09/29/nhl-pick-15/[/url] |
| | The last election and the use of social media by the Obama campaign has not set a precedent that a lot of politicians will try to emulate. But are there some social media options that are better than others in terms of politics? What ones would you suggest to a … |
| | Another gem from B.L. Ochman on SocialMediaToday.com. Based on experiences of her own, B.L. identified these three screw-ups that she has first hand experience with that could damage your brand. What do you think? I tend to agree. [LIST=1] [*]Start a Twitter account and then don't Tweet [*]Don't track your … |
| | A friend of mine, who is out of work, was looking through my contacts to see if I had any in a company he was trying to get a job with. He found out that because of one of my 1st level contacts I have President Obama, John McCain, Sarah … |
| | Web 1.0 consisted of mostly static web pages full of lengthy text that did not follow "above the fold" rule. Thus, many of these webpages felt like lecture notes. So what do you think of how businesses use social media which is now part of Web 2.0? It seems that … |
| | The times of generating profits via blogs are probably limited. I remember even a few years ago when many bloggers touted making beyond 6 figure just by blogging. What do you think? |
| | We know that when school is in session during the Fall, it can also be a season of communal flu and the cooties. Thus, what do you think of Google's FluTrend - [url]http://www.google.org/flutrends/[/url] ? It is good for writing a blog posting or a report for a kid, but from … |
| | If you are not aware, recently, a picture of Obama and his wife taken with Spain's presidential family was shared online. The picture was removed quickly after the First Family of Spain complained since it contained their teenagers. So what do you think? [url]http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/09/29/shocking-photos-spains-first-daughters-appear-to-be-teenag/?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl2|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fshocking-photos-spains-first-daughters-appear-to-be-teenag%2F[/url] |
| | I just read this article a moment ago about a Christian Couple giving each other full access to their login information. [url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4K9oYt7cM-jdwRCVMU9TgajMsygD9AHAMUG1[/url] So what do you think? I personally dont agree with it. Why? Well, I believe there should still be a level of privacy in a relationship. |
| | A poll on whether President Barack Obama should be assassinated, which was posted to Facebook on Saturday, has been taken down after an investigation by the Secret Service, according to [URL="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113282766&sc=fb&cc=fp"]NPR.[/URL] The poll consisted of a single question: 'should obama be killed? [sic]' with the choices yes, maybe, if he … |
| | As we all know, social media is mentioned by almost every single internet marketer out there. Saying that, have you used social media to promote a product. Has it helped or was it a learning experience? What do you think? Please do share your case stories. |
| | There was a very interesting article about Craiglist and how it has more traffic than Monster, CareerBuilder, Yahoo's HotJobs combined. Thus, despite Craigslist now having stricter posting policies, it still seems like a good place to help grow your online community, or not? What do you think?  |
| | Google recently announced something called Sidewiki. What this does is creates an overlay on any website/url allowing commenting and ratings that, since it is generated by the browser and not the website owner, means that if someone puts up something really bad or questionable about your site you can do … |
| | Here is the link to the Mashable report. [url]http://mashable.com/2009/09/23/twitter-worm-dms/[/url] |
| | I saw a recent study that found that online media (social networks considered a part of this) is considered less credible than TV, newspapers and radio. On a scale of 1 to 10 they ranked as follows: [LIST] [*]TV - 6.5 [*]Daily newspaper - 6.3 [*]Radio - 6.3 [*]Online - … |
| | I just read an interesting article about Microsoft getting involved in Social Media monitoring with a tool that is in proof-of-concept stage right now called LookingGlass. LookingGlass is designed, according to the piece I read, to allow companies to monitor, analyze and participate in social media content and conversations. The … |
| | I found this really interesting post through one of my Linkedin groups. [url]http://nmc.itdevworks.com/?p=802[/url] The blog post is extremely well thought out and the main thrust is that from the SMM point of view it is not about the conversation but about the value proposition that is communicated during the conversation. … |
| | [url]http://www.seotrafficspider.com/adwords-suspended.html[/url] In the link above is a report that over the last few days, numerous AdWords accounts have been suspended. The owners of the accounts received only an e-mail telling them that their accounts were suspended and that their ads will not appear in Google searches. Most of the people … |
| | Hello... I want to ask you a question. How do I build a new online community for my 1 month old website... Do I need to advertise it on adwords. I have build a website promoting Linux and hoping that the website will have its own online community, but the … |
| | I read an article back in August on socialmediatoday.com about 8 habits that could potentially get you unfollowed or piss off your followers enough that they will pay less attention to your tweets. I have the link for the original piece I read below but here is the list (some … |
 | Another day, another [URL="http://www.gmail.com"]Gmail[/URL] outage - well, that's the way it can start to seem. [URL="http://www.twitter.com"]Twitter[/URL] was all a-quiver with how the system was down; people didn't know what to do about it and one wag put a note up saying the human species can last six days without water … |
| | Mashable is reporting that in 2 weeks Google Wave will be released. Much has been said about this new Google offering. Is anyone planning to get involved right away or will it be a case of cautiously testing the waters? Also, for anyone who has been keeping track of Google … |
| | In an attempt to build support for a bill that would roll back a ban on Internet gambling enacted when Republicans led Congress, the online gambling industry is running online ads noting that legal online gambling could raise $48 billion for the deficit-plagued U.S. government. "At a time when the … |
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