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Publish FeedBurner Feeds to Twitter using Google Short URLs

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:37:44 +0000

TwitterFeed, in case you haven’t seen it before, is an interesting service that can automatically publish your RSS feed(s) into your Twitter account. This helps because the moment you write something new on your blog, a “tweet” is posted on your behalf informing all your Twitter followers about the new content.

via Publish FeedBurner Feeds to Twitter using Google Short URLs.

Five Tips for Promoting Your SMB with Twitter and Facebook

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:50:15 +0000

Many companies have Twitter accounts that spit out periodic updates on new products or services, and a few even have a Facebook page. But there’s a big difference between having a social networking account that puts out spam to a followers/friends list that consists of employees and the owners’ immediate family, to being part of an actual online community.

via Five Tips for Promoting Your SMB with Twitter and Facebook : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum.

Citysearch and Twitter Team Up to Offer Business Tools – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:20 +0000

A new partnership between Citysearch and Twitter offers some clues about what Twitter’s long-awaited paid accounts for businesses might look like.

via Citysearch and Twitter Team Up to Offer Business Tools – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.

Twitter Alternatives That Are All Business

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:35:29 +0000

When Twitter launched in 2006, few people could have predicted how microblogging would change online communication. Today, microblogging, or short-form text updates posted to the Web, has exploded in popularity. As a result, a number of microblogging applications for the enterprise—Twitter alternatives that do just a bit more—have surfaced.

via Twitter Alternatives That Are All Business – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership.

20 Questions To Start a Social Media Discussion

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:15:47 +0000

Let’s make something clear: you can be the person that starts asking the questions and initiating the conversations that move social media forward. You. Sitting right there. Yes, you.

via Social Media Today | 20 Questions To Start a Social Media Discussion .

Study shows women dominate on social networks

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:14:10 +0000

Over the past two years there’s been a raft of research showing that women are increasingly more active than men in social media…for example last year there was the Rapleaf study showing that women tended to have more social network friends than men.

via Social Media Today | Study shows women dominate on social networks .

Twitter’s Intelligent; Welcome to Web 3.0

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:13:16 +0000

I wrote a post a few days ago, Is Twitter a Complex Adaptive System?, that proposed the idea that Twitter may be evolving into an entity of sorts, a collective intelligence. I’ve come across some new posts that are amplifying that meme, and I just want to keep the thoughtstream going.

via Social Media Today | Twitter’s Intelligent; Welcome to Web 3.0 .

9 Tips for Maxing Twitter Advertising During NFL Prime Time

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:11:26 +0000

Brian Solis reminded us that the NFL has effectively banned Twitter use by anybody at a stadium on Game Day. But that doesn’t keep big companies, small businesses and guerrilla marketers who use Twitter as part of their social advertising and marketing strategies from Tweeting to the larger audience of Tweeple watching games at home or at sports bars.

via Social Media Today | 9 Tips for Maxing Twitter Advertising During NFL Prime Time .

Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:10:12 +0000

Augmented Reality (AR) is the ability to place computer-generated information, such as text and labels, on top of live real world data, such as video from a smart phone. Most AR applications in 2009 were quaint curiosities designed to demonstrate the AR concept. It took a lot of hacking and ingenuity to make these a reality since most consumer platforms lagged (but not by much) in features (think video finally coming to the iPhone) required for AR.

via Social Media Today | Five Social Media Predictions for 2010 .

The Anti-Social-Network Social Network – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:09:55 +0000

Facebook and LinkedIn are great for connecting with friends and business associates you already know. But what if you want to expand your social circle and meet new people?

via The Anti-Social-Network Social Network – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.

Six Social Media Trends for 2010 – Conversation Starter – HarvardBusiness.org

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:08:10 +0000

2009 we saw exponential growth of social media. According to Nielsen Online, Twitter alone grew 1,382% year-over-year in February, registering a total of just more than 7 million unique visitors in the US for the month.

via Six Social Media Trends for 2010 – Conversation Starter – HarvardBusiness.org.

Social Media: What’s Next? : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:06:45 +0000

The rise of social media over the past few years has left several companies and platforms in a position to dictate the way in which we’ll use technology in the future. Between Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, there are hundreds of millions of users across what has become known as “the social web.”

via Social Media: What’s Next? : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum.

Why Twitter Lists Matter – Improvisations – MIT Sloan Management Review

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:31:04 +0000

Last week Twitter debuted a new feature that lets you group your followers, Twitter calls it Lists. To learn Twitter List basics, Josh Catone’s Mashable post HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists is a good place to start.

via Why Twitter Lists Matter – Improvisations – MIT Sloan Management Review.

How to Avoid Social Media Phishing Scams : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:50:59 +0000

You’re likely familiar with e-mail phishing scams. Typically, these involve an email that looks to come from a name you know – like Microsoft, PayPal, or your bank – and then direct you to a website where you’re asked to “verify your account” or perform some other task that requires your username and password.

via How to Avoid Social Media Phishing Scams : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum.

Top 5 Things to Remember When Doing a Social Media Campaign : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:30:41 +0000

At Ars Technica we’ve done a number of social media campaigns in the past, and we’ve learned quite a bit about what it takes to make these efforts successful. All such campaigns are run on our forums, where they provide advertisers with a high level of engagement and they give forum users a chance to interact directly with brands to provide feedback, ask questions, and gain greater insight into more than just the specifics of a product.

via Top 5 Things to Remember When Doing a Social Media Campaign : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum.

