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Facebook Graph Search: First impressions | Internet & Media. Turn Graph Search on and your Facebook experience will never again be the same. The social network's radical take two on search transforms your entire experience: Graph Search follows you wherever you go and gives you a window to a digital world you always knew existed but never had the privilege of visiting. On Tuesday, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company's search product for finding people, places, photos, and interests. Available in limited release, Graph Search is a tool for using natural language to find information hiding in plain sight. How you use Facebook's new search tool is up to you. There are a limitless number of possibilities, all of which are designed to get your synapses firing and make you that much more hooked on Facebook.

What follows are my first impressions of Graph Search after toying around with it for a few hours. Powerful and fun Critics may say that a functioning Facebook search experience is long overdue , and they're right. 100 Amazing Social Media Statistics, Facts And Figures 2012. 100 Amazing Social Media Statistics, Facts And Figures 2012 Did you know that there are more devices connected to the internet than there are people on the entire planet? This global pipeline of data keeps the world connected, and nowhere is its presence is felt more strongly than in social media.

Every minute of the day thousands of photos are shared on Instagram, tens of thousands of tweets are exchanged on Twitter, hours of YouTube videos are uploaded and hundreds of thousands of pieces of content are posted to Facebook. And we’re only just scratching the surface. For example, did you know that: 100 Amazing Social Media Statistics, Facts And Figures 2012 Source: Creotivo Berrie Pelser, Ber|Art Visual Design: Ber|Art Visual Design V.O.F. delivers high-end secure (PCI-Compliant) WordPress, Typo3 and Magento Linux Cloud VPS Hosting with professional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) plus Social Media (Social Network) integration, branding and strategy.

Vergelijkbare berichten: Participation – Amplification – Gamification. This is the time when everyone creates a list of things that were or things that will be. Normally, I do not participate in this ritual but this year I can’t stop myself. The reason being that the lists I am seeing are so out there in terms of predictions that I want to bring back to pragmatism to 2013. I see 5 major trends for 2013 and here they are! Participation - Now that Facebook has reached over 1 billion members, it is fair to assume that in Belgium we will round the cape of 5 million in 2013. Amplification – Many companies are setting up company accounts on social media but they are struggling to get the following they would like to have. Companies are taking notice and we are seeing that large companies are running “awareness sessions” for their employees with a number of goals in mind: provide information about the general use of social media, explain the social media policy but mostly to ask employees to become social media ambassadors for their companies.

Empire Avenue Goes Beyond Social Influence Measurement into the Realm of Influence Building. The world of social media influence has been a growing industry for years. Klout and Kred have emerged as two of the leaders in the segment with Trust Cloud and others making statements about their own growing relevance, but there’s a network (a game, really) that surpasses all of them in usefulness and has carved a unique niche for itself in the social networking universe. If you haven’t been paying attention to Empire Avenue, you probably don’t realize what you’re missing. Many who have checked it out may have made the mistake of assuming it was just a game.

The idea is simple – your social accounts help you to generate a “stock” price and you go on the open market. You can buy and sell shares in other users with “eaves” (currency) that you generate every day based upon your performance, shares sold, and your portfolio that pays you dividends. Each network is given a score that influences both your price and your dividends. Benefit 1: Strong Networking Every network has spammers.

Storify on the iPad. Google+ Communities – A Guide for Participants and Moderators. In case you haven’t heard, Google+ has released their answer to Facebook and LinkedIn Groups in the form of Google+ Communities. In just 24 hours, communities went from zero to thousands of members and within a week, some groups are now up to 21,000+ members. In today’s post, we’re going to look at how to use Google+ Communities, from participation to moderation. Participating in Google+ Communities Participation in Google+ Communities is actually pretty easy (assuming you already have a Google+ personal profile, of course). Simply go to Google+ Communities and search for communities that fit your interest. Assuming it is an open community, you can click on the community and click the Join Community button.

Once you’re a member, you can post to the community using the same status update box that you are used to. When you post to a community, the post will generally show up on your profile as well. As far as communities go, here are just a few examples of ones you are likely to find. Top 10 Tools To Monitor Social Media Brand Mentions On A Budget. Social Media can be used to help build a community and brand champions within your sector or among your target demographic, it can be used to target potential new customers and enable companies to come across as thought leaders within their line of business. But how do you measure brand mentions on Social Media? How can you really see what people are saying about your company on their Social Platforms? The market for Social Media monitoring tools has grown in recent times at the same phenomenal rate as the social networks themselves.

