Archive for February 2013

7 Top Bloggers Tips on How to Create and Grow a Successful Blog

The number of active bloggers on the Internet is increasing each day – it is one of the latest trends in the social media world also. In fact, blogging is becoming an essential part of any social media strategy. If you aren’t quite sure what to write about, how often to publish your blog posts, [...]

Author: Karen Kennedy

Managing a Reputation in the Digital Age

Building up a solid reputation is vital to running a business, avoiding scandals and enjoying a lifestyle that is free of possible challenges. In the digital age, managing a personal or business reputation takes more than just shaking hands and showing a good face in the public eye. Taking measures to protect the reputation online [...]

Author: Diana

Five cardinal sins of social media writing

Connecting billions across various corners of the globe, internet in the recent past has undergone a massive transformation. Today the internet has become a communication platform and interface for sharing ideas, opinions and thoughts. The advent of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and blogs has broken communication barriers and introduced new form of writing: [...]

Author: Ashley Verrill

The Great Social Customer Service [Infographic]

Infographic Summary “The Great Social Customer Service Race” was to created to evaluate how efficiently the nation’s top brands provide consumer support on Twitter. We wanted to learn what kinds of tweets received a response, and how quickly. To conduct the race, four Software Advice employees used their personal Twitter accounts to send customer service [...]

Author: Alex Clifford

Facebook graph search is overhyped but will return (like Google+)

Like a king welcoming guests to a banquet, Mark Zuckerberg recently brought in the press for the fanfare of Facebook’s new “graph search”. There was a whole gaggle of hype, buzz and euphoria. But will it actually live up to all that excitement? What do you need to know?’ Facebook graph in a nutshell So [...]

Author: Daniel

5 Reasons Why You Might Want to Change Your Facebook Cover

The Facebook timeline and with it the Facebook cover was one of the most talked about features of 2011. The Facebook cover remained a topic of conversation in 2012, but just because it’s over a year old (well, for most of us!) don’t let age put you off the Facebook cover as a consideration in [...]

Author: ShortyMedia

A Brief History Of YouTube [INFOGRAPHIC]

It’s been eight years (as of February 14th) since the creators of YouTube officially founded the site and if you’re anything like us, you probably can’t remember what the world was like without it (and nor would you want to). We absolutely adore YouTube, so to show our love for the site this Valentine’s Day [...]

Author: Kirstie Quinton

Social Media for Business: Damage Control

Social media is an aspect that most businesses have opened themselves up to. It’s a fantastic informal environment for businesses to humanize themselves and interact with their fans to gain valuable feedback about their business. While most comments and messages are positive and friendly, on occasion negative feedback will inevitably occur, while this is more [...]

Author: Shan S

8 Examples of Automotive Digital Advertising Campaigns

While some people are quick to judge the auto industry for lagging in terms of things like social media, it’s hard to deny that when it comes to the traditional advertising medium-albeit through the internet-it’s much harder to find examples of auto companies that aren’t driving forward. In fact, this particular industry uses a vast [...]

Author: Kim Quindlen

37 Ways To Thrive On Linkedin [INFOGRAPHIC]

LinkedIn can be a very powerful social network – I have personally used it to generate 6 figures for my business. Today, most people have a LinkedIn presence, but very few people actually take the time to build an active presence. The reality is that when used correctly, especially in the B-to-B space, LinkedIn can [...]

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