Despite the reach of search engine optimization nowadays in the internet marketing industry, skeptics are still unconvinced as to how SEO efforts can greatly transform a company’s image, increase a business’ sales, or generate a client’s visibility and brand awareness in the World Wide Web. From traditional shopping, consumers have devoted time and resources to…
Canadian Twitter users better think twice about what they tweet. A 73 year old law threatens to fine individuals up to $25,000 or put them in prison for up to five years if they are caught tweeting election results during Canada’s next month election period. A non-partisan agency that is responsible for administering the elections…
TED is now offering anybody and everybody the opportunity to become a TED speaker like Al Gore and Bill Gates. This month, TED will start accepting applications/auditions via YouTube and Vimeo for its 2012 conference. TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” The organization began in 1984 and now brings some of…
Facebook is the obvious social media juggernaut with its 500 million strong user base, which continues to skyrocket. And although the growth of social networking seems to be plateauing as a whole, there are still many other competitive social sites that are growing and others that are fading out. This seems easy to identify Facebook…
If your thinking of ways to attract more social media users to your content, try different timing methods. Buddy Media has conducted two different researches that reveal the end of the work week is the most ideal time to gain extra attention on tweets and status updates. It seems Rebecca Black is not the only…
If your having a difficult time proving the worth of social media to clients, especially executives, then you may be approaching the situation from the wrong angle. Below are a few tips to help you convey the importance and necessary priority of social media in those executive meetings. Tip #1: Understand the Executive’s Perspective Instead…
The infamous twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been told they must keep their $65 million from a previous settlement with Facebook and move forward. The Winklevoss twins claim that Facebook did not fully and accurately disclose the value of Facebook and therefore should be entitled to much more. On Monday, however, a U.S. appeals…
20+ internet companies are in the process of filing a complaint against France’s State Council against a declaration that forces companies such as Google, Facebook, Ebay, and others, to preserve all personal user data for an entire year. The French Association of Internet Community Services, aka ASIC, will file a formal appeal against this mandate….
If you’ve never tried StumbleUpon, the time is now. StumbleUpon is a recommendation engine that helps users discover new websites they’d never have known existed. It makes browsing the web easy like channel surfing and StumbleUpon just announced it now processes 1 billion stumbles monthly. StumbleUpon has also just wrapped up a $17 million of…
With a population of over 1.3 billion people, China is a place of great opportunity for many businesses including Facebook. It has been rumored through the grapevine that Facebook is making a move into the incredibly large market. Many companies in the past, including Google, have entered the Chinese market and been unsuccessful. Will Facebook…
