New LinkedIn feature allows users to follow major thought leaders - Canada Canada Social Media. Blogliterati : The Blogliterati cartoon is... Has Facebook tweaked EdgeRank? - Canada Canada Social Media. Are you a Facebook Fan Page owner or administrator? If so, you may have noticed a decrease in the number of followers who read and interact with your posts for the last few days.
Despite the fact that no official source has confirmed the situation, some bloggers have taken it upon themselves to “stir the pot”. Such is the case of and Social@Ogilvy’s Geoffrey Colon, who states that he got the information directly from Facebook – but does not share links. According to him, the company changed its Edgerank algorithm on September 20, to offer a de-cluttered experience to mobile and tablet users: “Facebook usually tinkers with the algorithm on a weekly basis, but this is the first time the change has been made in an effort to minimize brand page posts being seen by those who have opted in to “liking” that page,” he says in an article published on September 25.
iProspectBlog draws a different conclusion. This change should have a positive impact on the way brands use Facebook: New eBook project! (with image, tweet) · cendrinemedia. Blogliterati : Follow author @cendrinemedia... 5 Business Social Networks You May Not Have Heard Of. Everyone knows about Twitter and Facebook, but what if you want a more professional place to network with businesses and those looking for employment? Believe it or not, there are many more social networks out there than just the two top dogs. Best of all, these are social networks that are made for business professionals. The following are just five business social networks you may not have heard of. DoMyStuff Those looking to get a job done, and those looking for work, should definitely consider joining DoMyStuff. The social network allows workers and businesses to connect to get small jobs done. It doesn't matter if you want to outsource the cleaning of your office or need to find someone to design a logo, this is a great social network for large and small businesses alike.
XING is the top dog when it comes to social networking for businesses. Also Check : Top 10 Business Apps and Tools for Digital Entrepreneurs Top 4 Free Tools to Monitor Social Media Campaigns CompanyLoop Konnects. This week in social media: Facebook, Google, Klout, LinkedIn, Klout, and more. Klout and Microsoft sign multi-year agreement - Canada Canada Social Media. Klout and Microsoft announced on Thursday a partnership that could provide a better insight into social influence through search. This new agreement allows Microsoft to include more social data (Klout scores and influential topics) in the ‘People You Know’ sidebar of Bing, its search engine: “The Klout Score and topics are a helpful signal for understanding why you should trust recommendations from these experts,” says Klout’s CEO and co-founder Joe Fernandez on the blog of the company.
“By clicking through to those users’ Klout profiles, you can see their best moments and gain additional context and insights into their expertise. It’s the “social resume” at work!” The partnership also benefits Klout, which has now access to two additional data points. These will be showcased in the “Moments” area of the site, and recognise experts who appear in the Bing's social sidebar, as well as those whose connected Wikipedia accounts get the most searches. In other news Facebook launched Gifts. 10 SEO Myths Debunked. By StevePlunkett on Sep 25, 2012 SEO is dead. Social Media has replaced SEO.
Tired of all the confusion? Not sure where to turn for solid advice? Let’s try to alleviate the fuzziness and get down to brass tacks. Check out these 10 Social Media and SEO Myths debunked… 1. FALSE: Your IT guy/girl has email issues, security issues, server updates and social media malware on employees computers, i.e., the health of your Information Technology structure as responsibility, this is not their job. 2. FALSE: Search is what you use to find what you are looking for in all the social media content. 3. FALSE: Social Media IS your brand, online. 4. FALSE: Social Media IS Customer Service. 5. DEPENDS: I worked at a PR firm for 6 years, so I know at least one has been for a while, but also know one that doesn’t. 6.
FALSE: Some do, some don’t, the ones that do, work with you to convert detractors into supporters in search and social media. New LinkedIn feature adds another layer of professional validation - Canada Canada Social Media. LinkedIn continues cementing its status as the top social media platform for business professionals. On Monday, the team announced the introduction of Endorsements. With this new feature, members have the opportunity to vouch for their favourite peers by endorsing the skills and expertise listed on their profiles, or suggesting ones that the latter may not have thought of adding.
Unlike recommendations, which require members to write testimonials, endorsements are done in a couple of easy clicks. You can endorse your connections by looking at the top of their profiles or checking out the new 'Skills and Expertise' section. Once the process is completed, these people will be notified by email and on LinkedIn. Right now, the feature is only available in the United States, India, New Zealand, and Australia, but should roll out to all members in all languages over the next few weeks.
