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5 things American Idol can teach businesses about social media

5 things American Idol can teach businesses about social media

There are a lot of ways that Hollywood has changed the way we use the internet. On one side, the...

The relationship era as discussed at #SXSW

The relationship era as discussed at #SXSW

When it comes to advertising today, things have changed. In some ways it's due to social media.Searching for "I Love...

Microsoft is naive if they really believe these technologies will connect families

Microsoft is naive if they really believe these technologies will connect families

The technology that Microsoft has been envisioning for the future is astounding, realistic, and will give us the opportunity to...

On Twitter, we like to spew vitriol

On Twitter, we like to spew vitriol

The opinions that we express in the real world are often not congruent with what we post on Twitter according...

The Internet revolution

The Internet revolution

To say that the internet has completely revolutionized the way we communicate with each other would be a serious understatement....

Wasn’t email supposed to be dead by now?

Wasn’t email supposed to be dead by now?

At the World Economic Forum in 2004, Bill Gates made an interesting promise. "Two years from now, spam will be...

Facebook’s corrected insights may be a red herring for improved exposure for pages

Facebook’s corrected insights may be a red herring for improved exposure for pages

When Facebook announced last week that Insights, their page-level analytics platform, had been reporting the wrong numbers for several months,...

Don’t upload photos to Pinterest

Don’t upload photos to Pinterest

They say you learn something new every day. I learned something about Pinterest the other day that blew my mind...

The most important Facebook page tip that nobody’s telling businesses

The most important Facebook page tip that nobody’s telling businesses

In one sentence, the advice that business owners and marketers need to hear is this: "Everything on your Facebook page...

Some businesses just want to watch the Facebook burn

Some businesses just want to watch the Facebook burn

There are plenty of articles, blog posts, videos, and testimonials out there demonstrating that businesses are having tremendous success using...

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

Twitter is still the most used social network by businesses. This surprises some, but the latest statistics showed that 77%...

5 Reasons That Social Media May Never Die

5 Reasons That Social Media May Never Die

“Never” is a bold word. It is absolute and endless. To say that something can never happen is one of...

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

There's a strange change that has been happening since the dawn of social media and that continues to accelerate every...

Social trendsetters are the ones that brands are reaching through social media

Social trendsetters are the ones that brands are reaching through social media

Do you remember the person who consulted with you about social media and told you that brands are having tremendous...

Five fast and furious years of Facebook

Five fast and furious years of Facebook

It's hard to believe that Facebook is nearly a decade old. I can remember when it was just a social...

7 things Google+ could do today to make it less of a ghost town

7 things Google+ could do today to make it less of a ghost town

It was hot, then it was cold, then it was hot, then it was cold. Google+, the search giant's 54th...

The social media lead generation horse race

The social media lead generation horse race

Those in social media marketing as a profession realize that there are certain unknowns when it comes to the new...

Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US

Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US

In 2008, Twitter introduced the ability for advertisers to buy promoted trends, a way of taking over a portion of...

How TED makes us all smarter

How TED makes us all smarter

There was once a time when being a geek or a nerd wasn't cool until you bought your first Porsche....

The real takeaways from the Super Bowl social media debate

The real takeaways from the Super Bowl social media debate

There's a minor journalistic debate currently happening surrounding the marketing, particularly how social media played into the Super Bowl ads,...