Facebook, the ever-popular social media giant, launched Facebook Places in back in August, and have since then have been upgrading Facebook Places by adding features and functionality. Users on Facebook are now able to check-in, meaning that they can display to their friends, strangers, etc. where in the world they are and at what time…
Just having a Facebook page doesn’t mean your company is utilizing social media marketing to its full potential. To be really connected, you have to reach out to your fans on Facebook, and the best way to find your fans is to have them “like” your brand on Facebook. A recent study by shows marketers…
According the fall 2010 American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor, 39% of small business owners reported using social media to increase their exposure. Business owners are beginning to see the incentive of using social media as part of their Internet marketing strategies. When small businesses connect and interact with customers they build brand loyalty, which…
Social media marketing is easily the most cost effective way to build brand recognition and loyalty in most industries. Famecount is a website that regularly lists information related to popular social media accounts. More specifically, Famecount lists all of the most popular brands, specifically related to followers from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. These brands are…
What if you found out that the keyboard that you use to type, either from your mobile device or your tablet PC or even just your home keyboard, was obsolete? In other words, what if someone were able to make a better keyboard, making it easier to browse social media, talk to friends, and get…
WordPress.org is widely recognized as being a popular and powerful tool for blogging, and now they have something more to offer. Users can now create their own social network using BuddyPress. BuddyPress is a new social media tool from WordPress, and is designed specifically for niche groups and small communities. Whereas Facebook and Twitter are…
Google is always coming out with some new feature, and one of the newest things that Google came out with makes it easier to make a local search from different locations. Although Google has always let users make a local search from different locations, they just made it more accessible for people to do so….
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is very, very big. Sometimes it’s easy to imagine the organization as some fringe network with only a few devoted fans. Surprisingly , this is not the case. WWE has a huge fanbase worldwide, and their website, WWE.com, has over 14 million unique average monthly visitors worldwide. In fact, WWE.com has…
Foursquare, the popular social media mobile app that lets users explore cities and find friends, went unavailable for the second time in two days. A little over a day ago there was a database error that caused Foursquare to go down for 11 hours. Eventually the issue was discovered and fixed, and Foursquare appeared to…
Cosmopolitan magazine, a popular publication for women is yet another big brand name to use social media for a major digital advertising campaign. Cosmo’s ad campaign uses three major social media streams to engage the public: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The heart of the campaign is about connecting with the fun and fearless female…
