Did Mom invent social media? Some say she did. And there is no arguing that she is driving it and helping it to evolve. There are 82 million moms across the U.S. of all ages. That’s right, 82 million. And 26 million of them are mommy bloggers. And they are grassroots, Oprah-like brand advocates with loyal followers who can change the trajectory of a brand and its products.
I’m a long-time subscriber to The Week, which aggregates news stories from dozens of sources, offering both print and online editions. Their staff brilliantly summarizes news events and topics from all sides into short, blog-like articles.
(Reuters) – Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information.
I was wondering what was going on. Strange photo comments, invites to “free movie download” groups from friends I never talk to, etc. And I thought the Twitter phishing scams were annoying…ugh.
Beth Kanter is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media, one of the longest-running and most popular blogs for nonprofits and co-author of the forthcoming book, “The Networked Nonprofit,” to be published by J. Wiley in 2010. Beth is also the CEO of Zoetica, a company that serves nonprofits and socially [...]