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6 Social Media Tips from Brazil
Now more than ever, traditional media outlets are embracing social media as a way to generate story leads, increase site traffic and create conversations with readers. At Social Media Brasil, the largest social media conference in Brazil, There were six social media tips presented by Erica Swallow for traditional media outlets looking to either initiate or…
Traditional Media Embracing Social Media
Now more than ever, traditional media outlets are embracing social media as a way to generate story leads, increase site traffic and create conversations with readers. At Social Media Brasil, the largest social media conference in Brazil, There were six social media tips presented by Erica Swallow for traditional media outlets looking to either initiate or…
Top 50 Brands on Facebook
Ignitesocialmedia.com provides some interesting statistics on different brands and how they have been doing on building and maintaining their fan bases. Some of the leaders are obvious, but others might be a little surprising. A Few Top Brands #1 YouTube – 5,726,379 fans, valued at $18,746,100 #5 Dr. Pepper – 1,827,828 fans, value: $12,875,074 #6…
Facebook in the U.K.
In case you missed it. Yesterday the Prime Minister’s office posted a video of a conversation between Mark Zuckerberg and the David Cameron, the new U.K. prime minister, discussing a new initiative to engage citizens for ideas on reducing the country’s deficit. While it’s interesting to see the country engage its citizens I can only…
Saving Face on Facebook
If you haven’t Googled yourself, you better get to it. You might be surprised at what you find. Your online footprint through the use of Facebook and Twitter might be less than awesome, at least according to a potential employer. If your pictures and status updates aren’t exactly screaming “CEO material,” you may want to…
World Cup Players Banned from Social Media!
With all the buzz going around about the 2010 World Cup, we just thought we’d give everyone an interesting update we all found at mashable.com. During this year’s FIFA World Cup games in South Africa, players on several competing teams will be unable to tweet, poke, buzz, check-in, like or in any other way make…
Political Campaigns and Social Media
Everybody is using Social Media nowadays. You, me, our grandparents, the dog down the street, lab-rats, the works! Now even politicians are starting to use it! Here are a couple of reasons why Politicians have opened up their minds to Social Media outlets: Provides transparency and credibility Highly targeted and inexpensive ads Politicians can let the people…
Facebook Fans Spend More Money
A social media marketing company called Syncapse surveyed 4,000 people who have “Liked” the top 20 brands that have pages on Facebook and figured out exactly how valuable those “fans” are. They did what? The study (“The Value of a Facebook Fan: An Empirical Review”) estimates that someone who has Liked a brand will spend…
Don’t Take Social Media for Granted!
Social Media, Social Media, Social Media! That seems to be the only thing people like us like to talk about these days… well can you blame us? It’s just so cool! The possibilities are numerous! The benefits are endless! Handle with care! Now we’ve talked a lot in the past about the benefits and the…
Why You are Needed to Lead
This is an article from AriWriter: “The easiest thing is to react,” Seth Godin writes on page 86 of his 147-page self-help book about the importance of leadership, about the desire for you to recognize your calling and step up and fill the shoes of the tribe that needs you like Gary Vaynerchuk did for…
How to Make a How-To Video
Lights, Camera, Action! Whether you sell shoes, build cabinets or clean carpets, How-To videos can assist you in building great relationships with your clients, and strengthen the image of your brand. Here are a couple of tips for how to make a GREAT How-To video: To read more about these tips, and how to make…
An 18% Increase!
After examining 100 different companies and their social media activity levels, the brands were ranked on an “engagement scale” where scores ranged from a high of 127 to a low of 1. Those brands that were the most engaged saw their revenue grow over the past year by 18% while the least engaged brands saw…