Enterprise-level tools can be eye-wateringly expensive and out of reach for many businesses, but a quick look at the number of free tools shows that you can successfully keep track of brand mentions and relevant keywords without shelling out a lot of money. I’ve compiled a list of ten of the top free tools out there at the moment: 1.Google Reader As simple as it sounds, Google Reader is a fantastic way to begin your monitoring. 2.Topsy 3.Kurrently 4.Boardreader. Ad Agencies Now Almost Universally Using Social Media for Client Campaigns. By MarketingCharts staff As the leading option, Facebook is used by 82.4% of advertisers, with YouTube coming in second, at about half that rate (42%). Pinterest trails, used by 23% in Q3, although that represents an impressive 48% increase from just a quarter earlier.

Digital Continues to Get More Attention As results from the STRATA survey attest, a general shift in marketing and advertising industry focus towards all things digital continues. 84% of survey respondents said that their customers’ focus on internet/digital had risen from the previous year, the 16th straight quarter of growing interest. As a result, 26% of agencies now expect to spend more on digital than traditional in the next 1-3 years. Other Findings: The Growing Impact of Social Media. The Growing Impact of Social Media #infographic Social media are social software which mediate human communication. When the technologies are in place, social media is ubiquitously accessible, and enabled by scalable[clarification needed] communication techniques. In the year 2012, social media became one of the most powerful sources for news updates through platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

Morrison & Foerster’s popular Socially Aware Blog is out this week with a thought-provoking infographic that delves into Americans’ increasing obsession with social media, along with their increasingly fractured attention spans. Email, face-to-face socialising and even taking care of household members have all suffered under the wake of platforms such as Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.

Source: Sociallyawareblog Berrie Pelser, Ber|Art Visual Design: Vergelijkbare berichten: My name is Berrie Pelser, since 1999 co-owner of Ber|Art Visual Design V.O.F. 11 Social Media Tools and Online Platforms I Use. Some time ago I published the social media toolkit for adventurers, [Spanish link] a selection of tools and platforms that are an essential part of the social web and others which are specifically related to social media.

This post is an update and enlargement on that post, with some tools I consider to be very relevant in carrying out important work in social media, the social web and online projects in a professional, productive, efficient way that yields results. Some of the tools or platforms below aren’t necessarily part of the social media, but the way they are implemented and used can have direct or indirect results in them. Even if they don’t have a direct effect, they can still be useful. That’s what really matters: that they have a role to play and that they can help you get where you want to go. I use most of these tools, not only for me but also for the projects we work on with partners and friends.

I recommend them to everyone around me. - Scoop it! Photo credit: entrepreneur. 24 Must-Have Social Media Marketing Tools. Are you looking for ways to enhance your social media marketing? Do you want new tools to simplify your job? We asked a group of social media pros for the hottest social media tools they use today. Check them out to see if these social media tools are a good fit for you! #1: Unlock to Share Plugin My favorite social marketing tool of all time is the unlock to share plugin. What is it? It’s a simple plugin that “unlocks” additional content when your web visitors share your stuff on Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Make your site go viral by requiring the user to share your link to unlock content. Why is this so valuable?

In my most recent experiment, I had 452 people land on a page where they had access to royalty-free music they could use in their videos. These unlock to share plugins are everywhere. James Wedmore, co-founder of Video Traffic Academy and founder of Video Sales Magic and Video Copy Pro. #2: SlideShare SlideShare is a great tool to use as part of your company's storytelling process. What LEGO Taught Me about Community Building. Like most kids, I loved LEGO.

