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Parliament grills Google on privacy

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Matthew Finnegan

31 Jan 2012 | 6:45 am

Google has faced a grilling from British MPs on a joint committee over their own privacy concerns, proving evasive over its powers to protect personal information. Against a backdrop of increasing worries about personal data online, representatives from Google, Facebook and Twitter squirmed under questioning. As part of an ongoing inquiry from Lords and Commons members into privacy, MPs railed at the lack of clarity with using personal information, as well as an inability to protect the privacy of public figures. We suspect they are more concerned with the latter. The trio managed to largely…

New version of Twitter, now on for everyone

Twitter Blog

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16 Feb 2012 | 3:33 pm

In December, we launched a new version of Twitter. Itâ€™s been available for mobile phones, via the mobile web, Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android, and weâ€™ve been rolling it out steadily to Twitter.com. Now, everyone has access to it. A few of the highlights:Click any Tweet in your timeline to expand it to see photos, videos, retweets, favorites, and more.Twitter.com shortcut: You can quickly close all expanded Tweets by pressing â€œLâ€ (as in Larry) on your keyboard.Connect is your way to keep conversations going. Itâ€™s the place to see who has followed or mentioned you, or…

Twitter to be baked into OS X Mountain Lion

Pocket-lint : twitter

Stuart Miles

16 Feb 2012 | 7:32 am

Tweeting to get easier in 10.8 Apple's latest operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, will let you tweet anything you want from anywhere you want. The Cupertino-based company has revealed that it will be "baking in" Twitter?at an OS level allowing you to tweet easily right from within an app. Users of OS X Mountain Lion?will be able to login to the social networking service when they first set up their computer with the new OS and then never have to worry about it again. Apple has said that it will be offering the "Tweet" button in several of its own apps, including Safari, Preview, Photo…

Photo Upload Issue

Twitter Status

14 Feb 2012 | 5:39 pm

Update: This issue has been resolved. Some users may be experiencing an issue when uploading a photo. Our engineers are currently looking into this issue.

9 Ways to Make Your Marketing Analytics Actionable

HubSpot's Inbound Internet Marketing Blog

Pamela Vaughan

17 Feb 2012 | 11:30 am

Tracking your marketing analytics can provide a ton of great insight into the performance of your marketing initiatives, show your boss how marketing is faring, and help you to prove that inbound marketing is really paying off. But that's only a small piece of why analytics are valuable. In fact, the true value of your analytics is what you can do with them. Good marketers use analytics for the first few things we mentioned. Great marketers use them to adapt, improve, and modify their marketing efforts. In other words, great marketers make their analytics actionable. Oh, so you want to be one…

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Photo Upload Issue

14 Feb 2012 | 5:39 pm

Update: This issue has been resolved. Some users may be experiencing an issue when uploading a photo. Our engineers are currently looking into this issue.

IE 7 and IE 8 Tweet Issue

13 Feb 2012 | 7:31 pm

Update: This issue has been resolved. Some user may be experiencing issues Tweeting when using IE 7 or IE 8. Our engineers are currently working on this issue.

Twitter site issue

22 Jan 2012 | 6:22 pm

Update: This issue has been resolved. Some users may currently be experiencing site issues; our engineers are working on resolving this issue.

Streaming Delivery Delay

4 Jan 2012 | 5:11 pm

Update: This issue has been resolved. Clients of the streaming APIs may be experiencing delivery delays. Our engineers are currently working on this issue.

Twitter Site Issue

31 Dec 2011 | 9:47 am

Update: This issue has been resolved. Users may currently be experiencing some site issues; our engineers are working on resolving this issue.

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9 Ways to Make Your Marketing Analytics Actionable

Pamela Vaughan

17 Feb 2012 | 11:30 am

The Ultimate Glossary: 44 Email Marketing Terms Marketers Must Know

Jeanne Hopkins

17 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am

Email marketing is a central part of your inbound marketing strategy, but it can be an intimidating tactic to tackle if you're a newbie. Heck, even seasoned email marketers are continually learning new terms (we learned some new ones for this post!) and must keep up to date with ever-changing laws that affect how you do your job. So we put together this glossary of email marketing terms that you can refer back to any time you wonder what they heck a blog post, your boss, or your ESP's documentation is talking about. Email Marketing Glossary: 44 Terms to Know A Acceptable Spam Report Rate -…

A Marketer's Guide to Picking the Perfect Analytics Tool

Meghan Keaney Anderson

16 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm

Stop me if this sounds familiar. You log in to your analytics program and poke around. The data is interesting. The charts are multicolored. And yet, at the end of looking around, you still don't know how to improve your marketing as a result. Been there? If you're stuck with "data, data everywhere" and not a drop to act upon, it might be because your analytics program doesn't fit well with your business model. It's not that there's a right or a wrong type of analytics, but every company is different. And customer behavior changes from product to product. To figure out what type of analytics…

How to Map Lead Nurturing Content to Each Stage in the Sales Cycle

Corey Eridon

16 Feb 2012 | 11:40 am

Lead nurturing is a crucial part of your marketing and sales success. Studies show that 50% of leads are qualified but aren't immediately ready to buy something from you [Source: Gleanster Research]. With lead nurturing, however, you can bring those leads through your sales funnel and garner 4-10 times the response rate compared to a regular email blast while doing it [Source: SilverPop/DemandGen Report]. To nurture those leads correctly, however, you need to somehow adjust your messaging based on their point in the sales cycle. But how do you do that? The best lead nurturing campaigns begin…

