Kittenidol. HOW TO: Use Tweet Buttons as a Blogger or Site Owner. The official Tweet Button has arrived; and while it's as simple as a single click to use for the vast majority of end users, it brings scores of questions for casual and professional bloggers and other publishers.
How can I put a tweet button on my WordPress.com blog posts? How can I check the stats for my tweet button links? Does broadcasting your Foursquare check-ins on Twitter really add value for brands? It’s no secret: Foursquare (and other location-based applications like it) are as hot as White Board Jenny these days (can you sense the sarcasm here?).
More than 1 million people are now checking in on Foursquare each day. Businesses are starting to salivate at the data now available to them. Meanwhile user numbers continue to climb steadily each month. Meanwhile, if you’ve been on Twitter for any length of time the last 6-9 months, you’ve undoubtetely noticed the trend. More people are broadcasting their Foursquare “check-ins” to their Twitter followers, too. Why wouldn’t you broadcast your check-ins via Twitter every time? Foursquare Business Strategies You Don’t Want to Miss. August 22nd, 2011 by Samir Balwani Mobile marketing has become more and more important as consumers migrate to the new platform.
Location based sites like Foursquare lead the pack, but how do you make the most of the platform? Facebook Marketing: 10 Tips on Better Fan Pages. Facebook pages can be a huge way to connect to audiences.
Facebook statistics tell us that the average user (at the time of this writing) is connected to 60 pages, groups and events. This means that aside from all the other Facebook friend activity that goes on, your page is one of 60 trying to grab attention a fan’s attention. For a more effective social media marketing program, here are ten things that you can do to turn your Facebook page into a dynamic and engaging destination for your Facebook fans.
New Twitter “Tweet Button” For those of you who have been dreaming of an easier way for your readers to share your posts on Twitter, that day has come.
Pushing Our (Tweet) Button. Twitter is great for sharing interesting things you find on the web.
In fact, close to a quarter of all Tweets include a link in them. Despite the high volume of sharing, there is plenty of room to make it easier. Copying and pasting, link shortening, and bouncing between browser tabs just to share a link in a Tweet is too much work. Today we’re launching the Tweet Button to make sharing simple. It lets you share links directly from the page you’re on. After you post to Twitter, you may see suggestions for accounts to follow. Check out our video, and try out the button at the bottom of this post! The Tweet Button is not only simple for users, but for publishers of all sizes, too. You may have seen similar buttons on blogs, news sites and other places that let you share content on Twitter. Starting today, the following sites will use the Tweet Button.
Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble. Facebook Is Rolling Out Threaded Comments. The Social Habit: Who Uses Social Media and How. The Social Habit: Who Uses Social Media and How Edison Research just released its latest report on social network usage.
The study compares the behavior and demographics of frequent users of social media to those of the population at large. The data is based on a nationally representative telephone survey of 1,753 Americans (including 371 mobile phone interviews) ages 12+ conducted in February, 2010. Here are the principal findings from the report: 1. 2. 3. 4. The 5 NEW Rules Of Social Media Optimization (SMO) August 10, 2010 | 35 Comments About a week ago I started seeing a curious number of tweets, links and Google Alerts to a popular blog post I wrote 4 years ago.
The reason was that today happens to be the four year anniversary of that post which first introduced the idea of Social Media Optimization or SMO as it is now popularly known into the world of digital marketing and on Wikipedia. For many of the readers who consistently read my posts today, this SMO post may have been the reason they first stumbled onto my blog. Social Media Monitoring Tools Comparison Guide. By Tracy (DiMarino) Lewis | Posted | 16 Comments | Filed in: Social Media Editor's Note: This post was updated Sept. 2012 with the most recent pricing, coverage and feature information.
View the 2012 edition. Monitoring social media outlets (i.e. blogs, forums, social networks) and responding to relevant posts is an effective strategy for organizations looking to: understand brand perception from internal and external audiences, connect with buyer personas, increase visibility online, establish thought leadership, provide value to their online communities and become familiar with how target audiences interact online. Ten social media and technology mega-trends to watch. I just read a fascinating (and lengthy!)
