Archive for the ‘Social Networks’ Category
7 plug-ins that turn Google+ up to 11
Social networks have always had an uneasy relationship with customization. The earliest social networks gave you few customization options, if any. Then Myspace taught us all that unlimited profile customization can be a scary, animated-GIF-filled nightmare. Facebook gives you the options it wants you to have. And Twitter’s first-party user experience has been thoroughly surpassed [...]
Q-and-A: Using social media to make connections in your career
Donna Farrugia is executive director of The Creative Group, a specialized staffing firm that places a comprehensive range of design and marketing professionals with organizations. She has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, business development and management. I interviewed Farrugia on the trend of using social-networking websites for business and how executives can [...]
Discovery’s Gayle Weiswasser shares social-strategy secrets
Earlier this month BlogWell, presented by SocialMedia.org, stopped in Washington, D.C., where SmartBrief’s Jesse Stanchak had the opportunity to speak with Gayle Weiswasser, vice president of social media communications at Discovery Communications. (Full disclosure: SocialMedia.org CEO Andy Sernovitz regularly contributes to this blog and serves as the editor at large for SmartBrief on Social Media.) [...]
LinkedIn’s Mario Sundar on getting the most out of your network
Mario Sundar is LinkedIn’s first social media expert. Having been with the company since 2007, you could argue that no one is more knowledgeable than Sundar about LinkedIn, and the ways that it can be used by busy professionals. I recently asked Sundar a few questions in hopes of gleaning some of his knowledge. An [...]
Live from #SXSW: Do we need a social media bill of rights?
This coverage of SxSW is brought to you by Buddy Media, power tools for Facebook. Eight of the world’s top 10 brands build their businesses on Facebook with Buddy Media tools. What’s your plan? Download White Paper. Social network terms of service are usually presented to users as non-negotiable. “These are these the rules you [...]
Live from #IFA: “Social media is not a trend”
“Social media is not a trend — it’s the way your customers are communicating,” said Ford Saeks, president and CEO of Prime Concepts Group, to IFA 2011 Annual Convention attendees at his standing-room-only presentation “IFA Technology Summit: Social Media — Ignore it at Your Own Peril.” “Even if you haven’t embraced social media yet, your [...]
Live from Social Media Week: What’s next for Foursquare?
Foursquare has grown from a network of 300,000 users supported by four employees in February 2010 to 6.5 million users supported by 50 employees today, said CEO Dennis Crowley during a session at Social Media Week. That’s tremendous growth, even if most people have never tried checking in to a location-based social network and many [...]
Lena West’s 12-point social-media road map
This post is by Brooke Howell, SmartBrief’s small-business editor. Women business owners need a different strategy for handling social media because they don’t have time to sit around on Facebook and Twitter all day long, says Lena West, CEO and chief strategist of xynoMedia. They also can’t just ignore social media or decide not to [...]