7 Rookie Social Media Mistakes From Big Brands

Rachel Sprung

16 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am

Social media can be tricky. If you do a million things well, they may go unnoticed. But if you make just one bad mistake -- just one -- you can be the source of criticism for months, and maybe even years, to come. You'll probably even have quite a bit of crisis communication and damage control on your hands. Want to learn what to avoid before your company repeats history? Keep reading about these 7 social media sob stories and how to prevent the same things from happening to you. Netflix Decides to Launch Qwikster Netflix got a lot of heat after it decided to launch Qwikster, whose purpose…

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Coming Soon: Twitter Advertising for Small Businesses

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17 Feb 2012 | 7:27 am

Successful small business owners intuitively know how to build meaningful relationships with their customers. They were the first to use Twitter to talk with consumers in real time, and their creativity demonstrated Twitterâ€™s potential as a marketing platform. Today, some of the most effective marketing campaigns we see come from small, local, or Internet-only businessesâ€”like the mouth-watering photos of @VanillaMoonBakeâ€™s cupcakes, or the Tweet contests hosted by @glennztees to promote their latest T-shirt designs.Soon, small businesses based in the United States will have the chance…

New version of Twitter, now on for everyone

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16 Feb 2012 | 3:33 pm

Twitter Recap: GRAMMYs 2012

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15 Feb 2012 | 12:33 pm

Whether or not you were able to watch the #Grammys live on Sunday night, you probably heard about the biggest Twitter moments. Hereâ€™s a quick look at how the night played out in Tweets.People sent 10,901 Tweets per second (TPS) as Adele won Record of the Year â€” the peak TPS moment of the night. â€œGrammysâ€ was mentioned in more than 5 million Tweets on Sunday between noon and midnight PT. The most mentioned artists (in descending order) during that same 12-hour period were: @OfficialAdele, @ChrisBrown, @NickiMinaj, @Rihanna, Whitney Houston."Ooh! A bit of snot." -…

And the first Ad Scrimmage winner is . . .

twitter

13 Feb 2012 | 6:56 pm

At the end of the Super Bowl last weekend, we launched Twitterâ€™s first-ever Ad Scrimmage competition. For a week following the game, Twitter users headed to adscrimmage.twitter.com for a chance to view and vote via Tweet for their favorite Super Bowl ads. And today, the results are in! Congratulations to Samsungâ€™s #votefornote campaign.Calling all fans of our big ad, there's still time to Believe in Love with a #VoteForNote in the #AdScrimmage! smgm.us/wpPâ€” Samsung Mobile US (@SamsungMobileUS) February 10, 2012In decreasing order of the percentage of the vote they earned, these are the…

Securing your Twitter experience with HTTPS

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13 Feb 2012 | 3:20 pm

Last year, we added the option to always use HTTPS when accessing Twitter.com on the web. This setting makes your Twitter experience more secure by protecting your information, and itâ€™s especially helpful if you use Twitter over an unsecured Internet connection like a public wi-fi network.Now, HTTPS will be on by default for all users, whenever you sign in to Twitter.com. If you prefer not use it, you can turn it off on your Account Settings page. HTTPS is one of the best ways to keep your account safe and it will only get better as we continue to improve HTTPS support on our web and mobile…

TheWayoftheWeb

What is â€˜The Way of the Webâ€™

Dan Thornton

17 Feb 2012 | 10:45 am

When I started blogging years ago, I had no idea that one day it would become the main public face of my business and career. It started because I’d made a few attempts to launch websites before becoming employed as a journalist, but had never made the effort to learn how to code and develop a decent site, so when technology offered me a way that I could publish whatever I wanted with no Editor, it seemed like a wonderful freedom. If you’ve ever tried to name a website, business, book or band, you’ll identify with the problem of coming up with a name for something –…

I can haz new logo

Dan Thornton

15 Feb 2012 | 8:15 am

I’ve been running a personal blog for about 6 years, including early experiments on Blogger. Prior to that I’d had a simple homepage, along with some other static websites to play around with. Over time I’ve managed to attract a reasonably large audience every month with a range of articles mainly covering writing and content, marketing, social media, SEO, and technology. But until 18 months ago, it was very much still a passion for my spare time, along with the videogame sites I’ve launched. But after starting a freelance business, and with the ambition of growing, it…

Apologise like everyone is watchingâ€¦

Dan Thornton

12 Feb 2012 | 4:14 pm

How do you apologise when you’ve made a serious mistake? I wrote about how brands can actually be more successful by admitting imperfections and mistakes last week – and tonight I happened to read a jaw-dropping example of a mistake by a newspaper (via Newspaper Death Watch). The summary is the photo of an innocent 40-year-old man named Angel Ortiz was used in a front page story about a horrific crime comitted by a 20-year-old with the same, and apparently very common, Spanish name. As a result, the innocent party has lost work, been persecuted and is effectively reduced to hiding…

Fighting for the internet, and for my sonâ€¦

Dan Thornton

10 Feb 2012 | 8:53 pm

If you read my blog regularly, or follow me on Twitter, you’ll doubtless have an idea of my views on SOPA, PIPA, ACTA etc. I’m one of over 2 million people who have signed a petition to try and get ACTA rejected, and I support the hundreds of protests taking place later today in cities across the UK and the globe. I’m against these measures for 2 reasons, and it’s not about being able to pirate films, music or books. In all honesty, I can’t remember the last time I consciously attempted to download pirated content – I’m too busy to spend time worrying…

