By A Photo Editor
This is the first in a series of posts based off a talk I used to give on social media marketing for photographers. The traditional method for photographers to prospect for new clients is to market themselves using one of.
A Photo Editor
Israel and Hamas wage social media fight via social media platforms
Washington Post
JERUSALEM — The hostilities between Israel and Hamas have found a new battleground: social media. The Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas militants have exchanged fiery tweets throughout the fighting in a separate war to influence public opinion.
Facebook Becomes Your New Job-Search Friend
Business Insider
Facebook's Social Jobs Partnership app, which officially launched Wednesday, has an impressive 1.7 million job listings. But the jury's still out on whether those listings can actually be sorted in a way that makes them helpful and relevant for job ...
In UK, social media rants land some in jail
News24
Figures obtained by The Associated Press through a freedom of information request show a steadily rising tally of prosecutions in Britain for electronic communications - phone calls, emails and social media posts - that are "grossly offensive or of an ...
Homeland Security office OKs efforts to monitor social media
North County Times
As Americans turn to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to communicate with one another, intelligence officials are looking for ways to harness that ocean of data and convert it into actionable information. The Homeland Security Department's ...
Social media analytics software pulls useful info out of online muddle
TechTarget
If you think all the activity on popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter is meaningless chatter, you might want to think again. Buried within the millions of tweets and comments and the jillions of seemingly innocuous likes and dislikes ...
Skype Introduces Social Ad Units for Windows 8
Mashable
Skype, which positions itself as a more emotional and “real” type of social media connection facilitator than Facebook, Twitter or G+, is leveraging that position for advertising. Sandhya Venkatachalam, GM of advertising and monetization for Skype ...
Getting Tired of Facebook? ChatRandom's Growing Video Chat Community ...
Sacramento Bee
15, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- If you're bored with Facebook, you're not alone. The world's biggestsocial media platform has attained a mighty feat, connecting old friends and linking acquaintances, but many veteran Facebook fans are now over the formula ...
Hitch Radio launches as social media listening platform
Radio & Television Business Report
It's a new social media platform for searching real-time broadcast radio worldwide: Hitch Radio offers 20,000 searchable (by format, location, etc.) stations and enables users to discover and share music in real-time through Facebook and Twitter. The ...
Radio & Television Business Report
Deborah Petersen: Silicon Valley social media startup Storylane banks on ...
San Jose Mercury News
It is late on a Friday morning, and Jonathan Gheller is sitting before a wall-size whiteboard in a second-floor meeting room overlooking Palo Alto's leafy University Avenue. I've come here to ask him about his new startup, Storylane. But instead, hands ...
Study: Measuring social media word of mouth drives restaurant traffic
Fast Casual
Most restaurant operators believe 70 percent of customer traffic comes through word of mouth, and a majority of them use social media as the vehicle. But according to survey results published this week by Punchh and RunningRestaurants.com, ...
Using Social Media to Prevent HIV Transmission
EDGEOnTheNet
With over half of all of Americans over the age of 12 using online social networks, there is no doubt that social media plays an ever increasing role in how the population interacts. There is now mounting evidence that suggests social media has ushered ...
Six ways to use social media in your job search
Lake City Reporter
“Make sure you have a social media strategy to augment traditional methods such as face-to-face networking and informational interviews,” says Lyndsay Cooper, career services director for The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville, a branch of The Art ...
Savita Halappanavar: Public uses social media to push for new legislation
Siliconrepublic.com
Now, the public is pushing for change, urging others to do the same via social media. Photos and links to resources are appearing on Facebook and Twitter, where #savita and #ripsavita have been trending for the past two days. Twitter and Facebook users ...
Siliconrepublic.com
On Twitter, Who Clicks On What? — DataSift Signs bitly Partnership To Finally ...
TechCrunch
The move is quite significant, because social media marketers are always going on about 'engagement'. The trouble is, they have no way of measuring what that engagement actually amounts so. You can see, for instance, that Obama's victory tweet had a ...
Opinion: What social media will never replace
Montreal Gazette
This is an edited version of remarks made by Michael A. Meighen upon receiving an honorary degree from McGill University on Oct. 31. MONTREAL — I come to this podium after a life spent in law, government, politics and public affairs generally. It ...
Google, Twitter being used to track flu outbreaks
StandardNet
Tracking social media or other online sources before the swine flu outbreak might have alerted public health officials to an unusual spike in cases weeks before it reached epidemic levels, according to a 2011 study. "The closer you can get to the ...