Report from McKinsey on tech-enabled business trends to watch and thought it was important enough to summarize for our community. Here are some highlights from this excellent report: 1. Crowd-sourcing moves into the mainstream In the past few years, the ability to organize communities of Web participants to develop, market, and support products and services has moved from the margins of business practice to the mainstream.
The Word of Mouth People. Yesterday The Washington Post published a fascinating article about 4chan, the notorious online message boards. 4chan was founded by a 15-year-old seven years ago as an anonymous, uncensored forum for Japanese anime fans but has grown to become a powerful and disruptive locus of anti-establishment collective action. These are the guys responsible for the mass popularity of memes such as lolcats and Rickrolling; for gaming Google so that swastikas topped the Trends in July 2008; for spreading the erroneous news that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack in October 2008 and causing Apple stock prices to crash.
To many in business and beyond, 4chan exemplifies the terrifying side of word of mouth: a mob of socially savvy digital natives who are unrestrained, unedited and out to cause (sometimes very serious and expensive) mischief. Heineken - The Tube Vroom! The man behind one of F1's fastest growing blogs... News Headlines. Facebook 101 Business Guide. Not using Facebook for business yet? 7 Youtube tricks and features that are incredibly useful. I spend large portions of my life on Youtube both watching videos and distributing content and have over the years picked up a few hints, tips and features that may not be obvious to the average user. The thing with Youtube is that so many people forget that it is actually a social network with features that go far beyond just watching videos and hidden away there are some great features that you can use. There are also a couple of examples of tools that work on top of the Youtube platform to make your experience on the world's biggest video sharing site even better.
Here are the Youtube tips and features that you may not know... Edit Your Videos Directly On Youtube. PR, Comms, Social Media blogger / news source? Based in the UK or Europe? Get featured... - Adam Vincenzini's Share-house. The PRWeek Guide to Required Reading. 'Entourage' ends next year, HBO says. Zap2it, Saturday, August 7, 2010, 5:59pm (PDT) Vinny Chase, Ari Gold and the boys of "Entourage" will be riding off into the sunset next year. On Saturday at the Television Critics Association press tour, Michael Lombardo, HBO's president of programming, confirmed executive producer Mark Wahlberg's earlier statements that the show would end in 2011.
RELATED: See what Mark Wahlberg & more stars were up to this week "Next summer will definitely be the final season," Lombardo said, adding that series creator Doug Ellin is still thinking about how to end the series. A shel of my former self: Comments. Posted on April 23, 2014 4:51 pm | Legal | Social Media Frank Tunney was the best attorney I ever butted heads with. Jpwx9j - Uploaded by AdamVincenzini. 18 Best Tools To Analyze Your Twitter Hotness. Lovely picture of our host this evening @jfourgeaud. Spotify: Craig David – Bootyman - enough to make anyone feel good about themselves... HTML5 for journalists - Martin Belam's currybetdotnet blog - August 5, 2010.
Inisghtful interview about the worls of social media from Adam Vincenzini. Adam is the lead social media consultant at London-based agency, Paratus Communications. How To Use The Foursquare Dashboard. The Anatomy of a Blog Post. I frequently receive questions about how I blog. What blog readers really want - Survey results, Aug 2010. What blog readers really want - Survey results, Aug 2010. @louisedoherty listening to this on repeat today: Spotify: Big Boi – Shutterbugg // love this tune! What do you want from a PR / Comms blog? Twitter Preparing "Shout Out" Feature. Twitter appears to be preparing a new feature that will let you "contribute your shoutouts to peeps," if the very official looking account @twittershoutout does in fact reflect a plan in the works.
Top 10 Twitter Chats for PR & Social Media Professionals. Content marketing strategy: Trust vs. content. Think about the last time you shared a post on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. KeyTweet Finds Most Relevant Links for You From Twitter. Unless you've mastered the art of not blinking, you probably miss updates from connections on Twitter. Echo launches “River” to keep content flowing on the homepage. Echo, the real-time commenting system that focuses on major publishers such as Slate.com, is offering a new way for those content sites to display posts and related comments on a website’s homepage. Top 1000 sites - DoubleClick Ad Planner.