Quick heads up for Peterborough people who work in digitalâ€¦

Dan Thornton

10 Feb 2012 | 1:55 pm

The next DPiP meetup is being planed for March 1st, 2012, including a meal at the Imperial Bento restaurant in Peterborough. So if you’re interested in attending, send a tweet to @DPiPboro or add the event on Facebook to give us an idea of numbers, please. Oh, and DPiP is also on Google+ if you’d prefer to keep up with events and news there instead. Buffer

Twitdom Â» The Twitter Applications Directory

EarlyBird

Anuj Seth

17 Feb 2012 | 5:14 am

@EarlyBird is an official Twitter account launched by Twitter themselves, which will offer exclusive deals from partners and selected advertisers. This is completely opt-in and would require you to follow the account. Post from Twitdom - EarlyBird Tags: Deals, EarlyBird, Web

Ianswr

Anuj Seth

16 Feb 2012 | 5:14 pm

Ianswr is a service which collects questions asked on Twitter and allows anyone to answer them. Ianswr hopes that this will enable near instantaneous replies as well as amplify the reach of your questions. To ask a question, start a discussion or get recommendations simply tag your tweet with #ianswr or #answr. Most questions are picked up automatically thru the scouting of common question phrases. Post from Twitdom - Ianswr Tags: ianswr, Q&A, Web

Chirpify

Anuj Seth

16 Feb 2012 | 6:21 am

Chripify (formerly Sell Simply) enables commerce on Twitter. Chirpify transforms Twitter into a marketplace, where businesses and consumers can buy, sell and transact all with one Tweet. Traditionally brands and consumers use Twitter as a broadcast platform, trying to lure customers away to their storefront to purchase. Chirpify enables you to push commerce into the Twitter stream, allowing any person to purchase right from a Tweet simply by replying with the word â€œbuyâ€. ScreenshotsClick image to see a larger version of the screenshot. Post from Twitdom - Chirpify Tags: buy and sell,…

TweepMeUp

Anuj Seth

16 Feb 2012 | 5:14 am

TweepMeUp is a mashup that lists 3 categories of tweets from Twitter: Twitter Tips, Twitter News, and Twitter Tools. The list auto refreshes every 2 minutes. Unfortunately, I did not see any tweets from @TwitdomUpdates in the ‘Twitter Tools’ list. Post from Twitdom - TweepMeUp Tags: Apps, Mashup, News, Tips, TweepMeUp

Twiix

Anuj Seth

15 Feb 2012 | 5:14 pm

Twiix is a Twitter application that allows you to post your messages by topic. Just login using your Twitter credentials and start twiixin’! Post from Twitdom - Twiix Tags: client, Twiix, Web

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Twitter to be baked into OS X Mountain Lion

Stuart Miles

16 Feb 2012 | 7:32 am

Vimeo not YouTube gets instant share option in Mountain Lion

Stuart Miles

16 Feb 2012 | 7:31 am

No to Google for the moment Apple has introduced a new share feature in OS X Mountain Lion that will allow users to share files and information much more quickly, thanks to something called Share Sheets. The new feature, demoed in the latest operating system developer preview that launches on 16 February, will let users share directly from an app as well as photos, videos, links and documents. Rather than just letting you share via email, Messages, or AirDrop, however, Apple has turned to three third-party services to give the new feature in Mountain Lion some real meat. That means "baked in"…

APP OF THE DAY: Tweetbot review (iPad)

Stuart Miles

10 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm

Should a Twitter app cost? How much of a Twitter fan are you, no really, because if the answer is enough to want to pay ?1.99 for an iPad app then you probably want to sit up and pay attention. If however you are still reeling in shock over the mere thought of paying ?1.99, then it's fair to say that this app probably isn't going to be for you and you should probably just stick to the perfectly able, and useful, official Twitter app for the iPad. That out of the way, let us tell you what the hell Tweetbot is, and why you should consider it for the iPad and your Tweeting obsession. Tweetbot…

Brandwatch buzzing for Super Bowl XLVI Twitter hype

Paul Lamkin

3 Feb 2012 | 7:01 am

You got worms Want to know how well brands are performing with their Super Bowl advertising campaigns? Probably not; that sounds a bit dull after all. But how's about seeing how well brands are performing by seeing little cartoon worms (complete with gridiron helmets) popping out of their holes? We know - awesome, right? And that's exactly what social media monitoring company Brandwatch is offering for Super Bowl XLVI with its live data visualisation of the Twitter buzz surrounding the big match's advertisers. Each worm on the constantly updating website represents a different brand and,…

Twitter country censorship tweets up a fuss

Paul Lamkin

27 Jan 2012 | 8:43 am

Not a happy Twitterverse Twitter's wings have received a bit of a clipping with the first signs of mass regional censorship being hinted at by the micro-blogging platform. In a blog post entitled "Tweets still must flow" the company has announced that it now has the ability to remove tweets on a country by country basis; rather than a blanket removal as was in place before. "As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression," it stated. "Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist…

