Webinar Archives: Get Compliant With Social Media - Fast Focus: Compliance - Jerry - Finect. REI.com Jobs - Job Detail. 3 Social Media Start Ups That Are Going to Change Your Life. No doubt, these three companies will change the social media world in the next year to three years. If you want to be ahead of the curve, check out what they do and why we think they they will be so important below. 1. Diaspora: Diaspora started to a lot of hoopla and continues to generate buzz after some students from NYU raised over $100,000 in less than a month using the Kickstarter funding platform. Diaspora aims to be an ‘open’ alternative to Facebook . Basically, Diaspora wants to put the control over your social network in your hands.
The company stresses Choice, Ownership, and Simplicity. Diaspora is for those that think Facebook takes too many liberties with your data and lets you keep ownership of whatever you add to the network. The model Diaspora is pursuing is almost opposite to that of Facebook’s and they believe that as people become increasingly aware of their lack of control on other sites, Diaspora will provide them with a solution. 2. 3. Meet the 'most social' restaurant brands. Restaurants Reach Customers With Social Media. "Piers Morgan Tonight" Turns to Social Media to Build Buzz for CNN Premiere. Piers Morgan is stepping into Larry King's old 9 p.m. time slot on CNN Monday evening, welcoming Oprah Winfrey as the first guest on Piers Morgan Tonight. CNN is hoping that Morgan, who was fired from the Daily Mirror after it published fake photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse and has since gone on to serve as a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent, will draw enough big names and controversy to reverse the downward ratings King's show suffered in its last years.
At minimum, he'll need to pull in 650,000 viewers, which is what King averaged in his last months on the show, according to The New York Post. "If I don't, I'm a half-wit. There is no middle ground," he said. From heavy media campaigning to a lavish launch party, CNN has gone all-out to make sure Americans tune in for the premiere — and social media is playing a significant role in building buzz. $1,000 GIVEAWAY FROM WRAZZ.COM. Social Media Site Gives Away Clues to Hidden Cash When Facebook Page Reaches 5,000 Fans SEATTLE, Wash. —(October 27, 2010)—In celebration of their upcoming launch tomorrow, October 28, Wrazz.com is giving away $1,000 when its Facebook page reaches 5,000 fans. WHO: www.Wrazz.com WHAT: Wrazz Gives Away $1,000 Cash Wrazz.com is a social media website that connects people with places and offers killer daily deals. · Wrazz will give away $1,000 when the fan page (www.facebook.com/wrazz) reaches 5,000 “likes.”
(Currently, Wrazz has 3,625 “likes.”) · Cash will be hidden somewhere in the Seattle area. · Wrazz will begin posting clues about the location of the cash on the Facebook page and Twitter: @wrazzseattle. · Wrazz.com launches tomorrow, October 28 at 6 a.m. WHERE: Online – www.facebook.com/wrazz WHEN: Whenever the Facebook fan page receives 5,000 “likes” Wrazz.com connects consumers and their social networks with enticing local deals in the hippest North American markets. Follow Wrazz Online. Barbara Evans on Listorious. Em99jdj - Uploaded by KristaNeher. Google Struggles to Build Social Features. And changing that is one of the company’s biggest business challenges these days. Google depends on having its finger on the pulse of the entire Internet, and maintaining its status as the primary entree to the Web.
But as people spend more time on closed social networks like , where much of the data they share is off limits to search engines, Google risks losing the competition for Web users’ time, details of their lives and, ultimately, advertising. “Google’s made a lot of money helping people make decisions using search engines, but more and more people are turning to social outlets to make decisions,” said Charlene Li, founder of Altimeter Group, a technology research and advisory firm. “And whenever people make decisions, there’s money involved.” Google has been trying to create social components, most recently with Buzz, a service that gives Gmail users the ability to share status updates, photos and videos. How Much Are Social Media Shares Worth? [STUDY] 11 – October – 2010. Feed Your Networks. I asked a question on LinkedIn: “What have you used LinkedIn for today?” Here’s a quick screen swipe of what people said: I asked the question for two reasons: 1.) to know the answer, and 2.) because it was a way to feed my network.
