A Hype Cycle View of Social Media
AdAge.com (blog)
In 1995, Gartner introduced its renowned hype cycle to show different stages of introduction of new technologies. Gartner's hype cycle provides a research-backed antidote to what is often a searing level of hype surrounding many new technology and...
AdAge.com (blog)
Restaurants put social media on the menu
Fox News
“Sometimes I see Yelp as 'anti-social media,'” says restaurateur Deborah Snow of Blue Heron in rural Massachusetts. Though Yelp's been good to them, says Snow, complaints without human contact don't allow restaurateurs to determine the truth of the ...
Smart phone accessory guide for social-networking addicts
CNET
Essential smartphone accessories for social-networking addicts help them to gain eyeballs for their posts, as well as garner more likes and followers. However, we won't be held responsible if someone tries to get you to go to social rehab for your ...
CNET
How Social Media Would Have Changed New York on 9/11
Huffington Post
Yet gruesome as resulting imagery could have been, the benefits of having social media on that day may have been profound. What would have come out of the tragedy could have provided more substantial evidence for engineers investigating the collapse.
Social Media Automation for Small Businesses: Is It Really For The Birds?
BlogWorld (blog)
is social media automation for the birds Is social media automation a good thing for small business owners? How can small business owners use social media quickly without it? This post covers what you need to know about automating your social media ...
BlogWorld (blog)
Social Media Platforms and Liberty: A Two-Edged Sword
Forbes
The Templeton Foundation has a “Big Questions Online” site, in which they ask contributors to write short essays to address a “big question.” They were kind enough to ask me to address the question “do social media platforms promote or limit individual ...
Seedrs, PeerIndex Target Social-Media Influencers
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Ben Rooney. PeerIndex, a London start-up that seeks to quantify a person's influence, and Seedrs, a crowd-source funding platform, have combined to offer 100 influential people £100 ($160) each to invest in start-ups of their choice on the Seedrs ...
Einstein Faculty Receive Grant to Teach Social Media Professionalism in Medicine
Sacramento Bee
BRONX, N.Y., Sept. 10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Social media is increasingly popular but engaging in its proper use can prove confusing and challenging – especially in the medical and healthcare arenas. Albert Einstein College of Medicine of ...
“Tweet for Youcef”: Social Media and Religious Liberty
Patheos (blog)
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have already played a role in an array of social protest movements. The #TweetforYoucef campaign by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) must be regarded as one of the most successful social ...
Social Media Inspiring 'Facebook Facelifts' « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
By angelamartincbs
There is no doubt that social media websites have changed the way we communicate. But they have also changed how we see ourselves. Doctors said that it has sparked a trend.
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Learn about social TV at Social Media Marketing Boot Camp
By Natan Edelsburg
Posted by Natan Edelsburg on September 10, 2012. I'm excited to announce that I'll be leading the Entertainment and Social TV discussion group as part of Mediabistro's Social Media Marketing Boot Camp. The event take place exclusively ...
Lost Remote
Too Many Social Media Sharing Buttons Make Your Site Less Social ...
By Doug Antkowiak
And if sharing buttons are so wonderful, why wouldn't websites want as many share buttons as possible? As it turns out, there are a few important reasons why too many social media sharing buttons do more harm than good. Here are a few ...
Search Engine Journal
SMB Still Reluctant to Embrace Social Media As They Should ...
By DWilliamJones
It appears that Social Media has finally been given the respect it deserves and is now a requirement, not an accessory, for all Business' Marketing Campaigns. Many larger Companies and Brands are active on social media, but Small and ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
Social Media Marketing: Lessons from the Thank You Economy ...
By BrandonUttley
In 2011, Gary Vaynerchuk wrote The Thank You Economy about the rise of social media and its effects on today's economy.
Social Media Today - The world's...
LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman Made $111 Million On A $37,500 ...
By Owen Thomas
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site intended for professionals. When users join, they create a profile that summarizes their professional expertise and accomplishments. LinkedInwas officially founded in May... More » ...
Business Insider
BusinessLink: How Important are LinkedIn Recommendations ...
By ChuckHester
A recent discussion in the Social Media Today LinkedIn group focused on LinkedInRecommendations and whether they are important. A vibrant discussion, with more than 20 comments, it highlights the misunderstandings that surround this ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
How Katy Perry Inspired LinkedIn's Global Redesign | Gadget Lab ...
LinkedIn's staff has Katy Perry on their minds. But not in the usual I-have-that- Firework-song-stuck-in-my-head way. The pop singer is the namesake, and ...
Pinterest gives legal punch to 'serial cybersquatter' - CNET Mobile
Pinterest is sounding its battle cry -- it's had enough of one certain alleged Chinese cybersquatter. The social network filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San ...
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Got Better When Twitter Shut Us Off, Move ...
By Drew Olanoff
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman discussed the removal of Twitter's feeds from its product, even though it was not their decision. Hoffman says at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco that its product is better off without all of the noise that ...