Hugh Briss - Social Media Speaks to Me

Not a Fan of the New Timeline? Then Just Change It Back

Hugh Briss

15 Feb 2012 | 11:04 am

TweetPersonally, I mostly like the new Timeline and have been using it since September when it was possible for developers to get early access, but it seems that the majority of you aren’t thrilled with the new layout and I see people asking what they can do to keep the old one, a lot. There is one crazy option I’ve seen posted, suggesting that if you use an old version of Internet Explorer you’ll still see the old layout but who wants to use Internet Explorer, especially an old version? Since Facebook isn’t giving us the option to choose which layout we use —…

Facebook Fan Pages Shift Left; Ticker Added to Chat Sidebar

Hugh Briss

4 Feb 2012 | 10:07 am

TweetTwo days ago I noticed that Facebook fan pages had suddenly shifted to the left and were no longer centered. On large monitors that resulted in a lot of blank space on the right side. I remember back in the 90s most web pages were left aligned but nowadays all pages are centered, so unless Facebook was on some sort of weird nostalgia trip, I assumed they were preparing for something. This morning I figured out what. Facebook has added the Ticker to the Chat sidebar when viewing Pages so now you can keep up with what your friends are doing even when you’re not viewing your Newsfeed…

Why do People Get Sucked in by Phishing Scams? They Donâ€™t Think

Hugh Briss

15 Jan 2012 | 10:04 am

TweetI bet I post a new phishing scam warning at least once a week on Facebook, — along with lots of other people — and yet, thousands of suckers (sorry for being blunt) continue to fall for them every time. Sometimes the offer is so ridiculous it baffles me why anyone would fall for it, but they do, over and over and over. This morning I got an email from “Facebook Surveys” and the subject was, “Vote now for your opinion of Facebook features”. I have included a screen shot of the email below and as you can see, they used Facebook’s logo and style to…

Does Facebook Encourage Over Sharing?

Hugh Briss

13 Jan 2012 | 8:03 am

TweetSharing on Facebook is getting out of hand. People joke about not using Twitter because they don’t care what their friends had for breakfast or when they cleaned the cat’s litter box and yet Facebook is adding updates in our newsfeed from apps that let us know what our friends are listening to, watching, and doing as they’re doing it. I really, really don’t care what you’re listening to or watching right now. Seriously, I don’t. But this morning I noticed Disqus comments in my newsfeed. Really? Why would I want my friends’ blog comments in my…

Make Bath Time Social with the Facebook Social Shower Curtain

Hugh Briss

6 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am

TweetI’ve never really thought of my bathroom as a particularly social place and prefer to do most things in there alone, but hey, if you’re a huge Facebook fan and don’t mind showering with friends, this Facebook Social Shower Curtain is just what you need. You can preorder your Social Shower Curtain, here, at the Spinning Hat.

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This Week on the mediabistro.com Job Board: Virgin Atlantic, Purple Strategies, PMC

Nadine Cheung

17 Feb 2012 | 8:45 am

This week, Virgina Atlantic is hiring a corporate communications program manager, while Purple Strategies is on the hunt for a social media campaign manager. PMC is looking for an SEO specialist, and PlayMesh is seeking a backend game developer. Get all the details on these openings below, and find additional just-posted gigs on mediabistro.com. Corporate Communications Program Manager Virgin Atlantic (Norwalk, CT) Social Media Campaign Manager Purple Strategies (Alexandria, VA) SEO Specialist PMC (Inglewood, CA) Backend Game Developer PlayMesh (Cupertino, CA) iOS Developer Social Point…

Twitterâ€™s Self-Serve Ads Now Availableâ€¦ If You Use American Express

Lauren Dugan

17 Feb 2012 | 6:30 am

Twitter is now offering thousands of advertisers the chance to get in on their exclusive self-serve ad program – as long as these advertisers are card-holding Am-Ex patrons. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Everyone Now Has Access To The New Twitter.com

Lauren Dugan

17 Feb 2012 | 4:15 am

Have you been to Twitter.com lately? If you have, you’ll have noticed a completely new look awaits you. Twitter launched a new interface back in December, but just this week unrolled it to all users. Here’s how to navigate the new Twitter.com. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Oh, The #Linsanity! How Big Is NBA Star Jeremy Lin On Twitter And Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shea Bennett

17 Feb 2012 | 2:00 am

Jeremy Lin is a basketball sensation. Bigger than that, heâ€™s a media sensation, and the buzz around the New York Knicks point guard is so huge that the impact on his official Twitter and Facebook profiles has been both instantaneous and enormous. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

The History Of Social Media (1978-2012) [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shea Bennett

17 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am

Social media? Thatâ€™s all Twitter and Facebook, right? And didnâ€™t it start in the last few years? Not so. Despite appearances, the history of social media traces back as far as the late 1970s, when computer hobbyists Ward Christensen and Randy Suess invented the bulletin board system (BBS). The launch of the Mosaic web browser in 1993 gave birth to the world wide web, and from here we never looked back. From Geocities and Blogger in the late 90s, through to Friendster and MySpace in at the turn of the millennium, the path to present day social stalwarts Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and the…

Twitter Fools

Coming Soon: Twitter Advertising for Small Businesses

TwitterFools

17 Feb 2012 | 12:40 pm

Successful small business owners intuitively know how to build meaningful relationships with their customers. They were the first to use Twitter to talk with consumers in real time, and their creativity demonstrated Twitterâ€™s potential as a marketing platform. Today, some of the most effective marketing campaigns we see come from small, local, or Internet-only businessesâ€”like [...] .:: For the rest of the article content, click through to TwitterFools.com ::.

