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Social Media Quotes From iStrategy Conference « Digital thoughts
As you might or might not know over the past 2 years I had the pleasure to speak at a few iStrategy conferences across the world. It has been a wonderful experience and an honor to speak at such a great Social Media event and meet so many digital media professionals, and I highly recommend this conference to anyone in this line of business! An iStrategy e-Book
What might the 2011 version of Orson Welles’s War of the World ‘s radio broadcast look like using today’s fastest method of information-sharing ? Gerardo Buganza, the interior secretary for Veracruz state in Mexico, said it could very well be the “Twitter terrorism” caused by two people who allegedly spread false reports of gunmen attacking schools and kidnapping children. Those reports caused such panic when parents scrambled around the city to get to their children that there were dozens of car accidents and emergency phone lines were jammed.
"Twitter Terrorists" Could Get 30 Years in Prison
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I don’t know whether you have started to notice that a lot of people are wanting help with their cows and ducks on Facebook (and I am finding it a touch annoying as I am not fond of cows),this activity is due to a very popular online game called Farmville. What prompted me to write this list germinated when the few Farmville updates turned into a stream and then became a raging torrent.
StumbleUpon Starts Exploring, Looking More Like Search - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)
The StumbleUpon random website browser has become a popular way to explore the web, having won more than 15 million loyal users. Now those stumblers may be using StumbleUpon in a whole new way – that looks surprising search-like. On August 17, StumbleUpon announced the release of a beta feature called the "StumbleUpon Explore Box." It's a new sub-section of the website where you can enter a specific interest into the search box and "stumble" over to a related website that's been evaluated by the StumbleUpon community. The StumbleUpon toolbar stays at the top, allowing you to stumble onward to a lineup of additional related sites.
Power of Social Media in INDIA [INFOGRAPHIC] | Tech18
India, the only country where people of various cultures and religions reside and stay together unitedly. Every now and then India is highlighted in all aspects of different fields. Ans : Anna Hazare, the leader of the “India Against Corruption” movement and with all his supporters have come up with a website – IndiaAgainstCorruption.org , which provides all the information required to know about the movement and get to know where are all the movements being running in you city from here. They are also spreading about this fasting event through Twitter , Facebook and Orkut . Bloggers are writing posts to support Anna Hazare and Tweeting with the hashtags – #AnnaHazare #isupportAnnaHazare. Hence proved that India is utilizing the Social Media as effectively as other countries.Of course they do, but I am wondering about how. This question has been top of mind for me all week after I have witnessed some pretty horrible tribe behavior in the Dutch social graph. I wont go into the details but some influential individuals actively were bullying and making fun about other people in very inappropriate ways. As I am mostly active in the international social graph I was surprised to see this, as usually the atmosphere in social media is very positive. Being of mixed cultures myself I am very aware of the different nuances cultures have. We all share the fact we are human beings, but aside from that, we are very different in many ways.
Do cultural differences impact tribe behaviors in #socialmedia? « Digital thoughts
The Alphabet Route To Social Media Success | The Top 10 Blog
When I was writing my recent guest post for Judy Dunn at Cats Eye Writer about how ‘old fashioned’ values were still important in our social media activities it led me to give a lot of thought about the how’s and why’s of my own activities. The result of my cogitation is this alphabetical rundown of all the simple things we need to think about to have a successful and enjoyable Social Media experience. Authenticity - You (hopefully) have a personality, let it shine through, be genuine, open and honest and people will recognise and admire that. Don’t hide behind a corporate image and name, let your brand be you, if you do it right the rest will follow. Be Bold – Dare to fail, if you don’t then you will never achieve anything!
iStrategy Blog | The DNA of a Social Media Expert
“ There ain’t such thing as a social media expert! ” is probably the first thing you thought after reading this headline right? I fully agree! It will take years still before we can really talk about experts in social media. However I am intrigued about what the DNA will be of these people.
My dear old friend Twitter, I feel I owe you an explanation and an apology! You had noticed that I hadn’t been seeing as much of you these last couple of weeks and I have to admit that the reason is that my head has been turned by that new Google girl who just moved in down the road. I realise now that I have been spending far too much time with her and neglecting you. She undoubtedly has considerable charms, which attracted me to her in the first place and while I can’t give her up completely, I wanted you to know that you will always remain very dear to me and that you will be seeing more of me again in the future.
10 Reasons Why Google+ And Twitter Can Work Together | The Top 10 Blog
“ There ain’t such thing as a social media expert! ” is probably the first thing you thought after reading this headline right? I fully agree! It will take years still before we can really talk about experts in social media.
The DNA of a #SocialMedia Expert « Digital thoughts
Sneeky Google Plus So, Google comes up with this fancy “Plus” thing. Everybody rushed to take a look-see, only to be locked out as the big G slammed the doors on the masses to slow the flood to a trickle. The first week was like a Black Friday rush on sales.
“Google + a Facebook Killer?” Question Answered
A Tool To Guide Your Social Media Strategy « Digital thoughts
I must admit this article has been quite a struggle for me to write. The sheer complexity of the social media phenomenon is hard to come to grips with and boil down into simple terms what it really means to build relationships online between a brand and its Twittering consumers. But here is my first stab at creating a tool that will guide the creation of a Social Media strategy. As my digital thoughts usually form themselves through various aggregated sources of inspiration, so does this one pick and compile from various articles and experiences I have been exposed to recently.In 2008 Mark Churchman and I explored the notion of Brand Behavior in the article How to Make Sure a Brand Behaves Itself published in the Design Management Review of August 2008. We made a case for the orchestration of all brands’ manifestations according to a set of core values a brand lives by next to the more traditional visual corporate identity. Marty Neumeier , author the Brand Gap defines “A brand is the consumers feeling about your product, your services or your organization.” This basically means that it is the emotional reaction of a consumer when interacting or thinking about a brand. This is the exact same way we as humans relate to each other.
Do not misbehave!! Designing a brand identity in social media « Digital thoughts
As an international entrepreneur, Gautam Lulla has earned a world renown reputation – having logged time on three continents – with the Taj Hotel Group in India, Pegasus Solutions in the U.S. and Amadeus IT in France. With over twelve years of solid hotel industry experience spanning the breadth of the reservations and distribution technology industry – of recent date, he was instrumental in bringing together a team of professionals to launch Travel Tripper. Although there are a number of hotel reservations systems online today, many of these legacy booking engines have not kept current with the times. In just a few short years, Travel Tripper and its latest iteration, RezTrip 2.0 have broken that mold.
Converting Hotel Lookers into Bookers: An Interview with the COO of Travel Tripper
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