social media

Honest and Unbiased Review Of Sprout Social

October 31, 2011

So… Ask me what I think of Sprout social I like it… Ask me again what I think of it. I reaaally like it Okay ask me what i reaaally think of it. Okay, if you insist.. here are my unbiased review of what i REALLY think of Sprout Social. via askaaronlee.com Follow the link [...]

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Will ‘Foursquare Lists’ Attract Users, both New and Old?

August 15, 2011

via blog.foursquare.com New feature by Foursquare allows you to “share the places you love” with Foursquare lists. Sounds similar to Twitter lists, but is it? What do you think? Will this attract new and old users to Foursquare? Will it be a top feature? Will it only be used by everyone, or just anyone on [...]

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Old Spice Is Killing It on YouTube Again, but Sales Are Down

August 4, 2011

Cooling the deals has led Old Spice body wash to a 24% sales decline in the four weeks ended July 10 and a 9% decline for the 12-weeks period vs. a year ago, according to SymphonyIRI data. Yet it’s still ahead of Axe for each of those periods and, by a smaller margin, for the [...]

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Beyond Google+: From Circles to Echo Chambers

July 31, 2011

One of the most fascinating aspects about the launch of Google+ is the way it reframes how we, as individuals, interact with our communities. As Brian Solis so rightly points out, the initial Facebook model of creating a single social graph of up to 5000 friends must now be compared to a series of what [...]

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Social Media for Business: This Week in Social Media

July 31, 2011

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Topsy Searches Twitter Better Than Twitter | NYTimes

July 26, 2011

Topsy is a dedicated site for searching Twitter. It’s better, it turns out, than Twitter’s own search functions. If you’ve tried to search for tweets on Twitter’s built-in search box, you know it can be frustrating. For a currently popular topic, you’ll get dozens of recent tweets. For an older topic, you may get no [...]

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The Full Explanation of Google+ Invites

July 8, 2011

via blog.seanbonner.com Finally, we have solid answers to many of our Google+ invite questions! The post sheds light on the fact that the sending of invites must also be received and then accepted within the same limited time frame from when invites become available and when they are turned off a short time after. So [...]

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Survey: Social marketing use high, LinkedIn favored

June 6, 2011

A majority of marketers are engaging in social media as a marketing channel, and a large number of those consider the professional networking site LinkedIn as offering the best ROI. The “BMA Project Case Study,” a survey of Business Marketing Association members by online research company Itracks Online Data Collection, found that 89% of respondents [...]

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Twitter Update 2011 | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

June 1, 2011

13% of online adults use the status update service Twitter, which represents a significant increase from the 8% of online adults who identified themselves as Twitter users in November 2010. 95% of Twitter users own a mobile phone, and half of these users access the service on their handheld device. via pewinternet.org Check out the [...]

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Social Media Campaigns that Moms Love

April 15, 2010

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 [...]

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