Prevention Before Cure: Preparing and Keeping Your Website in Order

TwitterFools

17 Feb 2012 | 7:09 am

In competitive marketplaces the web, related social media and even mobile channels can be unforgiving. The window of opportunity to entice and maintain interest is limited if the quite straightforward approaches aren’t adopted. Fail here, and the task of ‘turning the frown upside down’ could become an impossible mission. Source: Alltop RSS .:: For the rest of the article content, click through to TwitterFools.com ::.

GPP SIM Tool Unlocks AT&T/KDDI/Softbank iPhone 4S Handsets

TwitterFools

16 Feb 2012 | 11:09 pm

Apple iPhones are now almost ubiquitous on all major carriers worldwide but some consumers still prefer to buy locked iPhones for several reasons, and most of them choose the AT&T version. According to reports, the GPP SIM tool safely and successfully unlocks AT&T-locked iPhone 4S handsets, including KDDI and Softbank versions in Japan. Like Gevey [...] .:: For the rest of the article content, click through to TwitterFools.com ::.

7 Font foundries & type designers that will blow your mind

TwitterFools

16 Feb 2012 | 3:09 pm

The art of type design is for a special breed of designer. The insane attention to detail required to create typefaces is enough to drive the average person mad, as… Source: Alltop RSS .:: For the rest of the article content, click through to TwitterFools.com ::.

Have You Been Watching Kickstarter Lately? You Should

TwitterFools

16 Feb 2012 | 7:09 am

Kickstarter is basically a crowd funding website where people with ideas for new products or projects can ask for funds, and other people who are interested in such projects can pledge any amount they want, usually gaining some perks out of it. Original Post: Have You Been Watching Kickstarter Lately? You Should Source: Alltop RSS .:: For the rest of the article content, click through to TwitterFools.com ::.

Magnitude Media

WMUR 9 Tech Talk Transcript from Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Leslie

15 Feb 2012 | 7:27 am

Here are the questions I answered this morning (read from bottom up). Tune in next week (and every Wednesday in February) to ask me your questions! Thanks to everyone for joining us today and thanks to Leslie Poston for answering all the questions! You can read more about Leslie on the right side of this page and see where you can find her on the web. by Kevin Clay/WMUR Staff 7:59 AM I would recommend a crossover campaign for your church. So many churchgoers are active online it would be a shame to miss them (heck, many preachers are tweeting their sermons now), but church reaches an…

The Rise of Mobile in Retail

Leslie

11 Feb 2012 | 3:02 pm

Mobile apps can be the door to happy customers and more retail sales, but they can also have drawbacks if not researched well and done correctly. Altimeter released a great report on where Mobile Retail stands right now, and reviews a few of the missteps as well as the inroads companies have made trying out mobile in retail. Some successes include Starbucks, a mobile pay and use-tracking solution I personally use often because it works so well (though I don’t tend to use their mobile play app to animate their cups – it suffers from accuracy and lag issues). I also liked the notes…

WMUR 9 Tech Talk Transcript from Wednesday February 8, 2012

Leslie

8 Feb 2012 | 7:06 am

Here are the questions I answered this morning (read from bottom up). Tune in next week (and every Wednesday in February) to ask me your questions! OK everyone thanks for all the questions, and thanks to Leslie Poston for answering them! byÂ Kevin Clay/WMUR StaffÂ 7:53 AM There is no certain way of knowing how much info sites like Facebook have about you. There are many lawsuits in effect right now all over the world where people are trying to force Facebook, in particular, to disclose that information.A safe assumption is that any info you type in (e.g. voluntarily give out) has been…

Early Riser With A Social Tech Question?

Leslie

7 Feb 2012 | 3:57 pm

If that’s you, I’ll be on WMUR’s online Tech Talk as their “Ask an Expert” every Wednesday morning from 7AM – 8AM Eastern this month doing my best to help you out of your social tech jams. Note: my answers will feed out to my Magnitude Media business Twitter (not to @Leslie – that account is noisy enough already!). Questions I will answer: social media, marketing and general business tips and questions about social media and emerging media issues and tools. Wondering what the heck Pinterest is or have questions about Google Plus? Want to know about…

Metrics Snapshot Tool

Leslie

16 Jan 2012 | 11:33 am

Considering I’m writing Social Media Metrics for Dummies, I don’t talk about metrics often on this blog. Mainly that’s because I’m too busy helping clients figure metrics out in real life. I did want to take a minute to mention the Social Metrics plug in for you. It’s not a tool for deep metrics analysis but it is a great tool for quick content analysis – seeing what’s working for you as a social network, as well as what’s emerging as sharable topics on your blog. For example, you can see that Digg, as a whole, is not a social network where we…

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How to handle negative comments on social media

Aaron

15 Feb 2012 | 10:01 am

I remember going through a meeting with a client and remembering that they didnâ€™t want to be on social networking sites because they didnâ€™t want to getÂ negative comments or feedbacks. The thing is, whether or not your company is using social media, someone is talking about your brand on social networking sites likeÂ YelpÂ to review their experience with your brand. In case youâ€™re wondering whether or not your brand should respond to this feedback, allow me to shed some light on these interesting facts. Firstly, according to a study done byÂ The Retail Consumer ReportÂ last year,Â 68%…