In other news Missing MySpace? For more information, check out the video on the left. Google welcomes Authorship Program participants with email - Canada Canada Social Media. Social media news: Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Wikipedia - Canada Canada Social Media. Social media news: Facebook, Google, Scoop.it and YouTube - Canada Canada Culture & Events. Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world. Facebook On Thursday, Facebook announced that Facebook Exchange (FBX) was out of beta. The service allows advertisers and agencies to purchase Facebook ads through real-time bidding: “Facebook Exchange is perfect when the objective is a conversion outside Facebook and the data used to drive that objective exists outside Facebook,” says Scott Shapiro, product marketing manager for Facebook Exchange.
“When brand goals like increasing awareness and favorability are the objective, Facebook’s native tools are usually a better fit because they work with all our social formats and placements in addition to fan targeting.” For more information on FBX, click here. Google Last week, Google announced an update for its Google Drive apps on Android and iOS. iPhone / iPad users can now: Android users can now: Scoop.it Content curation platform Scoop.it announced on Tuesday its integration with SlideShare: YouTube.
Content curation tool review: Listly - Canada Canada Social Media. Bloggers know it. People love list posts. They love them because they are skimmable and easy to read. And they usually work as great resources that they can bookmark for future reference Looking for a tool to turn your lists into an even more interactive and fun experience for your readers? Let me introduce you to Listly. What is Listly? Listly is a crowdsourcing community that allows users to build lists and add items (with or without links) to other members’ lists. “Listly helps bloggers and publishers engage readers with continuously evolving viral lists right within your site.”
Listly: Features Easily create, edit and customize an unlimited number of lists – Add tags and descriptions, choose how you want your items to be displayed (by CrowdRank, alphabetical order or curated order), allow comments, and more. Examples of lists Listly: Some benefits Listly is definitely a must-have tool for bloggers.
For more information on the service, visit. Social media news: Facebook, Hootsuite, LinkedIn, Twitter, and WordPress - Canada Canada Social Media. Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world. Facebook Facebook closed its purchase of Instagram and officially welcomed the photo-sharing app to the “family” on Thursday: “As we said from the beginning, we are committed to building and growing Instagram independently,” says Mike Schroepfer, Vice President of Engineering, in a news release. “Instagram will continue to serve its community, and we will help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook's strong engineering team and infrastructure.
Hootsuite The HootSuite team announced on Thursday that it had acquired social media platform Seesmic for an undisclosed amount of money: “Like Seesmic, Hootsuite offers a suite of social media management tools, with even more options for small business and enterprise customers,” says the Seesmic Blog. The only major competitor left in Hootsuite’s category is now TweetDeck. LinkedIn LinkedIn unveiled the new version of its Company Pages on Thursday. Twitter. Social media news: Digg, Facebook, Google, Twitter, WordPress, and YouTube - Canada Canada Social Media.
Here is a quick roundup of some the latest happenings in the social media world. Digg On Tuesday, the Digg team released a new feature that allows users to save stories for later perusal on Digg.com or their iPhones. The option appears when mousing over articles. Also, long-time users can now retrieve their prior-Digg v1 data thanks to the Digg Archive. For more information, click here. Facebook Facebook released on Wednesday a new version of Pages Manager for iOS.
Facebook users can now find their friends’ pictures on Microsoft’s search engine Bing: “[Y]our Facebook privacy settings are always respected,” says Senior Program Manager Ian Lin on the Bing Blog. To try the new feature visit www.bing.com/friendsphotos. Google Google unveiled on Wednesday a new set of tools for businesses using Google+. Private sharing within an organizationHangout integration with Gmail, Calendar and DocsAdministrative controls allowing admins to set company-wide sharing defaults for posts and Hangouts. Twitter. The 5 Key Elements of Social Media with Soul. With how competitive the Internet is, how do you stand out from the crowd? How do you make sure your brand doesn’t drown in the social media sea? While every business owner reaches success in their own way, there are key traits successful business owners utilize to build high-quality, unique brands backed by a loyal tribe of followers. 1. Transparency Some say being transparent is the ultimate way to connect with your audience and create an accurate depiction of what your brand stands for.