Social Media Emerges As Major Source of Holiday Gift-Giving Ideas
Sacramento Bee
NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Social media has become so influential in the past year to consumers as they shop that, according to a new survey, it is as relied upon as much as both word-of-mouth and store advertising to provide holiday ...
Social media tool dominates conversation at Fresh Summit 2012
The Packer
MJR developed the report by analyzing thousands of social media posts from Twitter, Facebook, blogs and industry and mainstream media from Oct. 5-Nov. 4. According to the report, Twitter was the dominant social media tool about Fresh Summit 2012 with ...
StrandVision Digital Signage Software Adds Social Media to Employee ...
Digital Signage Connection
StrandVision Digital Signage today introduced a new facility that enables administrators of its digital signage software to add and automatically update social media information sources, such as Facebook and Twitter, to their digital signage networks.
Digital Signage Connection
#SocialChat: The Little Social Sites You Should Not Overlook
Search Engine Journal
... as Social Media Editor for Search Engine Land and Marketing Land. For those of you planning to attend the SMX Social Media Marketing Conference in Las Vegas in December, Monica will be moderating a panel on social sites you shouldn't overlook.
Ronn Torossian: Small Businesses and Social Media
Jewocity.com Blog (blog)
Many small businesses realize there is “something” about social media and online marketing, but are more hesitant in this arena than others. Today, at 5WPR my PR agency, social media is an integral part of any PR plan. The Ami-Partners research group ...
Thanks to Promoted Posts Facebook Could Become Its Own Worst Enemy
Practical Ecommerce (blog)
Billionaire Mark Cuban is fed up with Facebook, so much so that he is moving his beloved Dallas Mavericks social media presence away from the world's most popular social network and onto - are you ready for this - MySpace! Not only that, he is also ...
Wordcamp 2012, Calls for Responsible Social Media Influence
AllAfrica.com
The 2012 WordCamp Kenya Conference, which featured Orange as the title sponsor, took place last weekend at Maanzoni Lodge, in Machakos. The two-day event, held on November 10-11, 2012, was conducted under the theme: "Responsible Blogging and ...
Critics Struggle to Undermine IDF's Social Media Blitz
Commentary
This shows just how worried anti-Israel activists are about the online response to Operation Pillar of Defense, by far Israel's most muscular and carefully-honed social media effort yet. Enough Israel detractors “flagged” the YouTube video as ...
How to use social media to introduce trust back into marketing ...
By Guest Blogger
The world has a trust problem, and according to Nielsen, we marketers are a big part of it. Only 40% of consumers trust marketing content, but 90% trust co.
SmartBlogs
Surfing for Suspects: Law Enforcement and Social Media - WPTA.com
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) – Social media websites aren't just for socializing anymore. In fact, many law enforcement agencies have found things like Facebook to be a very resourceful tool for catching criminals.
INC - News - Local
Social Media Newsfeed: Live-Tweeting Attack | Pinterest Brands ...
By Tim Sohn
Israel's Military Launches Social Media Offensive as Bombs Fall on Gaza (The New York Times/The Lede) Almost as soon as the Israeli military began bombing Gaza on Wednesday, with residents of the Palestinian enclave documenting the ...
SocialTimes
Social media case study: CME Group |
By arikhanson
I first met Allan Schoenberg about four years ago. On Twitter. We became fast friends. But, then became more real life friends when we met in person at BlogPotomac in 2009 and then again at BlogWell here in Minneapolis. Now Allan lives in ...
Communications Conversations
Webinar Replay: Effective Brand Marketing on Twitter: How to Rise ...
By CliffFigallo
Image Most of our Twitter streams are cluttered, noisy places. So how can a brand hope to get attention amidst so much distraction? What would be a user's incentive for choosing to follow brands over human individuals? Brands must not only ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
You Absolutely Need Social Media in Crowdfunding - Daily ...
By hello@dailycrowdsource.com (John Trigonis)
Last month, I held a seminar at the 2nd Annual Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City on my three Ps for a successful indie film campaign, that of a solid pitch, some cool perks, and plenty of promotion. As I got into that last ...
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The 36 Rules Of Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] - hypebot
By Hisham Dahud
Social media is an undeniably important part of today's music business. It's how most fans choose to connect with their favorite artists. It's also its own beast to tackle, as artists must continually provide compelling ways to enrich those ...
hypebot
Teachers, Law Enforcement, Learn About Social Media Danger For ...
By By Mike Wilson - mwilson@wibc.com | @WIBC_MikeWilson
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Is Your Brand Trust Worthy? | Social Media Today
By steve olenski
Notice what I did there with the title how I purposely put a space in between the words "trust" and "worthy?"
Social Media Today - The world's...
