- Monday, April 6, 2015 from MediaPost.com: socialMobile video is exploding. But most users prefer most of their content on bigger screens. The trick is knowing when content type and situation drive users to handhelds. And please give them the tools to control where, when and how they v...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaNetflix recently rolled out the latest 3.7.2 version on Android. What appeared to be an innocuous update that fixed bugs and added new features also included a hardcode within the app that initially performs a Google DNS lookup. What thi...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Next Web » Social MediaThis post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. For gaining more engagement, clicks, retweets, and replies, Twitter images work. It’s why we created Pablo—a simple way to create social media images in under 30-seconds—and it’s why we l...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from VentureBeat » social
A reminder of how ingrained Facebook is becoming in our society. - Sunday, April 5, 2015 from NYT > Social MediaAs hotels and travel sites embrace a trend – offering selfie packages and contests — how does that change your vacation?
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from AllFacebookPeership , a personal delivery app, has officially launched in San Diego, Calif., giving users a new way to make money by making deliveries on trips they’re already taking around town. With the Peership app, users can list an item for pi...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaGoogle AdWords has officially announced that starting this June, they will ask the advertisers to verify the ownership for all call extension and location extension phone numbers. Call extensions and location extensions that do not meet ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsJudge in New York allows woman to serve divorce papers via Facebook
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsNEW YORK (AP) — A judge has given a New York City woman permission to file for divorce from her elusive husband via a Facebook message.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from HotinSocialMedia.com
You probably heard that a number of social media strategists and experts do not have a strong education background. But yet, they are what they are today. They are envied, copied and drooled all over across the globe, these people are wh... - Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaBy definition, branding is the process involved in the creation of a unique name and image for a product in the mind of a consumer. This is done through advertising campaigns and with a consistent theme. The primary goal is to establish ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Facebook has complied with a Turkish court order demanding it restrict access to certain content or face its service being blocked, a company spokesman said on Monday. "We have complied with the order, but are appea...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from VentureBeat » social
Here goes nothing.... - Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaVisual storytelling is incredibly powerful. The good folks a Quicksprout recently published an infographic outlining a few stats suggesting just how important “the visual” is on social media.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Soshable | Social Media BlogAttention spans are dwindling, that’s no secret. Reading a newspaper has fallen by the wayside, in favor of reading simple headlines via an app on our phones or tablets. Magazine articles are getting shorter, Vine is offering a way to fi...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaHaving engaged employees is more important that you might think. Among new hires, 46% leave their jobs within 18 months. It costs companies time and money to find, hire and train new employees. Turnover costs are often estimated to be 10...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaIs your website currently mobile friendly? Is it configured in a way that makes it functional to users no matter which type of device that they are viewing it on? If you answered no to either of these questions, you could be in for a rud...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from TechCrunch » SocialThe arms race for eyeballs online has a new weapon: live video streaming, a la Meerkat and Periscope. This type of content is innately ephemeral. Blink and you’ll miss the stream. It absolutely demands you break away and gawp...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsTwitter has complied with Turkey's request to remove images of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants and the block of access to is about to be lifted, a Turkish official told Reuters on Monday. Users across Turkey...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsHow significant can one tweet be? As publicist Justine Sacco's Twitter debacle shows, an insensitive tweet can derail your career (and in some cases, more than that). More recently, the backlash over tweets by Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart's ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > Social MediaOn social media, at least, celebrities, not models, draw the most attention.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaThere is a deceptive slogan floating around our culture–one that says, “If you build it, they will come.” This movie misquote leaves out an important factor: If they don’t know it exists, why would they come anywhere near it? How would t...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from WebProNews » Social MediaIf you’re trying to dodge divorce papers, stay off Facebook. The Manhattan Supreme Court has just issued a ruling that will allow a 26-year-old nurse to serve her husband divorce papers via Facebook message, according to The New Yo...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from MediaPost.com: socialAccording to the newly released DMA 2015 Response Rate Report, the modern marketer is a multichannel strategist, relying most heavily on email, direct mail, and social media, with 65% of respondents using two or more media types in their...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from HootSuite Social Media ManagementWant to know how a single Facebook post from a brand generated over 12,000 comments, 20,000 likes and 44,000 shares? Social Update, our weekly roundup of social media... Read More The post Social Update: Curator, Caliber and Groupon̵...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Forbes - Social Media
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from AllFacebookAuthenticity can be very important on social media, without which audiences could be alienated . An infographic from Bonfire Marketing outlines how authenticity can drive high returns — for both brands and independent creators R...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaA frustrated consumer is never good for business. Three out of four consumers become frustrated when website content isn’t relevant to their interests. The fact is, if your content doesn’t resonate with your target audience, you might as...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Brand Republic Social media RSS FeedBigballs, the digital film-making and storytelling business, has appointed Chris Maples as its chief revenue officer to help pursue its global expansion strategy.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media on Huffington Post
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media | Digital TrendsIt's been so long since Vine for Windows Phone got an update that users may well have resigned themselves to the idea that they'd forever be ignored. But there's good news: the Twitter-owned startup has just blown off the dust and rolled...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Social Media newsThey're the hottest livestreaming apps around, and already have no shortage of famous admirers. Who are the best celebrities using Meerkat and Periscope?
