Twitter integrates search into main site
Well, there has been talk about Twitter integrating its Search functionality into their main site. It turns out the twitter team was testing this out and it has now integrated into the main site, with...
View ArticleTwitter taking the Social out of Social Discovery
The most trending topic on twitter right now as I am writing this post is #fixreplies. It is shocking to me that after weeks of proclaiming that twitter is all about social discovery, we see the...
View ArticleAnother #twitterfail? – Twitter turns on Mobile Notifications for Users
So today I was going on about my business when I got like 10 sms messages in a row from Twitter. For no absolutely reason at all either. Then I was like…what the heck is going on? So I looked at who I...
View Articlefoursquare: The arrival of the location based business "game"
I’ve been on this huge kick of creating visibility for products online lately. All I can think about is how to gain visibility for an online brand. Along with that, I’ve been really interested in two...
View ArticleSetting goals and executing with social media marketing
While at SXSW, Chris Winfield and I had our presentation on “Social media marketing for your business.” My biggest focus for the presentation was to help people realize the power of creating a plan,...
View ArticleDigg 4.0: Is it coming sooner than expected?
Last week I was working with someone and showing her the ropes of social media marketing and other general topics. I had showed her how to sign up for Digg, StumbleUpon, and various other Social...
View ArticleSocial Design & Optimization: The Power of Network Effects
One of the most interesting things I’ve been studying over the last year has been the power social design and network effects. Even though many of us have used Social Media for quite sometime, it has...
View ArticleFacebook Like Button: Now with Meta Data and Thumbnails
Well, it turns out that Facebook has included all of the meta data and thumbnail info for the like button around the web. This is great news for publishers as it gives the content that we and/or our...
View ArticleSocial Media ROI Presentation from SMASH at USC
On Thursday of last week, I had the opportunity to present at SMASH (Social Media Advanced Skills Huddle) at USC. What I was really excited most about was the fact that we had many of the Master in...
View ArticleHow To: Identify The Topics Your Target Audience Actually Wants To Talk About
If a post goes up on Twitter or Facebook, and no one is around to engage with it, does it still make a sound? Not if you’re trying to build up a brand it doesn’t. Whether your social media efforts are...
View ArticleSocial Media – Part 1: Being Active in your Community and Answering Questions
I’ve wanted to start writing more about Social Media and I think the best way to start would be to talk abut what I love doing, and that is building my own personal brand and how it applies to an...
View ArticleUpdating Permalinks when moving to WordPress 2.5
Tonight I updated WordPress from WordPress 2.0.2 to WordPress 2.5 and ran into some issues with permanlinks. Turns out that Yahoo! Web Hosting does not allow you to do Permalinks the standard way with...
View ArticleSkittles Aggregated Website, is this a Win or Fail?
Lots a brewing on the Skittles madness tonight because of they’re new “Social Media Aggregation” for their domain. The question I have is, was this a move of pure genius? Or, are they shooting...
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