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Creating a LinkedIn Company Page | Savvy Social Media 4U. Someone just asked me how to create a LinkedIn Company Page so I thought this would be a great post. Make sure to follow my company page and use it as a guide. Once you are logged into your LinkedIn account, put your cursor over Interests and click on Companies. Next, you want to click on Add a Company to the far right of the page (next to FAQ).

Then you want to enter your Company Name and your email address at your company and click the little check box to verify you are the official representative of the company and click Continue. You will be brought to a screen where it says to check your inbox and to follow the instructions in the email. Once you confirm that email, you will be asked to sign-in to your personal LinkedIn profile. After you log-in you will be brought to your Company Page profile.

Company TypeCompany sizeCompany Website URLMain Company IndustryCompany Operating StatusYear Founded Then you want to enter your Company Description. SEOmoz is now Moz. Software and Community for Better Marketing. - Moz. Why Facebook is blue: The science of colors in marketing. 33.5K Flares Filament.io 33.5K Flares × Why is Facebook blue? According to The New Yorker, the reason is simple. It’s because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind. This means that blue is the color Mark can see the best. “Blue is the richest color for me; I can see all of blue.” Not highly scientific right? After all, the visual sense is the strongest developed one in most human beings. So how do colors really affect us and what is the science of colors in marketing really? First: Can you recognize the online brands just based on color? Before we dive into the research, here are some awesome experiments that show you how powerful color alone really is.

Example 1 (easy): Example 2 (easy): Example 3 (medium): Example 4 (hard): These awesome examples from Youtube designer Marc Hemeon, I think show the real power of colors more than any study could. How many were you able to guess? Which colors trigger which feeling for us? Black: Green: Blue: For green, their intuition was this: Social Design Principles.

SocialMediumSphere | Social media explanation…one network at a time. Men_women_&_the_web.pdf. The Great Divide in Social Media - from Blue Stag Studio Blog. Pinterest means business - from Blue Stag Studio Blog. With the social media landscape in a constant state of flux, it’s always exciting to see what the top networks will be doing next. This month Pinterest announced that not only do businesses have permission to set up their own business accounts; there are also a set of golden guidelines for business users to follow in order to get the best out of the service. If you’re not a Pinterest user now, you might be by the end of 2012. It has been labelled as the fastest growing social network on the internet and the third most popular after Facebook and Twitter. The idea behind Pinterest is that it acts as a ‘virtual pinboard’ so users can ‘pin’ favourite images and connect through “the ‘things’ they find interesting”.

Since February 2010 when Pinterest was first launched, the network has an estimated 25million unique users, who on average spend a total of 89 minutes a day on the channel. So what’s changed...? ...And what does this mean for businesses and their brands? Social media trends 2013. 100 Most Awarded Adverts of 2012. Password reminder After submitting the registered email, you will receive an email instruction about how you retrieve password.

Please go to and follow the instruction to reset password. Activate your account Please go to to complete the sign-up process. If you haven't received activation email, please make sure to check spam folder. Sign up(It's free and always will be.) Are you a creative professional? By signing up, you will... To receive weekly newsletters for 10 most liked campaigns during a week; To get alerted about latest campaigns that match your interest; Download unlimited e-books and low-res images; 150MB monthly download limit for free (apox. 65 30" videos/450 high-res images); get more information in future. Congratulations! Introducing Pinterest Web Analytics. Bloggers, businesses, and organizations often ask us, “what are people pinning from my websites?”

