5 Free and Easy Listening Tools for Social Media Monitoring Do you wonder what your customers are saying about your product or service across the web? Listening effectively to your customers can be a very insightful experience. The better you are at listening; the better you can understand your customer’s wants and needs. With the rise, and seemingly universal adoption, of social media amongst consumers, businesses can now listen in on conversations regarding their products and services if they have the right tools. Here are five free tools to include in your social media listening tool belt: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Once you get your “listening headquarters” all set up you will find it hard to turn off. Listening to what people say can teach you a lot about what you are doing right, and perhaps more importantly, what you are doing wrong. Which tools do you use for your social media listening efforts? Connect: Authored by: Jason Miller
Seven 'must have' productivity apps for the iPad 'What apps have you got installed on your iPad?' That's a question I get asked almost daily from people who are overwhelmed by the 600,000 or so apps on offer at Apple's App Store and who are looking for a little help to sort out the digital wheat from the chaff. Rather than just rattle off a whole list of apps that I use on my iPad (it would be a long list, and that would make a boring post) I thought I'd pick my top seven 'must have' productivity iPad apps and give you some insight into how I use them. These are all apps that I turn to on a daily basis and that have transformed my iPad from a content consumption device into a piece of kit that's capable of doing real work. Oh, and I promise, this is an Angry Birds free list! : All prices correct at time or writing. 'Sign this and send it back to me.' : Apple/DocuSign DocuSign Ink can handle a wide variety of documents, including PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and even PowerPoint files. I love this app! : Free | iTunes Enter
Le futur du Web sera social, intelligent et proactif – (1) La révolution Sirienne Après le Web 1.0 de l’information et le Web 2.0 du social, le Web 3.0 s’annonce comme étant intelligent et symbiotique. Avec Siri, Apple ouvre une nouvelle ère. Mais déjà se dessine la génération suivante, le Web Proactif. Une véritable révolution est en marche. Lorsque le 4 octobre dernier, Apple dévoile son nouvel iPhone, c’est la grande déception. La révolution de l’interface vocale Pour beaucoup, ce n’est qu’un nouveau gadget qui amuse les sites tels que STSR (Shit That Siri Says) ou siri-et-moi. Comme à son habitude, Apple n’a inventé aucune technologie, mais sait avec génie populariser un usage. La reconnaissance vocale, ou plus exactement la reconnaissance automatique de parole, est née dans les années 50, peu après l’informatique. De son côté, l’intelligence artificielle, née aussi dans les années 50, est longtemps restée dans les laboratoires. De HAL 9000 à Siri En 2003, le Pentagone (via le DARPA) initie le projet CALO (Cognitive Agent that Learns and Organize).
85+ Tools & Resources for Freelancers and Web Workers Deciding to become a freelance worker can be a scary proposition. Sure there is an allure to picking what projects you work on, but it can also be stressful not knowing where your next paycheck will come from. Luckily there are numerous resources out there that not only help you find more work, but also loads of tools to help you do your job more efficiently with a professional edge. We've gathered over 85 tools and job sites for a variety of freelancers and web workers. While a lot of these items are focused on web design elements such as photography, programming and writing, we made sure to include something for everyone. Have more resources to recommend? Work Tools It's important for freelance workers to be as organized as possible. Adobe AIR Apps AgileTracker - Allows you to keep track of time spent on projects by client, and if you are using AgileAgenda, you can sync them with each other. Klok - Klok allows you to easily keep track of your time spent on multiple projects. Invoicing
Lilla Podcastskolan | Xboxflickan & Nikke Här kommer en sammanfattning av podcastskolan som jag körde på Geek Girl Meetup. Bilderna saknas tyvärr just nu, men det kommer sen! Eftersom poddradio är det nya heta, och jag pysslar med både Gone Gaming och P3 Spel, så tänkte jag dela med mig av mina bästa tips. Så här får ni! Vad är en podcast? Enligt Wikipedia: Poddsändning eller poddradio (engelska: podcast eller podcasting) är en metod att publicera (och för lyssnaren att prenumerera på) ljudfiler eller film via internet. Fördelar med poddradio: Portabelt Lyssnarna kan befinna sig var som helst, och göra vad dom vill medans dom lyssnar. Planera Innan du börjar med din podcast är det en del saker som kan vara bra att ha funderat ut. Välj inriktning! Innan varje avsnitt: Gör ett körschema! Exempel på superenkelt körschema: 1. Om du vill: Gäster Bjud in intressanta människor som du vill veta mer om och ta del av deras kunskaper. MEN! Producera Under inspelning: När du är nöjd med din klippning så exporterar du ljudklippet. Publicera Promota
Why your Biz Plan need a Shot of SM Over a year ago, I put a presentation out in public titled "Social Media Is Dead. Long Live Common Sense". Admittedly, it was a little ahead of it's time. Most companies back then were not ready to think about social media outside of anything that looked like viral marketing at most and at the least, a place to monitor conversations. In short, organizations are beginning to realize that "social" needs to be integrated into how they do business and because of it's disruptive nature and the fact that "social" refuses to be silo-ed in a single department. Social Business Planning & IntegrationFor organizations who have set up a steering committee and a center of excellence, a social business plan which is coordinated from the center, charts the roadmap for the organization across multiple brands and/or business functions. Social Business Strategy Strategic initiatives are formed at the brand or business function and are channel related but also somewhat channel agnostic.
10 Best productivity web apps - Internet Marketing Blog Despite the fact that mobile usage has been increasing very rapidly the last couple of years, I still believe that you can only complete heavy and important tasks on a laptop (mostly) or a desktop. I have used web apps to become more productive for many years and some of them really helped a lot. So here is the list of 10 web applications to increase productivity. It is needless to say that there are gazillions web applications available to complete all sort of tasks, these reviews are based on personal experience and I strongly recommend them. Box– Allows you to store, access and share your files with colleagues and friends. Evernote – Keep notes on anything you want and have them indexed and organized. Gmail – Probably the best email application out there, easy to use and extremely fast with a lot of free storage space. Skype – Make free calls or video chat with your colleagues or team members. Basecamp – Manage your projects wisely with Basecamp. Any more in the list?
Facebook vs. Google: The battle for the future of the Web - Nov. 3 FORTUNE -- Paul Adams is one of Silicon Valley's most wanted. He's an intellectually minded product designer with square-framed glasses, a thick Irish accent, and a cult following of passionate techies. As one of Google's lead social researchers, he helped dream up the big idea behind the company's new social network, Google+: those flexible circles that let you group friends easily under monikers like "real friends" or "college buddies." He never got to help bring his concept to consumers, though. In a master talent grab last December, Facebook lured him 10 miles east to Palo Alto to help design social advertisements. In the long history of tech rivalries, rarely has there been a battle as competitive as the raging war between the web's wonder twins. In one corner is Facebook, the reigning champion of the social web, trying to cement its position as the owner of everyone's online identity. This shift to a more social web changes everything for businesses and consumers alike. Google
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