5 Ways Brands Can Use Pinterest to Boost Consumer Engagement On Pinterest? Follow Mashable to check out our favorite infographics, tech news, internet memes and digital culture! The surprise smash-hit social networking site of 2011 wasn’t Twitter, Tumblr or Google+. In fact, it was a site that, even today, is still an invite-only social network. The Palo Alto site Pinterest has skyrocketed into the top ten most visited social networks of the past year and continues to gain traction and popularity. The image-based platform is a simple enough concept: Users create and name Boards anything they like (Places I'd Like to Visit, Pretty Dresses, My Cookie Creations, etc.) and post relevant photos on corresponding Boards, while categorizing Boards under one of the 32 general Pinterest categories. But how can brands and companies utilize this platform to their advantage? 1. Brands and companies can connect and build buzz among their audiences by hosting various types of contests on Pinterest. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The Electric Typewriter Best software and business apps - BestVendor s Blog - Home of…um, well, Hexxeh… Since I'm launching this new design, let's begin with a few updates on various projects. Raspberry Pi - Status: Hiatus I'd still like to see Chrome on Raspberry Pi fly, but I don't have time for it at present, and I'm kinda at a dead end in terms of where to go with it. Chromium OS Vanilla - Status: Active Vanilla builds are continuing as normal, but please note that Flash/MP3/PDF aren't supported as these require plugins or codecs which I don't have a license to distribute. Chromium OS Lime - Status: Discontinued I'm afraid to say Lime is discontinued and I'm no longer offering it for download or any support for it whatsoever: I have no plans for this to return. Huge thanks to Geir Marius Kirkeberg Jansson for building this new design for me. I think that's about it.
EasyShare Let Visitors Share Your Website Introduction to EasyShare! EasyShare is a basic flash plugin (swf file) which let you easily share your website in well-known social network websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg and via email. This is similar to “addthis” social button. Why Easy Share? Here are some reasons about why to use EasyShare Animated buttons and cool interface which attracts the user to share your websiteFree to use and distribute with no adsVery light in size, just 10kb therefore loads faster in your websiteEasy to embed in your website with transparent option How to configure Easy Share with your websites? Easy Share plugin can be configured by modifying the text file, find the text file “link.txt” located in the same folder where this swf file is present. Which files should be uploaded? Upload “easyshare_techgyo.swf” and “link.txt” along with your website files. Embedding swf file You can embed this swf in your website by clicking “Insert” >> “Media” >> “Flash” in Dreamweaver software.
Some Key Social Media Trends To Look For In 2012 Editor’s note: Guest contributor Joseph Puopolo is an entrepreneur and start-up enthusiast, who blogs on a variety of topics including green initiatives, technology and marketing. In 2011, social media had its share of growing pains. Large brands and corporations took to social media in force to try to find footing in this expanding medium. Amy works with people like Dana White of the UFC, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson of acting/WWE fame and brands like Nike and Fox Sports (and now Joel Stein). Here were a few key trends Amy said we should look out for in 2012: 1. Many shows have already begun to integrate social TV, either through polling or integrating social elements within the show. As each news channel fights hard to keep their viewers engaged, networks like CNN and Fox have made significant strides to engage their audience, although some would argue that this social media integration has come at the expense of hard-hitting journalism and analysis. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Humans of New York 3 Gmail Labs You Need Now If you’re a Gmail user and haven’t played around with Gmail Labs yet—well, today’s the day to get started. Basically, Gmail has a whole set of awesome, free, experimental features that you can easily enable for your account—and that will essentially change how you use email. Getting Started Open Gmail.Click the Gear Icon in the upper right of your screen, then select Settings.Open the Labs tab. While there are plenty of fun ones to play with, I recommend starting with these three life-changing labs (plus a few bonus suggestions). 1. Know that moment when you realize you just sent an email to the wrong person, or with a typo, or without the attachment? Pro Tip: I recommend setting the time for 30 seconds instead of the default 10 seconds. 2. Ever feel like you're writing the same email over and over and over again? Pro Tip: When saving a new canned response, the lab uses everything that’s in the email draft, including previous or forwarded messages that appear below. 3. Bonus Labs
BOOTICE - Modify, Backup, Restore Master Boot Record & Partition Boot Record BOOTICE is a portable utility developed for power users who need to either modify or backup and restore MBR (Master Boot Record) and PBR (Partition Boot Record) of local drives or removable media including external hard drives, USB drives, etc. For those who don’t have clue of these boot records, MBR is generally referred to as first sector (size : 512 bytes) of any partitioned drive whereas volume or partition boot record holds code to initiate booting and is invoked by MBR. Warning for beginners: It is not advisable to fiddle around with master boot record or with volume boot record, as it can change system booting process and can leave your PC unbootable. We will recommend that you use BOOTICE with removable media and not with auxiliary storage disks. It supports multiple boot record types ranging from Windows NT 5/6, Plop Boot Manager, SYS Linux, to Grub4Dos. On the main interface, it displays all attached external storages along with primary disk. Download BOOTICE Advertisement
Spinback - ROI of social media Facebook management platform Buddy Media has acquired Spinback, a social commerce and analytics platform that launched in October 2010. “Thousands of websites have social sharing functionality, but they don’t understand how this sharing affects their business in terms of direct sales, indirect sales, conversion metrics,” says Michael Lazerow, CEO of Buddy Media. "With this acquisition, Buddy Media can now answer the question ‘what is the ROI of social media?’ better than anyone else in the market in a holistic way, both on Facebook and off, and on Twitter and email.” Spinback has more than 20 clients, and its EasyShare social plugin allows consumers to easily share products and purchases via Facebook, Twitter and email. This acquisition marks Buddy Media’s “first real effort” to go web-wide. Spinback data has found that the average Facebook share generates $2.10 in incremental sales and has a 10.9% conversion rate. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, MarsBars
How to build your network on LinkedIn With Utah's unemployment rate around 6.4 percent, it is more important than ever to proactively build a network of professionals who can aid you in searching for a job. Whether you are unemployed and seeking new employment or you are happy in your current job but know you’ll want to move onward and upward down the road, LinkedIn can become one of your strongest allies. Here are some tips that will help you start to build your network and aid you in making an impact during your next job interview. First, create and complete your LinkedIn profile. Be sure to be detailed and dedicate a minimum of two hours to creating your profile. Second, schedule regular updates for your profile to let your peers know you are involved in your business and industry. Third, connect to as many peers as possible. Fourth, join all of the groups that relate to your profession and be actively engaged in those groups. Fifth, volunteer. Finally, be sure to refer to your LinkedIn profile as much as possible.
HUH. 12 outils web utiles au bureau Checkthis : – Cet outil vous permet de créer rapidement une affiche éphémère, sans devoir s’enregistrer. La page peut être partagée, commentée ou likée via les réseaux sociaux. Cet outil peut être utile pour partager facilement un message, par exemple via une affiche sur la journée du personnel, avec différentes personnes ne se trouvant pas au même endroit. Drupal : – Grâce à cette plateforme open source, vous pouvez créer un site pour votre entreprise, en y incluant notamment si vous le souhaitez des fonctions de bilinguisme, des workflows ou encore la gestion d’événements d’entreprise. Favsync : – Cet outil vous permet de partager des favoris avec vos collègues au sein d’un système collaboratif. Pearltrees : – Pearltress vous permet de découvrir, d’organiser et de partager des pages sur des sujets qui vous intéressent grâce à des « arbres à perles ». Image : Pinterest