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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
There's a minor journalistic debate currently happening surrounding the marketing, particularly how social media played into the Super Bowl ads,...
Mother knows best: how mommy blogs can change the lives of the parentless
What would you say if I told you that the tools you need to accomplish everything you need professionally and...
Social gifting is on the rise
Thinking about giving a gift this year? Watch out – it should come as no surprise that while the amount...
If you’re firing 190 employees, make sure they don’t have access to the company Twitter account
Firing employees can be hard. There are emotions at play and emotions can lead to bad decisions. They can also...
Stop making infographics that suck
In many ways, infographics help to fulfill one of the important promises of the internet in general and social media...
IBM delivers new software and cloud services to accelerate social business
Today IBM announced several new software and cloud-based services to advance the transformation of organizations into social businesses. From marketing...
Why did Facebook make Instagram evil?
If you're one of those who almost deleted your Instagram account but did not because you figured you'd give them...
Twitter’s Vine video app almost lasts half a day before Facebook cuts it off
The cold war between Facebook and Twitter continued Thursday and nobody was really surprised by it. Vine, the new video...
Post customer reviews to Facebook in ways that don’t suck
We talked about the way that Domino's pizza posts customer responses on their Facebook in a clever and effective manner....
6 types of content to make your website POP
If there's one word I hate using in marketing, it's "engagement". The term has been so overused and misused since...
Businesses should not follow everyone who follows them on Twitter
One of the biggest old-school truths that is obsolete today is the idea that you should follow everyone on Twitter...
The rise of a socially connected internet [Infographic]
In the turn of the Millennium Internet growth has truly risen, although it has clearly been rising in the...
4 User Friendly Unknown Social Media Apps That Make Sharing Easy
The big names of the social media conglomerate dominate the scene, but new applications are quietly changing the modalities of...