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Twitter Promoted Accounts and Tweets head for mobile

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Twitter Promoted accounts and tweets head for mobile

 

Two years after launching Promoted Tweets, social media giant Twitter is finally bringing their brand of advertising and marketing solutions to its mobile platform with the latest updates to its mobile apps. These updates will then usher in the Promoted Tweets to the apps for the iPhone and the Android within the coming weeks, according to an announcement posted by on the Twitter Blog.

 

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Is it time to change your Twitter strategies?

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Image by Rosaura Ochoa

Social media messaging service Twitter has indeed become a powerhouse in Internet marketing, enabling many brands worldwide to achieve their goals and reach social media rockstardom. Leveraging on its features and capabilities for social media marketing can vary depending on different factors, many of which are driven by what the brand is shooting to accomplish, as well as the online marketing strategies—those already in place, and those yet to be implemented.

 

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Snapshot: Very Pinteresting [breaking down the Pinterest user base]

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Infograph breaks down Pinterest demographic

Among the barrage of new social media sites that exploded last year, Pinterest seems to be the one service that continues to burning. Yes, it’s captured the interests of Internet users worldwide with its easy-to-manage bookmarking type of image sharing online. And if you have yet to try it, now’s a good time as any to get onboard the content sharing service.

 

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Weekly Link Round Up – 02-24-12

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Social Media: Career Boost or Time Suck? (SocialMediaExplorer.com)

With social media now recognized by companies as an innovative way to promote their brand image or products, many online-savvy young people have found their way to jobs. The question then is how does a young mind show an understanding of what social media could do for a career?

Social and the Grey Market (EConsultancy.com)

It’s easy to assume social networking is the domain of the young, but as market research shows, the ‘over 65′ group spends about 42 hours online every month—more than any other age group. Social networks and initiatives aimed towards getting seniors online make this demographic worth looking out for.

How Pinterest Changed My Mom’s Purchasing Decisions (SocialFresh.com)

Pinterest has become much more than an arena for people to show off the things they like on their pinboards. By piquing other people’s interests through eye-catching visuals, pinned items can encourage people to discover new products and services, thus influencing purchasing decisions.

Doing The Same Thing Differently (Relationship-Economy.com)

When companies adopt social media into their marketing plans, it pays to learn how to actually utilize the medium rather than rehash the traditional ways of promoting products. Successful approaches to using social media are driven by careful knowledge of how to interact and actually be “social” to potential customers.

How to Effectively Market with Memes (Without Forcing It) (BlueGlass.com)

Viral marketing is highly potent, and harnessing the power of the meme is part of that. But care should be taken to use these effectively, as memes also have the potential to backfire.

Snapshot: The Sad State of Social Media Privacy

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Because just about everything online these days can easily be shared to a whole spectrum of people with a single click of a mouse, brand managers and social media marketers have begun plugging vulnerabilities. This is, of course a justified course of action, given that the security breaches online have been on a steady uptick these past few months, with malicious activities and social engineering targeting social media sites, and the people who entrust them with their precious information.

 

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Tumblr takes action against self-harming blogs

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

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With the social Web’s massive presence and influence on modern pop culture, users have gotten pretty much comfortable in using it for expressing themselves. From microblogs’ short-character platform, down to blogs that are meant for longer content—social media sites have become quite the arena for self expression. Tumblr, for instance, is among the most commonly used sites online. And the different kinds of self expression, the site has taken a stand against the negativity that is coursing through their millions of blogs with a new policy against self-harming blogs.

 

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Be part of the community

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

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Internet marketing has indeed become a strong part of every business. And here, brands should focus on establishing and sustaining a thriving relationship with their demographic. Unfortunately, while more and more companies are invigorating their marketing efforts for the social Web, not a lot have cracked the code to building a solid relationship with their following.

 

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