Creative way to automate your twitter account for success

Aaron

24 Jan 2012 | 10:05 am

Remember the unspoken rule which says that you â€œshouldnâ€™t automate your Twitter accountâ€? Weâ€™ve all read that one before, but today Iâ€™d like to prove to you that you can actually automate your Twitter account…. with a little bit of creativity. For some reason my attention is always drawn towards how airlines are using social media. Maybe itâ€™s because I spend countless hours searching for affordable fares and promotions to satisfy my hunger to travel. I love to check out the numerous airlines available and this mightâ€™ve indirectly led me to cover numerous articles on how…

7 tips to humanize your brand on Facebook

Aaron

11 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am

Facebook is a personal social network, itâ€™s where friends and family stay in touch, connect, update each other, etc. It was never made for business (until not long ago). However many marketers and brands treat it as another advertising medium to promote their product. Ssssstoopp it.. After starting a new brand on Facebook for my business, and learning from other brands, I thought I should share some methods that Iâ€™ve found to be effective in getting people to notice your brand. Let us start with one of the most controversial:1.Â Put a face on Facebook. Not all brands want to put their…

5 Social media trends that will lead 2012.

Aaron

3 Jan 2012 | 8:36 am

Oh no, not another 2012 social media trends prediction post. This is different because I have time travelled back from the future to warn you about what is going to happen this year. Hopefully, telling you this wonâ€™t change the future and causing â€˜ the butterfly effectâ€™ to happen. It was scary enough to see Ashton Kutcher â€œalmostâ€ giving a guy a….. you know what! So whatâ€™s big this year? Almost the same as last year, actually. However weâ€™ll see a few areas which will be more concentrated than others. 1. Mobile/tablets Iâ€™m putting my eggs into this. I predict that we will…

Failure is not doing

Aaron

31 Dec 2011 | 6:08 pm

Its 2012 friends! Will 2012 be the end of the world? I doubt so, then again I could be wrong . Its great to start a new year fresh! I donâ€™t have a new years revolution set but I do have goals that I want to achieve in 2012. I was able to achieve some last year and Iâ€™m making 2012 my â€œredemption yearâ€. What about you? Whatever youâ€™ve decided or plan to achieve, Iâ€™m going to say something which may sound cliche…… just do it, better yet do it TODAY.Â In my honest opinion, there is no perfect time to â€œstartâ€ except NOW. Now will be always be the right time to do what…

Terametric Blog

The Science Behind Inbox Influencer

cselland

2 Feb 2012 | 9:45 am

As our base of Inbox Influencer users continue to grow, we are getting many questions regarding how we drive relevance – and make suggestions based on not just how generally ‘influential’ someone is, but also what they communicate about and to whom. Toward that end, we thought we’d share this post from our own Tim Hastings – Reputation (trust) vs. User Interest (ego) (TagWalk blog) who talks about the concept of deriving relevance from social media. “When trying to find interesting people online, it is useful to be able to differentiate between somebody who…

Is Social Marketing Replacing Content Marketing â€“ or Enhancing It?

cselland

30 Jan 2012 | 9:15 am

Interesting post by David Strom on ReadWriteWeb this past weekend – Blogging Declines Across the Inc. 500. As stated in the UMass Dartmouth study behind the headline: Fifty percent of the 2010 Inc. 500 had a corporate blog, up from 45% in 2009 and 39% in 2008. In this new 2011 study, the use of blogging dropped to 37%. Yet despite the drop in blogging, other Social channels are picking up the slack. This was the first year that executives were asked if their company plans to increase their investment in social media. While 25% said they would keep their social media budget the same, the…

Whatâ€™s â€˜Bestâ€™ is What Works

cselland

25 Jan 2012 | 11:38 am

I jumped into a discussion today on Focus.com where a community member asked the question “What’s the best time to post to social networks?” My answer, which built off fellow Focus Expert Andrew Baker’s, is that the ‘best’ time is when your audience is attentive and available – and when you have the right content. And those times depend – so it’s very difficult (and I’d argue impossible – or at least overly simplistic) to say something like ‘11:00 AM”. Which in turn got me thinking about the related and much-debated…

Inbound Marketing Ecosystem

cselland

23 Jan 2012 | 8:04 am

Thinking about Inbound Marketing and looking for a quick snapshot of why it’s important and how it works? This infographic from Volinsky Consulting does a great job of summing it up. Created by @svolinsky of Volinsky Consulting H/T to Barry Ritholtz for the link.

What do CMOs need to focus on in 2012?

cselland

18 Jan 2012 | 7:44 am

IÂ love this post from Mark Hughes of C3 Metrics as published on Business Insider.Â 5 Things Chief Marketing Officers Need To Do To Stay On Top Of Their Game Here’s the list – click through to read the rest: Five ways for CMOs to lengthen that 18 months to 36 and much longer. Stop Worrying About Your Tenure: Part of the problem is that CMOs play defense. They spend a lot of time worrying about the chain of command, who reports to who and when the next board meeting is. They play too little offense because theyâ€™re afraid theyâ€™re going to ruffle some feathers, and then the next…

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UK government pledges further solar subsidy cuts

