Archive for May 2009
TWTRCON: Putting it all into practice
This post is from SmartBrief on Social Media contributing editor Ambreen Ali, who is at TWTRCON, the first conference entirely focused on Twitter as a business platform. TWTRCON panelists covered a lot of ground, providing some great insight into how businesses can take advantage of Twitter. Here are a few highlights: Know your strategy Comcast’s [...]
Live at TWTRCON: Tips and a touch of controversy
This post is from SmartBrief on Social Media contributing editor Ambreen Ali, who is at TWTRCON, the first conference entirely focused on Twitter as a business platform. There’s been a buzz of activity (and controversy!) at TWTRCON in San Francisco today. First, the controversy: The audience grilled Alltop’s Guy Kawasaki after he admitted to using [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
Happy Friday SmartBrief on Social Media readers! Today’s bonus tracks are three great articles that we didn’t want you to miss. Don’t skip the first article about “ObamaNet,” the media network assembled around Barack Obama. Check out how things went full force with his most recent Supreme Court nomination this week. “ObamaNet” steps up with [...]
This week’s most clicked
The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media this past week: Mutiny brews in Starbucks’ Twitter contest 3 social-media mistakes to avoid Amazon pranksters make T-shirt a howling success Are Twitter URLs the new corporate Web site? How to write Twitter-ready titles Photo credit, iStock
Join the conversation about your business
Today’s guest post is from Luther Lowe, manager of local business outreach at Yelp, where he answers business owners’ questions about how the site works, as well as how they can leverage social media more effectively to grow their business. Yelp for Business Owners is a free tool available for business owners in the U.S., [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
Don’t skip today’s bonus tracks this which focus on social networking sites. With Facebook making headlines lately for their $200 million Russian bailout, the first article takes a close look at the battle of social networks. Check it out to see who is up these days and who is down. The ups and downs of [...]
Why we tweet
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues. Paul Chaney, Internet marketing director for Bizzuka and member of the SmartBrief on Social Media Advisory Board, creates the questions and analyzes the results. We run the poll question each Wednesday in [...]
The costs of failing in social media
This guest post was contributed by Christian Georgeou of Search Engine Watch, producers of the Search Engine Strategies San Jose Conference & Expo. In “Most Corporate Social Media Efforts Will Fail” Liana Evans made note of important finds from a recent Gartner study. The lure of social media is quickly catching the attention of corporate [...]