In this case, it was a way to feed it by letting people reflect. There’s an interesting experience that comes with reflection. You and I do it here a lot, don’t we? If I ask you something and you reflect on the answer, you feel a bit more positively about the experience by default (unless you vehemently disagree with whatever I do to color that reflection). Feed Your Networks If you’re using LinkedIn, spend a moment every two or so days doing something in there. If you’re using Twitter, dive into Twitter Search and find people talking about what you want to talk about: a location, or a product, or a kind of business, and make some new connections.
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In the current environment, complaints can go viral fast. Yet Another Social Network Launches, But At Least With An Epic Press Release. I’ve ignored more press releases in my time than I care to remember, but I still scan, and sometimes even read, a bunch of them every single day. Comes with the territory, and I’ve long accepted that – I’m sure a lot of PR folks think of those as necessary evil almost as much as we do. Almost. But as boring as it is to read the same frickin words over and over and over and over again, there are certain times – albeit very, very few – where we manage to distill some actual useful information from the writings (but please, again, stop using words like “leading” and “award-winning” in the first paragraph all the time.
Pretty please?). And then there the rare ones that put a smile on our face. Press releases we actually enjoy reading. Not because they’re ballsy (it’s easy to provoke and get attention by running your virtual mouth) but because they’re whimsy and just the right degree of ballsy, rather. Will MeetYourFriends ever stand out of the social networking crop? NASA to Host Tweetup at Space Shuttle Launch in Florida. NASA to Host Tweetup at Space Shuttle Launch in Florida NASA Tweetup Attendees, NASA managers met this morning and determined it is not possible to launch space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, Nov. 2, but are optimistic we can target launch for Wednesday, Nov. 3.
The preferred liftoff time Nov. 3 would be 3:52 p.m. EDT. The long-range weather forecast indicates a 70 percent chance of favorable weather at launch time. We’re working the logistics for what this means for the Tweetup. (This is current as of 09:58 a.m. For more information on the launch status, visit www.nasa.gov/shuttle. NASA will host a two-day Tweetup for 150 of its Twitter followers on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Tweetup will provide @NASA followers with the opportunity to tour the center, view the shuttle launch and speak with NASA managers, astronauts, shuttle technicians and engineers. What is a Tweetup? How do I register? Do I need to have a Twitter account to register? Social Media Wine Content Earns Its Stripes In Traditional Media Formats : WineZag. Larry Braden (WABrokers) Larry Braden. Larry Braden (WABrokers) on Plancast. WA Brokers - Real Estate Brokerage - Bellevue, WA. Social Media Tips for the Wine Industry: Your Twitter Homepage « Www.seattlewinegal.com. 22 Social Media Marketing Trends for 2010 | DreamGrow Social Med. Facebook Checks-In On Loopt. Facebook has been doing background checks, known as due diligence, on the location-based social network Loopt, a source with knowledge of the talks tells us. Generally speaking, due diligence of this kind is only performed when a company is in acquisition or fundraising talks.
Loopt won’t comment on this story, and a Facebook spokesperson says “As a practical matter, we don’t comment on rumor and speculation.” There is no indication that Facebook has made an actual offer to buy Loopt at this time, and in fact we don’t even have direct information that negotiations are taking place. But it’s clear that Facebook is at least considering acquiring Loopt, and/or others in this space. It’s also not clear that Facebook is the only company taking a look at Loopt. But Facebook is clearly furthest behind. It’s time for Facebook to make their move. Loopt was one of the hot location-based networks early on, with founder Sam Altman even getting stage time during the initial App Store unveiling event.
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As someone who works with social media managers and community managers, it seems the line between the two types of positions is not terribly clear – and maybe doesn’t need to be – but I think it would be helpful to distinguish between the two. Why? Jim will often say that everyone is a community manager and he is right – everyone has a group of constituents which could be cultivated to drive better performance. However, not all companies want, need to, or can cultivate a community. I may see this differently than many and here is my take: Community infers the following: Tight interlinking relationships between a significant percentage of members An acknowledgment of shared fate or purpose A potentially wide range of topics/conversations within that shared purpose A distributed leadership network – sometimes with a single leader, sometimes not A core membership that is relatively stable and active Social media on the other hand infers the following: Social Media Manager: Community Manger:
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One bright spot, Carter notes: while Williams was down 5% and Sawyer down about 4% from a year ago in both categories, Couric lost only 30,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo (despite a 6% drop in total viewers). The quarterly win was Williams' 11th consecutive quarter atop the evening news ratings.