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Santa Goes Social : PitchEngine : Get the Word Out™
Kyoo, the first aggregation system built to serve large-scale information consumption of social media and other online content, today announced that Santa Claus is using Kyoo to receive Christmas wishes from social media users worldwide. A notorious paper pusher, Santa has decided to go a more digital route now that First-Class Mail will not get to him as quickly as before. “It’s getting to be a big pain my pa rum pum pum pum to filter through so much mail each year. I decided to get with the digital times and utilize social media to ‘check up’ on everyone on my list,” said Claus. Built on the Kyoo Aggregation Platform, Kyoo is an innovative, free website that enables users like Santa to easily follow all the online buzz surrounding popular trends and hot topics from top social media sites as they happen, all in one place.
With social media’s inherent ability to communicate, share and interact, it has the ability to make waves far beyond what we had originally foreseen. It is much more powerful than just the benefits it provides for businesses or individuals; it fuels a new power for the people. Social media has changed the way we react to things from thinking about it, to doing it. It’s a mix of peer pressure, support and the effortlessness social media has for connecting like-minded people. Lately, social media has been a huge player in protests and events across the world, from the UK to Wall Street. It’s not just one side of the spectrum either; social media is also used as a reactionary tool, banding people together to not only bring down but also to clean-up and reach out to aid in the reconstruction of the community.
Social Media and the Evolution of Revolution
9 Reasons Your Company Should Use Brand Advocates: New Research | Social Media Examiner
What would you say if you could add 5, 10, 100 or 1000 marketing reps to your team? For free ? What if these marketing reps would freely write about your brand and tell their friends and all they expect in return is recognition and access to insider information ? Who are these free marketers?World Map of Social Networks | Vincos Blog
A new edition of my World Map of Social Networks, showing the most popular social networking sites by country, according to Alexa & Google Trends for Websites traffic data* (December 2011). Facebook with more than 800 million active users has established its leadership position in 127 out of 136 countries analyzed (in this edition I’ve added Afghanistan). Since June 2011 the largest social networking service of the world has finally conquered Netherlands, and with it the whole Europe, Brazil, after a long struggle against Orkut, and Japan (caveat: a large part of Japananese networking activities are on mobile. Most important players on mobile are Gree, Mobage, Mixi).
The web is revving up for Monday night’s Republican debate between 2012 presidential hopefuls, and social media is set to play a large role in public discussion of the event. In the brief clip below, CNN ‘s DC Bureau Chief Sam Feist describes how CNN will incorporate social media into the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Debate.
How CNN Is Using Social Media for Tonight's GOP Debate [VIDEO]
3 Ways to Prepare Your Business for Social Search | Social Media Examiner
Is your business ready for social search? In this article I’ll reveal what you need to know and what you need to do to prepare for social search . The Emergence of Social Search Earlier this year I predicted that this would be a breakout year for social search .
Pixie Dust & The Mountain of Mediocrity | gapingvoid
[NB: Today’s guest post is by the world’s most famous ex-blogger, the great Kathy Sierra .] We’re always searching for that secret formula, that magic pixie dust to sprinkle over our products, services, books, causes, brands, blogs to bring them to life and make them Super Successful. Most marketing-related buzzwords gain traction by promising pixie dust results if applied to whatever it is we make, do, sell. “Add more Social!”. “Just need a Viral Video!”