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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....

Suicidal prevention tools for military service members launched by Facebook

Suicidal prevention tools for military service members launched by Facebook

With all the Facebook apps and social media resources being launched daily, it’s hard to believe that something like this...

Are Tumblr ads worth $25,000?

Are Tumblr ads worth $25,000?

At some point, nearly every social media startup intends to make money. Tumblr has held off for quite some time,...

Online presence: When is having a Twitter account totally useless?

Online presence: When is having a Twitter account totally useless?

Marketing execs drinking midday highballs on Madison Avenue are posh and glamorous. No wonder then that some businesses still hold...

Google Wave taken off life support

Google Wave taken off life support

We knew the day was coming. Ever since Google announced the discontinuation of the failed social media... something... that they...