But how much is too much? How does a brand owner strike a balance between information and anecdotes? You shouldn’t worry about whether you’re revealing too much; you should focus on revealing yourself in the right context. Sharing your personal stories is a big pro, but if you don’t reveal them properly, they can be a big con. Storytelling is an art form, and many bloggers use stories as a way for their audience to connect to what they’re saying and personalize it to their own circumstances. 2. 3. 4. Kred Story offers new insights into social media influence - Canada Canada Social Media. PeopleBrowsr's brainchild Kred, launched Kred Story, its redesigned platform, on Tuesday. Based on the social analytics company’s datamine of social data, Kred Story is a visual, RebelMouse-like stream that provides visitors with a snapshot of a Kred influencer’s online activity over time, including social media posts (Twitter and Facebook), mentions, interactions, links, photos, and commonly used words.
Each item in the stream is clickable, allowing viewers to get more information about each contribution. The information appears in a pop-up, and features share buttons (Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest) and Retweets (if the post comes from Twitter). Viewers can also give Kred points to the influencer, and follow retweeters. “Kred Story is the culmination of many years of research by PeopleBrowsr,” says Kred CEO Andrew Grill, in a press release.
“It shifts the emphasis from scores and data to people and their content. Kred measures influence in online communities connected by interests. Social media and social change (Infographic) Social media news: Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Twitter and WordPress - Canada Canada Social Media. Here is a quick roundup of the latest happenings in the social media world. Facebook Facebook Page owners and administrators can now check their lists of subscribers, and access public information available on them by clicking on their names. The new feature is located in the admin panel. To find it, click the “fans” tab, then “see all”. Users could also soon see sponsored stories pop up in their news feed. Last week, Facebook started allowing some pages to promote ads to reach more potential fans.
These ads feature the “Like” button in the top right corner, and the word “sponsored” at the bottom. Finally, Facebook added the life event “expecting a baby” to Timeline last Monday. Google Google released on Wednesday an update to the Google Maps for Android app (Version 6.10). With Version 6.10, users can now choose to display a specific mode of public transportation. Finally, last week saw the introduction of custom URLs on Google+. Pinterest Great news for Pinterest fans! Twitter WordPress. 3 Social Marketing Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for Getting More Fans and Followers. People don't "Follow", "Like", or "Circle" your company because you're great. They do it because it benefits them. That's they secret to every viral marketing campaign.
Maybe your latest blog post will help them save money. Or perhaps it made them laugh (or cry). Either way, the underlying trigger that sparked their reaction is your key to unlocking social media growth. Here are 3 effective ways to leverage those triggers and get more fans and followers. Image courtesy of seanrnicholson 1. The quickest way to grow any social network is to incentivize your customers. You have to craft an offer that's not only appealing, but also motives them to take action. But be careful... The offer or incentive you use will depend on your business. For example, using coupons will work great for commodity-type businesses that are going after price-concious customers. So you need to match your unique situation with the type of offer, or bait you're using.
Here are some other examples that I use with my clients: 3 Social Marketing Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for Getting More Fans and Followers. Klout unveils updated scoring system - Canada Canada Social Media. Have you checked your Klout Score lately? If not, now is the time to do it. Influence-measurement platform Klout rolled out major changes to its algorithm on Tuesday. The new Score factors in more data points (12 billion vs. 1 million) and social signals than before (400 vs. 100), to include a user’s actions on Twitter, Google+, Foursquare, Facebook, and LinkedIn, the +K they have received (capped every 90-day measurement cycle), and real-world influence, with Wikipedia as a new primary data source. This explains why Canadian Justin Bieber’s grade on the site has decreased by 8 points: Although [he] is one of the most influential celebrities on Twitter, his Wikipedia page has lower importance than those of people like Barack Obama.
Previously, Justin had the distinction of being the only person with a perfect 100 Klout Score. With this update, his Score drops from 100 to 92. However, accuracy is not the only thing that matters. For more information on the new Klout Score, click here. Social media news: Digg, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and WordPress - Canada Canada Social Media. Here is a quick roundup of the latest happenings in the social media world.
Digg The Digg team introduced on Wednesday a series of new features: "By the end of the week, Digg users will be able to: Sign up and sign in with a Twitter accountChoose whether or not their diggs are shared to Facebook TimelineRetweet, Reply to, or Favorite tweets displayed on the Digg homepage In addition, a new version of the iPhone app is under review by Apple. " Facebook Facebook added several new features to its platform: Google "[I]f you’re planning a biking trip to Tahoe, you might see relevant emails from friends about the best bike trails, or great places to eat on the right hand side of the results page,” says Amit Singhal, SVP of Google Search, in the Google Blog. "We’re working on some even more useful features. On Thursday, Google agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to the US Federal Trade Commission following the recent privacy breach with Apple’s Safari browser.
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