by Guest on August 31, 2011
Social media and networking has become one of the most popular forms of interaction. Before the days of the internet people had no choice but to meet face-to-face or use snail mail or telephones for correspondence. Children as young as ten now have access to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Blackberry handsets as well as other social media sites. The question is; does this do harm to their school grades? On one hand we could argue that social media can actually help youngsters to achieve better grades, because the nature of the interaction can also be used for study purposes and information [...]
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by Guest on August 29, 2011
Editor’s Note: Guest Post By Mitesh Kothari Who Is An Account Manager At WatConsult. You Can Follow Him At @miteshkothari Once upon time RIM’s Blackberry used to be the blue eyed boy of the mobile phone industry. It kind of ruled the corporate segment and brought in lot of path breaking technologies. Shift to not so distant past and you will realize the fall of Blackberry was as quick as its rise. Across media there has been bashing and nothing else. Failure to upgrade the hardware , OS and a small app store seemed to have caught up with the [...]
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by Guest on August 29, 2011
Given the current turbulent economy, it should not come as a surprise that your company is watching every dollar closely. You’re in a meeting with company staff and you hear that the marketing department wants more emphasis put on social media. Do you go thumbs up or thumbs down? As more and more small businesses are discovering, social media can and should play an important role in marketing one’s brands and services. Best of all, it can be done relatively free, provided your marketing team is willing and able to put the time and effort into it. Social Media Promotes [...]
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by Guest on August 25, 2011
Editor’s Note: Guest post by BlueEyed Digital Marketing. About the Author: Michael Thomas (@gen_social) is the Social Media Director at BlueEyed Digital Marketing . He is a keen social media enthusiast and specialist at developing brands online. From campaigns to community management and content development, BlueEyed are a team of strategic social media marketers. You can follow them on twitter:@hi_blueeyed. We’ve all been Twitterphobes at some point, wondering what it’s all about, how to get involved and why we should actually bother. In its infancy, it seemed that Twitter was a medium for celebrities to tell you what they were having on [...]
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by Guest on August 25, 2011
With kids back in or in the process the next few weeks of returning to school, a new report out from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at New York’s Columbia University certainly must have some parents a little edgy. According to the CASA survey, American teens of middle and high school age are more apt to engage in smoking, drinking and using drugs should they also be surfing social networking sites. The two social networking sites which received the most attention were Facebook and MySpace. The study points out that teenagers devoting any time at all [...]
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by Guest on August 17, 2011
Editor’s Note: The social media guide has been contributed by folks at BlueEyed Digital Marketing. About the Author: Michael Thomas (@gen_social) is the Social Media Director at BlueEyed Digital Marketing . He is a keen social media enthusiast and specialist at developing brands online. From campaigns to community management and content development, BlueEyed are a team of strategic social media marketers. You can follow them on twitter: @hi_blueeyed. Are there really rules for etiquette on social media? As children we are all usually told to mind our P’s & Q’s. Etiquette is crucial whether its online, offline or otherwise – [...]
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by Guest on August 9, 2011
About The Author: @gen_social is the genuine article and a true social media enthusiast, he has a social media background in the leisure sector specializing in community development and campaign management. When inspiration strikes he really enjoys writing. He is truly passionate about all things social and current events – we know it comes through in his writing too. Social media has been the real information revolution empowering those with a voice, for better and for worse. Traditionally news broke via AP and Reuters to television news outlets. Now, we’re experiencing something life changing, user-generated news content. Ranging from early [...]
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by Guest on August 4, 2011
Editor’s Note: Post by Dave Thomas of Resource Nation Fads come and go all the time, so what are we to think of this phenomenon known as social media? In the latest cash or crash operation, it was announced in a number of media outlets that a Russian venture firm, Digital Sky Technologies, had infused social networking site Twitter with an $800 million investment, meaning the site is now valued at around $8.4 billion. With that kind of infusion, even rival Facebook would have to stand up and take notice. Ironically, Digital Sky Technologies just two years ago invested a [...]
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by Guest on August 2, 2011
About the Author: Michael Thomas (@gen_social) is the genuine article, an American/Welsh/British social media enthusiast/addict/icon. Destined for greatness, he has a social media background in the leisure sector specializing in community development and campaign management. When inspiration strikes he really enjoys writing. He is truly passionate about all things social – we know it comes through in his writing too. Traditional marketing as we know it has been turned on its head – fact. Social media has eliminated well-established barriers to compete with the big fish in the pond. What is the cost of social media to your business? To [...]
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by Guest on August 1, 2011
Post By Michael Thomas. Follow him at @gen_social Another chapter in the Google+/Facebook battle has begun. With Google keen to flex its social media muscle it has already enhanced the concept that caught Facebook off guard, its Hangouts feature (see previous G+ for more info on its features). The ace up Google’s sleeve is that they’ve now added live video streaming into the mix. In Hangouts themselves, you can have a live video conversation with up to 10 of your friends. Essentially, Google have utilised the YouTube offering to allow users to simultaneously watch video content together. Live video has [...]
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