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Social Media on Huffington Post
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Ignite Social MediaApril Fool’s Day Social is Mostly Predictable Brand Work A quick review of what brands did on April Fool’s Day quickly shows that fake product announcements were the joke of choice. These were mostly safe, like Nerf announcing new Nerf d...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaOne of the most important parts of the L2R strategy is to select the right technology infrastructure, which includes a conversion-ready website, CRM system and marketing automation system. Here are nine guidelines to help you make the r...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Forbes - Social MediaClearly, digital life is not the same as corporeal life, but what is it?
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from MarketingProfs Daily: Social MediaWhen brands align themselves with the right influencers, those brands gain access to highly engaged audiences that can become loyal customers. Here are five examples of brands that did just that. Read the full article at MarketingProfs
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaSocial media is growing up, and "teenagers are more expensive than toddlers." It is harder than ever to reach your audience since social networks continue to adjust their algorithms to serve up "interesting content" to users. Check out t...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Mashable | The Social Media Guide » Social Media Feed
U.S Marshals are offering a $5,000 reward for information on a man who falsely claimed to own 50% of Facebook. Paul Ceglia, who was out of jail on bail awaiting trial on fraud charges, disappeared last month after cutting off an ankle mo... - Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsA Turkish prosecutor has sought a ban on social media sites after the publication last week of images of a fellow prosecutor being held at gun point by far-left militants, Turkey's presidential spokesman said on Monday. What happened in ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaAmber Armstrong, Program Director of Social, Mobile, and Commerce at IBM, sat down with Robin Carey to discuss IBM's smart new email platform, Verse, which learns how you interact with your workplace and makes it easier to get the job do...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from NYT > TwitterPrime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called outlets that circulated the photograph of a prosecutor taken hostage and later killed “tools of terrorist propaganda.”
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Social Media on Huffington Post
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaVery soon I will board a plane bound for Orlando with my family — yes, we're headed to Disney World. On the surface there's nothing remarkable about this trip or my planning process: it's a family trip, I made the reservation online, rec...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaWearable technology is about to evolve. The explosion of wearable devices was originally led by fitness bands. However, a combination of new vendors, new devices, and greater end-user awareness will now drive the worldwide wearables mark...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Social Media ExaminerWelcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Introduces Riff, a Cre...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media ExaminerDo you want more visibility on Facebook? Are you using all of Facebook’s features to market your business? Facebook marketing works best when you use your profile, groups and pages in concert to reach a wider audience and connect w...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaConsider the positive qualities of “Mad Men’s” Don Draper, such as being the best manager of talent, confident, and a good, old-fashioned hard worker, and you have the following fellow social business associates to congratulate for caree...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Social Media | Digital TrendsThis weekend Facebook has unveiled a new set of interactive help guides for users, covering everything from making sure you're protected against spam messages to checking on login requests. The post Facebook launches new guide to underst...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Social Media ExaminerDo you have multiple administrators on your social accounts? Want to know how to remove an employee’s access? If employees leave or change roles within your company, you’ll want to avoid potential security issues. In this art...