These website owners help create the content on Pinterest and we wanted to help them understand which pieces of content people find most interesting. Today, we’re pleased to announce Pinterest Web Analytics, a first step towards doing just that. Web Analytics gives site owners insights into how people are interacting with pins that originate from their websites. What’s available If you have a verified website, you’ll get information about how many people have pinned from your site, how many people have seen these pins, and how many people visited your site from Pinterest. To get started, just follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Today’s announcement builds on the set of tools we offer for website owners including business accounts, Pin It buttons and board widgets. Happy analyzing! —Tao Tao, Software Engineer, Currently obsessed with pinning to dogs. Facebook Campaign Checklist – Successful Social Media Campaigns. Researching thatawkwardmoment on Twitter. Best of the 2013 Foursquare Hackathon. Foursquare hosted their hurricane-delayed Hackathon over the weekend and it was, by all accounts, a rousing success. More than 100 hackers appeared at Foursquare’s New York HQ and 50 came to the San Francisco office. Hundreds more joined in from around the world. In total, they submitted more than 80 new apps based on the Foursquare platform. The original Hackathon, scheduled to take place the weekend after Hurricane Sandy hit, was themed to connected apps. Many of the apps submitted are in fact considered connected apps, despite the fact that Foursquare changed the theme to “It’s all about the endpoints” following their about face on connected apps (the most recent versions of Foursquare’s mobile apps relegate connected apps to a hidden screen that many users — including many of the Hackathon developers (based on the videos they’ve submitted) — aren’t able to find).

In this list, I’ll feature ten of my personal favorites from the Hackathon. Check In Take Out PonyUp FlashSquare FourPass. 63050463504854863_ccEOlOxp_c.jpg (JPEG Image, 554 × 1651 pixels) Social Media Report 2012. Different Types of Illustrations in Web Design (With Examples) Illustration – an incredibly versatile tool that can be used in the web design of a site. Due to the diversity in the choice of techniques, styles and approaches we have very wide range of applications and possible implementation. Today we’ll speak about some key points, so you can find new ideas and easily understand the forms and techniques by the example of illustrations of different web sites.

Before turning directly to the examples, let’s mention one distinctive feature and definite plus of any illustrations — a diverse. Due to this characteristic illustration may combine several techniques and styles, such as grunge or watercolor. Through this combination, designers have a wide variety of choice that allows to realize any idea and the task at different “angles”. Let’s start with the basic tasks of illustrations: Graphic art component of the site or serviceExamples of work items or any itemsVisual explanation of the data and the decoration Themed Illustrations in Web Design theevnt. The Secrets of Compelling Presentation Design: A Guidebook. When structured properly, a slide deck can significantly enhance your presentation, enabling you to make what you are saying more impactful, more understandable, and more memorable. This guidebook is a compilation of proven presentation design tips, techniques, and best practices that can help you create winning slide sets.

Structuring Your Slides for Maximum Visual Impact The way you display information on your slides can make or break your presentation design. It’s a delicate balance – if your slides are dull and boring, you may lose your audience along the way. On the other hand, if they’re too busy – crammed with images or too much text – attendees may be too distracted to absorb what you’re saying. The key to success lies somewhere in between. Developing a Strong Opening You have just a small window of opportunity to grab the attention of your audience. Topics covered in this section of the presentation design guidebook include: Using Color to Evoke Emotion Creating Charts and Diagrams. Tradutor. Study: People Like Sex More Than Facebook. Twitter Marketing Software - Community Management and Relationship Management Service for Social Media | Commun.it.

All-In-One Business Dashboard | Real-time Monitoring | Cyfe. 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. 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 This isn’t a “new” tool, but I’m amazed by the number of marketers who still don’t use SlideShare as a main staple in their social media distribution. . #3: Commun.it #4: YouTube’s Audience Retention Report #5: Cyfe #6: Cloze. Brands On Tumblr. Content Type Massively Affects Brands' Reach on Facebook | Social Media Portugal. Marketing Tools & Resources | Ebooks, Webinars, Whitepapers by HubSpot. Untitled. Anti-Austerity Protests in Portugal. Cancel Cancel Show Voices on the map. more Featured Voices Current Voices Archived Voices Limbo: Vale o que vale 18 Nov 15:30 O rescaldo da manifestação do dia 14 de Novembro de 2012.

Flag Inappropiate Content Limbo: O dia 14 de Novembro de 2012 18 Nov 11:22 Acontecimentos, testemunhos e reacções do dia 14 de Novembro de 2012. Flag Inappropiate Content Limbo: A sociedade e os media 11 Nov 08:29 Actualmente os meios de comunicação englobam a imprensa escrita, rádio, televisão e Internet. Flag Inappropiate Content Thousands of Portuguese soldiers march against budget cuts in Lisbon | Demotix.com 11 Nov 02:22 Politics EUROPE > Portugal > Lisbon Thousands of Portuguese soldiers march against budget cuts in Lisbon November 10th, 2012 by Violeta Moura Violeta Flag Inappropiate Content Thousands rally against austerity measures in Lisbon, Portugal - Politics - Citizenside 09 Nov 12:57 Flag Inappropiate Content Portuguese government's new budget fuels renewed protests | Demotix.com 09 Nov 12:03 Flag Inappropiate Content.

