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The Three Natural Laws of Social Media
Aug 21st
The Three Natural Laws of Social Media
- You Can’t Fake Having A Personality. Be Yourself, be open, be authentic.
- You Can’t Automate Trust. Do what you say you will. Don’t worry about making mistakes, real people aren’t perfect. “We trust people whose inside values are visible on the outside.” – Liz Strauss
- Help others to help yourself. Think of others first, then they will think of you. Would you rather have one person thinking or you or lots?
Remember: When users are in contact with each other, there will be an exchange of information. Each user’s connections are then open to more information, creating the More >
Top 10 Social-Networking Sites – July 2010
Aug 21st
It’s Becoming a Facebook World!
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Addicted to Social Media? – A Revealing Study
Jul 29th
Retrevo.com did an exceptional report on Social Media use. Their latest Retrevo Gadgetology study asked >> social media users << questions such as:
When, where, and how much time they spend on sites and services like FaceBook and Twitter?
No surprise that many people seem to be obsessed with their social media!
This study portrays two groups: under and over age 25. Take a look at the differences of usage of people under 25. The future generation is all about mobile: The Mobile Generation.
Social Media Around the Clock
New Social Media Hub – unveiled by Department of Defense
Jul 25th
Pentagon officials have rolled out a website intended to act as a social-media hub for military personnel. Included are how to guides on getting started with and using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube along with policy guides and memos detailing ways in which troops are allowed to use social media sites.
The overall purpose of this new development according to the website is “to help the DoD community use social media and other internet-based capabilities to share responsibility and effectively, both in official and unofficial capacities.”
DOD Social Media Hub. Thankfully, DOD is facing up to the reality of social media and not keeping it’s More >
In the Year 2025: A Future of Social Media
Feb 22nd
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Jan 7th, 2010, Kodak’s K-Zone filmed a session in front of a live audience on the CES show floor. The sessions explored the origins of social media and speculated on where things may go over the next 5, 10, and 20 years – a future of social media all the way to “in the year 2025”.
Kodak host: Jeff Hayzlett, @JeffreyHayzlett, chief marketing officer, Kodak
Guests include:
More >Jeff Pulver – @jeffpulver – Founder of Vonage and the 140 Conference
Adam Ostrow – @adamostrow – Editor-in-Chief, Mashable.com
Chris Brogan – @chrisbrogan New Marketing Labs and author of “Trust Agents”
Daniel Brusilovsky – @danielbru TechCrunch.com
Your Tweet Value
Nov 18th
What’s your Twitter Account worth in USD?
YATT – Yet Another Twitter Tool – TweetValue – assigns value to any Twitter account in US Dollars. Find out what your Twitter account is really worth.
To find out the value, give TweetValue your Twitter ID and it calculates the value of your account. You can also view the list of top accounts, the most expensive account belongs to the great Chris Brogan and is worth $8,145.00. Chris advises biz, organizations and individuals on how to use Social Media to build relationships and Deliver VALUE. Wow, which waves are you catching? Social Media and Building Relationships are More >
Social Media Predicted the 2008 Presidential Election
Nov 5th
On March 19, 2008, before the candidates were nominated, Mike Elgan wrote a column entitled “Has Digg Already Picked the President?” suggesting that social networks might be the best predictor of the outcome of the 2008 presidential election. He was right:
“At the time, I conducted an analysis that varied from site to site, and included Digg, MySpace and Facebook, to see which of the candidates the social sites preferred. I also suggested that if social sites ended up accurately predicting who would win, they might be taken seriously by future pundits when guesstimating who is likely to be elected in the More >
Social Media – Username Check Tool
Nov 3rd
Do you lay awake at night worrying about whether you have your username registered with every site that you should? Did someone take your username before you registered it?
This is very handy, see if the new username you’ve dreamed up is available without visiting each site!
Provided by: Jon Sykes
