As social media demolished thoughts of being a fad and has established itself as an Industry that has not only transformed Internet Marketing as we knew it a few years ago, but is making its way into search. We have seen many dealers fight their presence of being online.
There has been a lot of talk buzzing around the web regarding Facebook’s changes to “people who saw this” or in other words how many people a brand can reach on their Facebook page. Two stories that caught my eye recently were surrounding the opinion of the Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban; on why he believes Facebook is driving brands away. The other story though acts as a rebuttal to Cuban’s theories and is on the opposite side of the scale. But which one is right?
I like to say that I know my Facebook pretty well but I have got to say that I did not know that Facebook had a Friendship page feature. That is until today, when Facebook announced that they are revamping their Friendship pages many did not even know existed.
I have often wondered which of the two social giants were the lesser of two evils when it came to privacy, and although I choose to be a public person, I still remain wary of my privacy rights and how I too can protect myself from having those rights violated.
We have all come to the same conclusion by now, that Social Media is not going anywhere, and its various platforms have become useful to our businesses and brands by optimizing their presence, connecting further with customers and building online communities that can generate possible leads.
This is Social Campaigning done right.
I am an avid SongPop player, a social game that allows people to play with others via Facebook (web interface) or the iPhone or Android mobile apps for your Smartphone. You are able to play with other people by taking turns trying to guess the correct song by the music genre you purchase with your SongPop coins (which are free unless you choose to pay for more.)
Hashtags, which is a form of metadata tag (for you programmers out there) became widely popular within cyberculture from the early days on Twitter and continue to reside there heavily even today.
In the last ten years the term known as “spamming” has become a little more undefined since sharing content is an important factor with using social media.
Since the increase in sharing has occurred one must still be aware of what spamming looks like and how to differentiate between someone sharing something with you and someone who is spamming you.
The social influence measuring site, Klout has made some drastic changes to not only its look but to its algorithm in order to provide users with a more accurate score.
If you are not familiar with the changes that Klout has made (for some it is still rolling out) and are curious, check out the article I wrote on Techi “Klout launches a more accurate score with more features to come (Video)†to find out the changes that are either coming or have already been implemented.
Those who are up to speed on the most recent changes Klout has made, our curiosity surrounding its “Moments†feature has arisen a fear of possibly conflicting with our privacy.
Everyone loses someone, for some, we lose many. It is never an easy process; in fact it is a time when you may feel most vulnerable and even perhaps isolated.
As I just lost my grandmother, I write with a heavy heart and sadness is all around me. The world stops still when you hear the passing of a family member, your link to your reason of life. Without her, I would not be alive, nor would other people that I deeply love and the thoughts of mortality sets in arising awareness to the lives of loves around you.
Every time life is lost, a sense of silence overcomes you; like a candle blown out, you are now in a dark place. This place creaks with sounds of loneliness and echoes of memories play on in your head of the person who is now no longer physically here.