New FB Marketing Tactic: MTV Roadies Increased Clicks on their Facebook Page By 1290% Using Facebook Albums. New FB Marketing Tactic: MTV Roadies Increased Clicks on their Facebook Page By 1290% Using Facebook Albums Jeff Widman, Co-Founder, PageLever June 5, 2012 MTV Roadies, one of our customers, discovered a hot new tactic and gave us permission to share. (While we hear a fair number of juicy tactics, we never share without client permission.) From the beginning, photos were a key part of their Facebook strategy. But they recently figured out a way to increase clicks on their photos by 1290% more than previously.

How? By making sure each photo post contained multiple photos, not just one. When you post multiple photos, Facebook converts it to an album and only shows thumbnails for the first 3 photos. From the data, it looks like Facebook’s EdgeRank algorithm factors in clicks, because as each album post accumulated more clicks, EdgeRank kept showing the post to more and more people–the albums basically went viral within the MTV Roadies fan base. Click image for full-size. Implications: Clever PNG Optimization Techniques. Advertisement As a web designer you might be already familiar with the PNG image format which offers a full-featured transparency. It’s a lossless, robust, very good replacement of the elder GIF image format. As a Photoshop (or any other image editor) user you might think that there is not that many options for PNG optimization, especially for truecolor PNG’s (PNG-24 in Photoshop), which doesn’t have any.

Some of you may even think that this format is “unoptimizable”. Well, in this post we’ll try to debunk this myth. This post describes some techniques that may help you optimize your PNG-images. You may want to take a look at the following related articles: Clever JPEG Optimization Techniques1 The boring part Before we dive into image optimization techniques, we have to learn some technical details about the PNG format.

PNG was developed as an open-source replacement of the proprietary GIF format. Scanline filtering Here is how it works. GIF, 2568 bytes PNG, 372 bytes Image type 1. 2. 3. 4. Facebook Collections Lets Retailers Augment Posts With “Want/Collect” Buttons That Save Products To Pinteresque Profile Sections. Facebook has just begun testing “Collections” — a new feature it says is “unrelated” to Pinterest but could be a competitor. It allows retailers to add “Want” or “Collect” buttons to news feed posts about products. These save and share products to a “Wishlist” on user profiles that host a “Buy” button that can be clicked through to make purchases offsite.

Seven retail partners including Pottery Barn and Fab can now share Collections posts to their fans. Collections could help retailers score viral click-throughs to their product pages by making things their fans are interested in more discoverable to friends. Facebook isn’t earning affiliate fees on Collections click throughs, but it could get brands to buy ads to get more fans.

To try out Collections, Like the Pottery Barn Page then visit this link to its first Collections post. Facebook told us this about the product: “We’ve seen that businesses often use Pages to share information about their products through photo albums. The Psychology of Being Unfriended on Facebook. Social scientists are increasingly looking at online friendships and trying to figure out if they carry the same emotional baggage that real-world friendships do. A preliminary study suggests that breaking up, even if it’s on Facebook, is hard to do. The more you use Facebook, the more likely you are to experience “rumination and negative emotion” when someone unfriends you, according to a study published in the July 2012 edition of the scholarly journal Computers in Human Behavior. The study by Chapman University researchers Jennifer L. Bevan, Jeanette Pfyl and Brett Barclay is one of the first to look at the psychological consequences of so-called relationship termination on social networks.

Other factors that increased the pain of being unfriended included: When Being Unfriended Hurts Most People also seemed to be hurt more when they had made the initial friend request and were later unfriended by the recipient. The Parent Trap Image courtesy of Shutterstock. The Art and Science of Social Media 3.0. ‘Custom Audience’ targeting now available to all Power Editor users, API partners.

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