Technology and the Internet have yielded some amazing, even life-changing, advances including social-networking. This week’s burning tech question focuses on whether or not social media can lead to happiness or sadness, or both, or neither. It’s an issue that has been hotly debated over the last couple of years. Psychology Today put out an article [...]
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Is Facebook Ripping Us All Off?
As you might have read recently, Mark Cuban (the infamous owner of the Dallas Mavericks who has also invested in around 70 companies) is leading a revolt of sorts against Facebook. He’s going to deliberately begin leading fans to Twitter and other networks. Why? Facebook wanted to charge him to reach more of his own fans [...]
Are You Building or Do You Just Own the Tools?
Facebook and Twitter are just tools your brand can use to build something. Just “being on them” means nothing. It’s like owning a hammer. So what? What are you going to build with that hammer and the other tools you own? That’s what you should be asking yourself. Too many people think of social media [...]
100 Must-Know Social Media Tidbits for 2013
Here’s your chance to get in on the social media revolution in it’s most current form and guess what? These bite-size tidbits will get you informed without taking up much of your time (but there is plenty to dig into if you want to get deeper). This post has it all: from emerging networks to [...]
How NOT to Handle Your Company’s Social Media
Quick, somebody call the doctor cause my social media skills are siiiiick! Depending on your generation, you’ll either view that as a good thing or bad thing. I happen to mean it in the Adam-Sandler-thinks-he-got-a-free-Ferrari way (see Bedtime Stories for more information). Your social media skills, on the other hand, may just be plain ol’ sick–diseased, [...]
The Week in Mobile Presented by xAd – 7.27.12
Would You Buy a Facebook Phone? While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims a Facebook phone “wouldn’t make sense”, insiders are claiming there is indeed something in the works with handset maker HTC for mid-2013. Let me just say that if this is the way the FB team plans on overtaking mobile, it’s dumb. Yes the [...]
Is Facebook’s Future Bright or Dismal?
Despite the beating Facebook’s stock has taken recently, many people see plenty of opportunity in the company’s future. Mark Cooper, the co-founder and CMO of Offerpop says, “I believe Facebook is in a great position to reshape the digital marketing landscape, and we’ve only seen the beginning of what that might mean. Ultimately, it comes [...]
When Brands Automate Twitter and Facebook Responses I’ll Revolt
Have you seen this article on TechCrunch describing how and why brands will soon try to automate social media responses? I just read it and it makes me a bit furious. Many companies, especially large ones, already go out of their way to make it as difficult as humanely possible to contact a real, live [...]
The Week in Mobile Presented by xAd – 5.25.12
Luxury Takes the Plunge In recent months we’ve seen luxury brands such as Mercedes, Louis Vuitton, and Four Seasons launch mobile campaigns with a variety of goals in sight. Some are still attached to branded apps, others go for targeted display, while many luxury business models have also found success in promoting their physical locations [...]
7 Scorching-Hot Social Media Trends Happening Right Now
While doing some research for a recent article on breakout social startups I was able to identify 7 unique trends happening in social media right now. All I can saw is, “wow,” because the social media landscape is changing so quickly. I believe this is because companies have started asking themselves what real life social [...]
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