TechCrunch
Pinterest Hacked Accounts Spill Spam Onto Facebook, Twitter
By Emil Protalinski
Pinterest users are taking to Facebook and Twitter to complain about their hacked accounts, in what appears to be yet another round of spammers attacking the pinboard-style photo sharing site. In fact, many users are noticing that their friends ...
The Next Web
LinkedIn App Upgrades Get Real-Time Features for Smartphone and iPad ...
Huffington Post
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional social network with more than 175,000,000 members in over 200 countries, recently updated their Android and combo iPhone plus iPad apps, to entice mobile users for more engagement. Their website will be ...
LinkedIn's Hoffman Says Facebook Shares Will Be A 'Good Buy,' IPO Debacle ...
Forbes
LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman says Facebook shares may soon be at a “good buy” for investors and that the problems with the social network's initial public offering might have been inevitable given investors' “insatiable demand.” “I'm a big believer ...
Facebook Drives Most Retail Traffic, But Pinterest Drives the Big Spenders
WebProNews
Not only do sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest have the massive user bases to drive traffic, but they also have the opportunity to drive traffic based on the trust factor. If one of your friends recommends a product (as opposed to a typical ad ...
LinkedIn, Splunk lead Silicon Valley IPO boom
ABC7Chicago.com
Professional networking service LinkedIn, whose IPO preceded Facebook's by a year, has become the best-performing Internet stock to go public since the start of 2011, according to Dealogic, a research firm. LinkedIn is doing so well that it recently ...
ABC7Chicago.com
HSN Launches Fall Fashion Pinterest Contest, Calling All "Pinners" To Curate ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 11, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Leading multichannel retailer, HSN is giving amateur stylists a place to curate their dream Fall wardrobe with the "Pin to Win: Dream Wardrobe" contest. Pinterest users will search for, pin and share ...
LinkedIn Adds Notification, Updated Company Pages
Small Business Trends
You're probably still under-utilizing LinkedIn. I know, the truth is, most of us are. Even though we've heard all the benefits of using LinkedIn for business, the site declared the professional playground for professional connections, many of us still ...
Twitter, Facebook and Mobile Ads: Why They Matter
Huffington Post
In a reassuring report that proved young people stuck around after the VMAs, President Obama's speech last week at the DNC produced a record of 52,757 tweets a minute on Twitter. The week before, Governor Romney's speech sparked 14,239 tweets a ...
Twitter timestamps raise questions about GoDaddy hack attack
Mother Nature Network
Even the main GoDaddy website returned an error. It's not clear exactly when the GoDaddy-hosted sites went offline, but at 10:46 a.m. Pacific time (1:46 p.m. Eastern), a single Twitter account with the handle @AnonymousOwn3r claimed responsibility.
Mother Nature Network
Twitter must produce Occupy protester's tweets or face contempt
NBCNews.com (blog)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twitter must hand over the tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester to Manhattan prosecutors by Friday or face civil contempt and a hefty fine, a New York City judge said on Tuesday. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew ...
Twitter Reaction to Collapse of Jerry Lawler on Monday Night Raw: Fan's Take
Yahoo! Sports
Hobson Lopes has been a fan of professional wrestling since watching SummerSlam 1992 with his father and can be followed on Twitter @HobsonLopes. Read more Yahoo! Sports stories from the Yahoo! Contributor Network. Do you have a story to tell?
This Diagram Shows Facebook's Plan To Keep Advertisers Locked In For Years
Business Insider
Have you ever wondered why Facebook spends so much time encouraging marketers to take advantage of its free Brand Pages? The effort seems counter-intuitive: It costs Facebook money to provide, maintain and serve Brand Pages, and the company gets...
Business Insider
Facebook And Mobile Monetization-Obstacles And Opportunities
Seeking Alpha
Facebook (FB) has certainly had a noisy entrance into the world of publicly held companies. Since its debut in the stock market, the obstacles the company faces have perhaps been trumpeted more loudly than the opportunities and potential it has ahead ...
B-School Twitter Roundup
Businessweek
Join the discussion on the Bloomberg Businessweek Business School Forum, visit us on Facebook, and follow @BWbschools on Twitter. Damast is a staff writer for Bloomberg Businessweek. Tweet;Facebook; LinkedIn; Google Plus; Comments · Email · Print ...
Reid Hoffman: Losing Twitter Made LinkedIn Better - Mike Isaac ...
By Mike Isaac
... the relationship with Twitter,” Hoffman said, because “we were concerned about the liquidity of the stream.” That is, Hoffman and company could have been left up a creek without Twitter, considering most of the content flowing through users' LinkedIn streams was made up of their Twitter accounts.... Announcing D: Dive Into Media 2013, Featuring Google, Facebook, Sony, Hearst and More. Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media. Nokia and Microsoft Announce New Lumia Smartphones ...
