Posts tagged ‘Word-Of-Mouth’
Young people think that the STD testing center is the most embarrassing place to check into on Foursquare. But now MTV and Foursquare join together and creates the GYT badge, Get Yourself Tested. This is in many ways a milestone for Foursquare since it’s the first time to create a cause related badge, this one to challange young people to get tested for STD more regularly.
Brian Solis about the new influencers:
Brian Solis and Chris Beck, founder of 26dottwo talks about today’s new influencers and how traditional media need to adapt new media’s way of gaining attention by attracting people in the stream of attention.
Tips: 3 social media sites
In our daily work, we all need inspiration to achieve excellence in our own work. To a certain extent, that inspiration can come in the form of blogs, giving us new perspectives on things. Here’s three social media sites that produces valuable information on every post, albeit in diferen approaches.
Jesper Åström
A swedish SEO guy who’s recently been made partner with the up-and-coming agency Honesty. Jesper’s posts are often very centered around Facebook, but delivers true value every time. Topics range from tweaks and hacks to Facebook pages to new features search optimization. Killer site!
Three posts you couldn’t live without:
PsyBlog
A blog focused on the psychological mechanisms of individuals and groups. What makes us tick? How come we trust certain people? Who would stop to help (or listen)? These are questions addressed by PsyBlog, as relevant for social media actors as for everyone.
Conversation agent
A daily blog that focus on the big picture of social media marketing combined with handy tips concerning various online tools. Always relevant, always rewarding, written by expert brand strategist Valeria Maltoni.
Three posts you couldn’t live without:
According to the 2010 Social Media Marketing Report , 67% of marketers plan to increase their use of social media channels including blogs, Twitter, and Facebook.
It’s important for the organization to understand that testing and experimentation are keys to success. This comes naturally to an organization whose culture embraces being proactive and open. The reason why all businesses need to have a social media strategy is because it prevents any misunderstandings and emphasizes why social media is relevant to your business’ overall goals.
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Xbox’s Twitter Support was recently honouered in the Guinness world of records as the most alert brand on Twitter. The Xbox Twitter Support started as pilot project and has now grown to involve ten employees, working 24/7 helping gamers to solve problems, pay attention to up coming problems and create valuable relations to gamers on Twitter.
The Mood of the United States
A group of researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard University have gathered enough data from Twitter to give us all a snapshot of how we Americans feel throughout a typical day or week. It will surprise almost no one to learn that findings indicate a general mood slump mid-day and mid-week, when we are most likely to be at work. Our tweets show that we’re happiest in the early morning and late evening; during the week, our mood tends to peak on Sunday morning.
Jazz up your viral site
Have you heard the word “meme” before? Meme were to begin with a academic word to describe the cultural development in the mid 70s. Meme is something that is shared between individuals in a society and includes Tamagotchis and expressions like “That’s what she said”. Today memes are more up-to-date than ever due to viral online content.
Build your personal brand online
Personal branding is first and last when it comes to online marketing and the most important thing is to create awareness by doing the right things. We have listed a few simple tips that might help you start up your own personal branding online.
With small efforts and a lot of persistence even the smallest business can gain awareness and spread good will through charity. We know that people are more inclined to build relations with companies that are working to improve our world.
Mashable listed a few helpful tips for small business owners to gain success in their own cause campaigns.
The alcopop Smirnoff have become the centre of attention for a viral hit, either they like it or not. The initiative is called Bros Icing Bros and aims to men surprising men with a Smirnoff Ice. When someone gets surprised with a Smirnoff Ice, the suprised man must get down on one knee and drink the whole bottle in one go.