Short And Tweet: TweetMeme Introduces An URL Shortener Of Its Own

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:26:37 +0000

As if we needed yet another URL shortening service, TweetMeme is today debuting ReTwt.me in an effort to make that particular saturated field even more so. And it’s not like it does anything special in comparison with the plethora of similar services out there.

via Short And Tweet: TweetMeme Introduces An URL Shortener Of Its Own .

TwitVid Launches First Twitter Video Application For The BlackBerry

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:03:19 +0000

TwitVid, the easy way to share videos straight to Twitter, released the first video Twitter application on the Blackberry App World for free. [App World URL] TwitVid will easily allow users to upload video from their mobule phones to TwitVid, just like in the iPhone application.

via TwitVid Launches First Twitter Video Application For The BlackBerry .
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The Future of Social Media

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:22:49 +0000

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Social-Media Marketing for Restaurants: 10 Tips – 6/5/2009 11:03:00 AM – Restaurants and Institutions

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:59:16 +0000

Participation in social media demands more active planning than simply signing up for an account and then posting the details of today’s lunch specials or next month’s wine dinner. As with any branding initiative, it’s best to start with a thorough understanding of the strategy’s opportunities and potential pitfalls. To that end, R&I rounded up a team of experts to offer operators the following user’s guide to social media.

via Social-Media Marketing for Restaurants: 10 Tips – 6/5/2009 11:03:00 AM – Restaurants and Institutions.

Review of Twitterville, by author Shel Israel

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:32:08 +0000

Twitterville is a book with a collection of anecdotes and stories about businesses using the social media site Twitter.

One of the best things about this book is how the author, Shel Israel, captures the people and companies that make Twitter such an addicting phenomenon.

via Review of Twitterville, by author Shel Israel | Small Business Trends.

How many Twitter friends click on your links? As little as 1%

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:30:32 +0000

No matter how much we boast that we have 200 / 2000 / 20,000 etc Twitter followers, how many are realistically tuning into what we say? We might be relegated to the second or third columns on Tweetdeck, we might have a lot of followers that are spambots, and most might not even be on when we tweet.

via How many Twitter friends click on your links? As little as 1% .

Twitter Is Revamping Retweets, Launches A Retweet API

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:23:48 +0000

n its developer Google Group, Twitter has just made the announcement that it is releasing an early preview of a brand new API: The retweeting API. And that’s not all, Twitter is in the process of completely revamping its retweet functionality.

via Twitter Is Revamping Retweets, Launches A Retweet API .

Marketing Tips | Small Business Trends

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:01:16 +0000

In May of 2009 we asked you, our loyal readers, to give us your best Twitter tips.

Over the course of several weeks, we accepted your tips via email, Twitter and in comments to the original post. We asked readers to simply answer one of the following 6 questions:

via Marketing Tips | Small Business Trends.

GOT A TRAVEL GRIPE? TWITTER TO THE RESCUE Got a travel gripe? Twitter to the rescue – July 26, 2009 Sunday – HOTELS

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:21:14 +0000

If you’re not protesting an election or promoting a product, Twitter, the microblogging site that has been getting so much attention these days, can be easy to dismiss.

via GOT A TRAVEL GRIPE? TWITTER TO THE RESCUE Got a travel gripe? Twitter to the rescue – July 26, 2009 Sunday – HOTELS.

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admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:07:09 +0000

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via Free Online Marketing Course | How to Position Yourself as the Obvious Expert.

Social Marketing Method: How To Use Facebook and Twitter To Strategically Market and Grow Your Business by Social Media Consultant, Mari Smith.

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:06:33 +0000

“Here’s How to Get Started on Facebook and Twitter, Apply A Proven Social Marketing Strategy, and Generate Significant Profits. Guaranteed!”

via Social Marketing Method: How To Use Facebook and Twitter To Strategically Market and Grow Your Business by Social Media Consultant, Mari Smith..

Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts Catches the Potential of Social Networks

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:36:50 +0000

Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts, Secrets Resorts & Spas and Dreams Resorts & Spas launched online marketing campaign comprised of a series of contests offered for online users on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, blogs and forums.

via Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts Catches the Potential of Social Networks.
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When it comes to Social Networks, What’s In, What’s Out and What’s Next?

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:35:59 +0000

Social networking isn’t just for teenagers anymore. Increasingly, clubs and resorts are getting into the act.

Phoenix’s Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, for instance, has a LinkedIn group, a Facebook page, and a Twitter feed. It also puts out updates and behind-the-scenes looks at events and offerings, via podcasts on iTunes and “vodcasts” on YouTube.

via When it comes to Social Networks, What’s In, What’s Out and What’s Next?.
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8 Ways To Find Relevant Followers On Twitter | Small Business Trends

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:28:49 +0000

Twitter’s strength comes in its ability to connect you with other people and to start real conversations. It’s helped small business owners market to current customers, to engage new ones, and to create partnerships with new friends.

via 8 Ways To Find Relevant Followers On Twitter | Small Business Trends.

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inSocialMedia.com

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:53:30 +0000

22 Social Media Tips Under 140 Characters

Posted by Shane Gibson on July 5, 2009 at 3:20pm

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