Matthew Finnegan

9 Feb 2012 | 10:26 am

The British government has threatened to derail the solar industry with big cuts to subsidies, it has been claimed, despite saying new plans are an “improvement”. Solar subsidies are being reduced to around half the level of before a government consultation was launched last year, with a drop to 21p/kWh as of April this year. In July, these could further drop to 13.6p/kWh, while the government stated its aim to change subsidies regularly in accordance with market pressure as part of new plans. It is hoped that this will remove the need for emergency reviews, which have seen…

Foxconn hacked by SwaggSec

Edward Berridge

9 Feb 2012 | 5:06 am

Hacking group Swagg Security said that it had broken into Foxconn's network and found usernames and passwords for vendors that could be used to place fraudulent orders for companies like Apple and Microsoft. Swagg Security said that it was "considerably disappointed" with the inhuman working conditions at Foxconn, although that did not appear to be the main reason for the hack. It said that it was a hacktivist group but was a Greyhat organisation. SwaggSec alleged that it had bypassed Foxconn's firewall "almost flawlessly." They dumped "most of everything of significance," including…

RIM decides it needs super heroes

Nick Farrell

1 Feb 2012 | 5:19 am

The Justice League of Canada, which includes such super heroes as Seal Clubbing Man, Camomile Woman, Hibernation Man and Maple Syrup Boy, has received a call from RIM asking it to send a hero to sort out its problems. Earlier this week we reported the new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins said that he had a cunning plan, but he did not say what it was. It turns out that he had been on the blower for a whole host of super heroes dedicated to helping save the outfit's bottom line from the evil Apple cult. We guess he was hoping for someone who could leap over tall buildings in a single bound, but since…

Parliament grills Google on privacy

Matthew Finnegan

31 Jan 2012 | 6:45 am

SOPA is alive and well in Ireland

Nick Farrell

24 Jan 2012 | 4:12 am

While the EU is saying that SOPA was a bad law that no one needed it seems that Ireland did not get the memo. According to legal experts in the Emerald Isle the government there is about to bring in a SOPA style law which is even vaguer and open-ended. The law in Ireland will allow music companies to order internet service providers to block access to websites. The Minister of State at the department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, claimed that the law is completely different to SOPA in America. It is just addressing the High Court judgment handed down by Mr Justice…

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Tweetbot 2.0 Launches

Shaun Morton

8 Feb 2012 | 7:54 pm

Its free to upgrade for current users. If you don’t already have it, get it. Its well worth the 2.99. Read more about the new features at the Tapbots blog.

Twitterâ€™s Response to The Internetâ€™s Response

Shaun Morton

27 Jan 2012 | 8:50 pm

Twitter has updated yesterday's post in order to clarify their new policy on filtering tweets

Twitter is Nearing 500 Million Accounts

Shaun Morton

16 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm

Twitter Will Reach 500 Million Members on February 25 The Wall has reportedÂ that Twitter is fast approaching its 500 millionth account. According to a study by third party Twitter app Twopcharts,...

Swabr

Shaun Morton

15 Jan 2012 | 5:54 pm

Swabr, a new Enterprise Microblogging Company from Germany has launched its beta service: swabrÂ is a free, easy & intuitive enterprise microblogging service for companies and organizations....

Jive Gains 25% on First Day of Trading

Shaun Morton

13 Dec 2011 | 6:10 pm

Jive Software made its debut today on NASDAQ, gaining 25% on its first day: The shares climbed to $15.05 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, a day after theÂ Palo Alto, California-based company priced its...

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17 Feb 2012 | 7:40 am

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13 Feb 2012 | 12:50 pm

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Twitter Etiquette: win friends and influence

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13 Feb 2012 | 12:12 pm

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9 Feb 2012 | 1:09 pm

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Expert Twitter Training Course for Business

Wendy Kier

5 Feb 2012 | 10:34 am

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Twitter Competitions

Wendy Kier

3 Feb 2012 | 12:22 am

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29 Jan 2012 | 6:29 am

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Sally Johnson| City Local | Twitter

Wendy Kier

28 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am

SallyÂ JohnsonÂ |Â City Local Â Wendy was a speaker at our HFP (Havant Fareham Portsmouth) Business Contacts Club and did a great job. The format was a “Question and Answer” session about using Twitter for Business and Wendy shared lots of tips and ideas with the group. There were over 25 people in the room [...]

Elaine Foster-Gandey | Twitter

Wendy Kier

28 Jan 2012 | 9:51 am

Â Elaine Foster-Gandey | Designer Sales Ltd Â ‘wendy has looked after our twitter account at Designer Sales UK for almost a year and we have been really pleased with the results and would happily recommend her’ Â Related Posts: No Related Posts

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Danilo Gentili Twitter

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15 Feb 2012 | 11:26 pm

Danilo Gentili Twitter Most recent Tweets by Danilo Gentili on Login Twitter.com Follow @DaniloGentili Acabaram de disponibilizar no site a Mesa Vermelha de ontem: http://t.co/oOqqv5D4 (about 3 hours ago) Toma pra vocÃªs http://t.co/tjAjzA4x - Espalhem, por favor. (about 4 hours ago) RT @tocontigo: @DaniloGentili: ''Sinto falta do CQC, mas Ã© um ciclo que fechou da melhor maneira possÃvel'' http://t.co/xhQBbrWE (about 1 day ago) Lindemberg no sobrenome = rico / Linderberg no nome = pobre (about 1 day ago) Uhuuuuu! RT @MonsterJuiceGS: Saiu novo update de 'O Mundo vs @DaniloGentili', com…

