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Social media: How politicians will win the future over

Social media: How politicians will win the future over

For decades politicians have fought to gain a foothold in the crucial 18-24 demographic. No longer is this just a...

Searching for social media’s John Hughes

Searching for social media’s John Hughes

This generation's filmmakers have not been able to accurately portray the ethos of the social media generation yet. When will...

The rise of the mini media moguls

The rise of the mini media moguls

Social media is allowing a whole new generation to emerge. With young adults and children taking over social networking sites,...

Is social media destroying the world?  I don’t think so

Is social media destroying the world? I don’t think so

Everybody has a different view of social media: enthusiastic, annoyed, indifferent.  However, when it comes to being amusing, nothing beats...

Businesses can’t hide from social media wrath

Businesses can’t hide from social media wrath

There was a time when an unhappy customer was an unhappy customer. Best practices said to deal with their concerns,...

Don’t post pictures of your grandmother’s cash stash on Facebook

Don’t post pictures of your grandmother’s cash stash on Facebook

Call this a #protip for social media use. If you're helping your grandmother count her life savings, don't try to...

Social media: Breaking through the traditional news barrier

Social media: Breaking through the traditional news barrier

As of 2012, printed newspaper has been surpassed big time by online news revenue. Networking sites such as Facebook and...

Does Klout really measure clout?

Does Klout really measure clout?

For those of you that don’t know, Klout is a way of measuring digital influence through social networking platforms. I’ll...

Timelines are a changin’: Facebook makes another improvement (again)

Timelines are a changin’: Facebook makes another improvement (again)

Facebook gives itself a facelift by improving the user experience yet again. Facebook’s Timeline, which was implemented back earlier in...

Little Monsters: The social network

Little Monsters: The social network

She already dominated the pop world, but now with over 51 million fans on Facebook and 24 million Twitter followers,...

Facebook pages app review

Facebook pages app review

It’s about time! Finally there is an iPhone app for Facebook page administrators to be “on-the-go” and still be up...

Trending: Apple’s worldwide developers conference

Trending: Apple’s worldwide developers conference

I don’t know about anyone else, but I think Apple has a huge “underground” stronghold on social media – and...

Social news, networking combine to form a “game” with Thruzt

Social news, networking combine to form a “game” with Thruzt

It looks like Pinterest. It acts like Digg. The newest player in the social media sphere adds some features from...

Why retail loves Pinterest

Why retail loves Pinterest

It's all a matter of expectations. When we go to Facebook, we expect to see our friends and family detailing...

Social Media is big business for colleges

Social Media is big business for colleges

Social media is proving to be a gold mine for professionals in the area of marketing and public relations. Marketing...

Social media’s growing influence on sports

Social media’s growing influence on sports

It seems to have crept into every nook and cranny in our daily lives. It makes sense that social media...

Significance of Facebook’s ‘like’ button and its value for brands and pages

Significance of Facebook’s ‘like’ button and its value for brands and pages

Welcome to the digital era, where we have bid farewell to old marketing tools. Now brands successfully promote themselves by...

Yelp reviews are the most valuable “social currency” out there: study

Yelp reviews are the most valuable “social currency” out there: study

With so much money going into social media as a marketing and branding tool, it's hard for businesses to discern...

Can Google Hangouts get enough traction to make it worthy of its function?

Can Google Hangouts get enough traction to make it worthy of its function?

This is what social media was designed to do in the first place. Heck, it's what the internet promised to...

The invaluable social media custom graphics cheat sheet

The invaluable social media custom graphics cheat sheet

One of the hardest parts about personalizing social media profiles and pages is getting the artwork and branding just right....