AllThingsD
Twitter Blog: Season 2 of "The X Factor" kicks off with hashtag war
By Twitter
Each judge was asked to pick their own hashtag for this “hashtag war", and will create fun banter back and forth on Twitter highlighting the hashtags in their Tweets. Then, The X Factor will house a poll asking fans to vote for their favorite judge, ...
Twitter Blog
Reid Hoffman Invested $37,500 Into Facebook At A $5M Valuation ...
By Drew Olanoff
On the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Michael Arrington got LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman to open up about his initial investment into social networking giant Facebook. ... See what he had to say about Twitter's API moves.
TechCrunch
Facebook Ad Reunites Man With His Cat
By Stephanie Haberman
I work for a travel blog and we used Facebook (and Twitter) to find a woman's biological family after she was kidnapped from Colombia and taken to the States 36 years ago. Amazing stuff, that social media: http://www.www.facebook.com/ ...
Mashable » Business
New Competitive Facebook Reporting Tool Available - Search ...
By Lisa Raehsler
SEMrush has released a new Facebook PPC reporting tool. They describe the tool as more comprehensive than others on the market that are “only be able to provide details of likes and shares.” Here's a closer look at what it can offer you.
Wired (blog)
As a go-to destination for working professionals, LinkedIn has carved out its focused territory in the social networking space. The site goes largely unchallenged, while Facebook, Google+, Twitter and others battle it out for more of our personal time.
Wired (blog)
LinkedIn Rolls Out Notifications Feature; JT Foxx Encourages Entrepreneurs to ...
Equities.com
JT Foxx encourages other entrepreneurs to use LinkedIn after its recent addition of updates. According to a Business Insider article posted this week, LinkedIn has launched several new updates that appear to be similar to the functionality of Facebook.
5 Underutilized LinkedIn Marketing Tools
Terra.com
When it comes to nurturing professional relationships and developing a community, LinkedIn is one of the best resources. But while entrepreneurs might already be aware of important features such as its custom groups or the Question and Answer section, ...
14 things you shouldn't do on LinkedIn
National Post
To customize your URL, select “Settings” in the drop down under your name on the top right corner of your LinkedIn home page. Then choose Public Profile Settings, and scroll down to “Your Public Profile URL.” There you can customize the link. Try to ...
National Post
LinkedIn adds notifications to promote user engagement
PCWorld
These alerts will be added in real time to a new section of the user's account home page, called Notifications. Whenever there is a new item, a red circle will appear on the Notifications section label. "This new feature is all part of our ongoing ...
Is LinkedIn Becoming More LIKE Facebook?
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
LinkedIn provided the following screenshot and explanation: “Here's what you'll see: a notification flag at the top of your homepage and a new Inbox envelope icon. A red circle appears when you have something new, such as comments or likes on your ...
LinkedIn for Android and iOS apps updated, adds notifications feature
TechShout!
A popular professional networking site seems to have taken inspiration from its social counterpart in order to add the notifications feature to its LinkedIn for Android and iOS apps. A couple of other attributes have also been introduced through the ...
TechShout!
Is Pinterest the New Search? Apparently the World Revolves Around ...
By Saroj Kar
Pinterest has proven a strong competitor to other social services, showing astronomical growth around the world. Facebook and Twitter continue to lead, but the alternative social network is fast becoming more and more popular among users.
SiliconANGLE
By Saroj Kar
Pinterest has proven a strong competitor to other social services, showing astronomical growth around the world. Facebook and Twitter continue to lead, but the alternative social network is fast becoming more and more popular among users.
SiliconANGLE
Is LinkedIn Actually Becoming the Facebook for Professionals? And ...
By Ryan Pinkham
LinkedIn? It's like Facebook, but for professionals.” It's a comparison that people love to make when asked the question: what is LinkedIn? And it's a comparison that LinkedIn liked to avoid … until this week.
Constant Contact Blogs
The Great Pinterestification: How Pinterest's Design Legacy Might ...
By Erin Griffith
Okay, that's a mixed metaphor but my point is that a year or so into Pinterest's relentless adoption spike the number of upstarts that have copied its cutesy tiled bottomless image scroll is astounding. There's Trippy, a straight-up Pinterest for ...
PandoDaily
LinkedIn Blog » More LinkedIn Mobile Goodness
1 year, 21 days ago we launched an entirely new LinkedIn mobile experience for iPhone, Android, and the mobile web at touch.linkedin.com. It was an entirely ...
LinkedIn Blog » New: Get Notified on LinkedIn
Launching today is our new notifications feature, which will keep you notified in real-time when someone likes what you've shared on LinkedIn, views your ...
More LinkedIn Mobile Goodness
We're happy to share a bunch of new LinkedIn mobile features: Notifications Company Pages, Job Listings, Jobs You May Be Interested In, and iPad app in 6 ...
14 Terrible LinkedIn Mistakes You're Making - Yahoo! Finance
From Yahoo! Finance: There are some things you just shouldn't do on LinkedIn. Here are some of the most common mistakes.