Lenny Kravitz Twitter

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15 Feb 2012 | 11:24 pm

Lenny Kravitz Twitter Most recent Tweets by Lenny Kravitz on Login Twitter.com Follow @LennyKravitz I came came back back to Cali Cali! Love Lenny http://t.co/ZvH4X2y8 (about 13 hours ago) I left my heart in San Francisc... oh! Oakland!! Love, Lenny http://t.co/H6b3bbFI (about 2 days ago) Happy Valentines Day. Love, Lenny http://t.co/G2R4GLXN (about 2 days ago) In case the previous link didn't work. Here's Lenny's tribute to Whitney Houston again. -TeamLK http://t.co/1TwkRImL (about 2 days ago) Here's "Push" from tonight's concert. Dedicated in loving memory of my friend Whitney…

Dwight Howard Twitter

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15 Feb 2012 | 11:23 pm

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Wayne Rooney Twitter

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15 Feb 2012 | 11:21 pm

Wayne Rooney Twitter Most recent Tweets by Wayne Rooney on Login Twitter.com Follow @WayneRooney Its confirmed...football gone mad. How can Lee Clark be sacked as manager of Huddersfield. 3 defeats in 55 league games!! (about 2 days ago) Just to confirm to everyone i have now named my horse switcharooney. (about 2 days ago) My aim is to win more trophies and become all time leading scorer at man utd. Would be amazing. 81 more. (about 4 days ago) Just seen im 6th on all time goal scoring records at man utd. Not sure if its true but if it is i am very proud. Will u all let me know pls (about 4…

Beyonce Twitter

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15 Feb 2012 | 11:20 pm

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Badgeville Uses Klout to Enhance Brand Loyalty

Kameron Kitajima

16 Feb 2012 | 1:15 pm

Tweet At Klout, we want to empower every user by unlocking their influence. With that goal in mind, weâ€™re excited to announce a partnership with Badgeville that will help brands identify and reward top advocates in their communities! Badgeville is a social loyalty and gamification platform. Badgeville provides a sophisticated level of reputation analysis based on behaviors performed on a brand’s web and mobile sites. Brands can leverage Badgeville to increase conversions, retention, and other business objectives using social media and social gaming techniques. Klout integration with…

Simply Measured Leverages Klout to Offer In-Depth Influencer Analytics for Brands

Lan Nguyen

15 Feb 2012 | 11:00 am

Tweet Weâ€™re excited to announce that our friends at Simply Measured are launching a sweet Klout integration today! Simply Measured is a social media analytics tool that offers comprehensive Excel-to-web data and beautiful reporting options. Simply Measured aggregates data from all your social media channels so you can save time and make sense of it all quickly. By leveraging Klout data, Simply Measured offers four new reports that provide insights about your audience and your own brand engagement. Who are the influencers driving the conversation around your brand? What do they care about?

Klout Has Crowned the First Ever T-Mobile Social King

Ashley Jacober

14 Feb 2012 | 11:00 am

Tweet We would like to congratulate Jory Caron for being crowned the T-Mobile Social King of CES. Jory influenced his way to the top with a total of 395 +K for the topic CES2012. This not only earns him the crown, but social bragging rights and a fantastic T-Mobile 4G Prize Pack, including a Samsung Galaxy S II with a year of service, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and a T-Mobile 4G Mobile HotSpot.* Since Jory accomplished such an awesome achievement, we asked him a couple questions. What special influential powers did it take to be crowned the T-Mobile Social King? Did your YouTube help at all?

Klout Acquires Blockboard to take Influence Local & Mobile!

Joe Fernandez

7 Feb 2012 | 11:56 am

Tweet Weâ€™re only a few weeks into 2012 and already have more great news. Klout has acquired Blockboard! This is Kloutâ€™s first acquisition, and itâ€™s a very important one for us. To keep driving toward our mission of unlocking every userâ€™s influence, we need to make Klout useful and accessible wherever they are â€“ whether theyâ€™re at home or on the go. Blockboard has built an amazing local-mobile app that connects neighbors to build stronger communities through technology. You may have seen it featured in Techcrunch or AllThingsD. This simple, well-designed tool gives people a way to…

Klout Star: Beth Kanter

Kameron Kitajima

6 Feb 2012 | 11:00 am

Tweet Our Klout Stars series highlights top influencers and how they got to where they are today. About: Beth Kanter has worked in the nonprofit sector for 32 years and has been a Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation since 2009. She has worked with nonprofit networks and has trained thousands of nonprofit organizations in all areas around the world on using technology for socially-driven impact. Beth is the author of Beth’s Blog and co-author of the book, The Networked Nonprofit, She is also getting ready to publish her second book, “Measuring the Networked…

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Social Networking Minute: Setting Up Your Email Marketing Lists

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17 Feb 2012 | 8:51 am

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WordPress, KeywordLuv and Dofollow

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16 Feb 2012 | 6:36 am

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5 â€œHiddenâ€ Features of LinkedIn Guest Post

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15 Feb 2012 | 9:15 am

Most professionals take advantage of LinkedIn, creating a profile to make connections and find references for new opportunities.Â However, the popular professional networking site has a variety of features that most users are not aware of. The following are â€œhiddenâ€ tips and tricks that can help users get more out of their LinkedIn experience: Applications [...]