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Social Media And Marketing for Charities

Let’s face it; if you are a new- or small – non profit organization, chances are you do not have a lot of money set aside for marketing and public relations. Both of these things are vital to grow a non profit organization.
With the ease and access of the Internet, social media is an excellent way to start building… Read more

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Consider Facebook’s New Sign-Up Design

Good news for Facebook fans! The design of the interface of our favorite social networking platform is soon going to carry some necessary changes. The changes will mainly be made for the sake of the user’s security and not for the design itself.
Now the hackers from the third party games and apps probably won’t be able to do their… Read more

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11 Best Practices for Your Google+ Brand Page

Social networking sites are helping businesses get in touch with their current customers, gain more social recommendations, add more customers, and basically engage with them on a regular basis.  Is it any wonder that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become a haven for marketers and business owners?
Admittedly, we have seen an influx of social… Read more

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Community Guides on Google+ Hopes to Help Organizations

More and more communities are seen developing on the Google+ platform. Every single major league baseball team has got a Google+ page, while hundreds of professors use Google+ as their virtual office. And recently every U.S. primary presidential candidate has agreed for live hang-outs on Google+ platform.
A recent blog post by Steve Grove, head of community partnerships at Google… Read more

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Facebook in an Increasingly Competitive Social Media Environment

Launched in 2004, Facebook has since become the undisputed social media king. In seven short years Facebook has crushed former social media champ MySpace and in the process has gained over 800 million active users. This explosive growth has been fueled by its ability to permeate the social landscape of society. In many situations, Facebook is used to organize entire… Read more

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Does Your Company Still Not Get Social Media?

While social media has become the online darling for countless businesses nationwide and around the world for that matter, some companies still don’t get it.
Whether it’s a clear lack of understanding of the power of social media or a hesitancy to put in the time and effort, many company heads still are missing out on the opportunity to correspond… Read more

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Internet Sensations

Many wonderfully talented people have been discovered via the internet – just look at artists like Justin Beiber. Check out these fantastic YouTube clips of incredibly blessed individuals performing.
Kurt Hugo Schneider

Kurt is a music producer and filmmaker who apparently likes to “make awesomeness” and that he certainly does. A 23-year-old with a gift for piano playing, Kurt has… Read more

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Getting The Most Out Of Social

It’s November 2007. Facebook is growing and there are a few apps doing reasonably well on the developer platform, although this is still very much in its infancy. Sitting at the lounge table in my (fairly horrible) shared house I start having flashbacks to my degree and, on a whim, download the PHP library.
Flash forward to a few weeks… Read more

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The History of the Social Giant Twitter

Note: see our other articles from social media history series: Before Social Media – The History of Social Media Series, The Rise of Media Sharing – History of Social Media, The Advancement of Social Media, The History of Facebook, and the History of the Internet
Twitter has grown into one of the most popular and busy social media sites on… Read more

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Fighting Spam on Twitter, Any Easy Way Out?

Twitter is a wonderful site for sharing details, product offerings, status updates and what-not for a business. As an evolving medium for furthering Social Media engagement, Twitter has come of age in the past 2 years. However, with its success and gigantic popularity, it was obvious that covert spammers will eventually re-define their Twitter strategies to promote spam.
And this… Read more

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