I would spend hours building everything from a space shuttle to a house for my chihuahua (true story). As an adult, building a community has that same sense of awesomeness. Here is a list of the top 7 things LEGO taught me about building a quality community. Accessibility. You can find LEGO building blocks anywhere (especially stuffed between the couch cushions at my cousin's house). Social business needs to be the same. A strong enterprise community should span internally and externally, across departments, geographies, and devices. Usability. Fun. Beneficial. Next Generational. Versatile. Leader. An. While building a community might not feel like child's play, just remember that it can be fun and the hard work will pay off in the end. Now, if I can only get my hair to stay as perfect as the LEGO girl's.... 10 Ways to Market Your Business With Foursquare. Are you wondering how Foursquare could help your business? Are you interested in rewarding your loyal customers?

To this end, Foursquare is the ideal platform to bridge the gap between your offline and online audience in an affordable and scalable way. Why Foursquare? As the leading location-based social network, Foursquare offers a plethora of opportunities for businesses both big and small. There are many alternatives to using Foursquare, but when it comes to location-focused social apps, Foursquare is the king of location with its 20 million users and robust features for users and businesses alike.

There are 20 million people using Foursquare to connect with places. People use Foursquare to check into locations they’ve visited by using the app on their mobile phones. There are nearly 1,000,000 businesses on Foursquare currently, and it’s your turn to leverage this network to build your customer base with new prospects and reward your most loyal customers all at once.

Top Social Media Stats Too Impressive To Overlook. There are social media stats presented to us on a daily basis, but many times they are “spiced up” to make the particular social media network in question look better than all the others. They are not exaggerated, they are just focused around the focal points that make some of their more complimentary statistics shine, while the ones that aren’t as great aren’t even represented. It’s of course a tactic that has been used for a long time, and every social networking service does it. I mean, why would you talk about your least favorable statistics, right? However, sometimes we are presented with a comparison of the top social networks, and from that, we are able to determine how they are really doing compared to each other. And, 2012′s social media stats are almost too impressive to overlook. I am always a little confused when a social networking service has so many features that are hidden somewhere underneath the user interface itself, if that make sense.

Via: [visual.ly] Social CRM on a budget. November 07, 2012 Social CRM on a Budget The urgent need for companies to understand their customers and learn from interactions with them on social networks has driven demand for CRM tools with social interactional capabilities to unprecedented levels, according to a new report from Nucleus Research. And in this case, demand has resulted in increased competition among vendors and lower costs for marketers. Nucleus Research VP Rebecca Wetteman says deployment of new CRM capabilities has quickened because affordable cloud computing power allows users to implement applications in a matter of months instead of years.

“If we think about the old on-premise world, a company might spend six to 12 months getting it up and running with a huge commitment from its IT department,” she says. “Whereas now, I can go to a Salesforce or a Radian6, swipe my credit card and sign on for a year's commitment for a few hundred dollars.” “Companies have the ability to try a lot of applications,” Wetteman says. Why Social CRM Adoption is Low. If your organization hasn’t adopted social CRM, don’t feel so bad. Most folks are in the same boat as you. Social CRM may seem like the topic du jour, but in reality most of the market isn’t adopting the principles or technology needed to truly make it work. More people don’t even know what it is. This is the current state of social CRM adoption – at least according to Awareness Inc., which recently covered the topic in its State of Social Marketing report. The survey found that 16% of respondents were using a “social CRM system”, while 17% didn’t know what social CRM was. 21% percent said they weren’t using social CRM, but planned to.

But a whopping 46% simply said they didn’t use social CRM. A quick caveat: Awareness doesn’t define what a social CRM system is. That definition, while broad, provides good insight into what’s going on in the market. This real need has catapulted social CRM into the limelight, making it a favorite discussion of panels, webinars and bloggers. 1. 2. 3. Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites. Mobile Commerce Trends Every Business Owner Needs To Know. By far, Obama’s Tweet is the most retweeted ever. Social Media Trends 2013: 1.5 Billion People Using Facebook. The 2nd Generation Of Social is here. Top 5 Ways To Create Conversions with Hangouts On Air. The Facebook Ladder of Engagement.

How to Find Influential People With Social Media. 87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012. Facebook EdgeRank Explained: How it Works, and How to Beat It. How Facebook’s algorithm works. Why Every Nonprofit Should Adopt a Social Networking Mindset. The Future Of 'Smobile' How to make your own Tribe on Triberr #manual. Study: How Many People Follow Brands on Social Media and Why? How Brands Can Harness The Power Of Social Media. Growing Klout the Right Way.

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