Posts Tagged ‘social network’
This week’s most clicked
Tips for creating content your readers can’t stop talking about; one word to avoid if you want to get clicks; and Microsoft throws its hat into the social-network ring. It’s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media: Bank of America falls prey to Google+ “brandjacking” Klout faces criticism for harvesting [...]
More people using Facebook for health info before face time with a physician
Using Wikipedia as a source for an academic paper will still get most people into hot water, yet a growing number of people are turning to even more dubious sites to verify facts for information about their health. A survey of nearly 23,000 Americans, released last month by the National Research Corporation, says that 20% [...]
How do you tailor your content to the social platform you’re using?
A few years back, there was a vogue for cookbooks that taught parents of children with picky palates how to disguise healthful vegetables within dishes that the little ones will actually eat — zucchini in muffins, carrots in the mac and cheese, that kind of thing. These ideas seemed novel in the kitchen, but they’re [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
Start off the week on the right foot with some extra bonus links that our SmartBrief on Social Media newsletter editors want to share with you. Don’t skip the third link that focuses on the effect social networks are having on blogs. Easton Ellsworth of the Blog Herald asks an interesting question: “Are your social [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
Our SmartBrief on Social Media editors wanted to help you make the most of your Friday. Check out these bonus links that we didn’t want you to miss. Make sure to check out the second link about commenting on blogs. There’s nothing better then seeing that someone wanted to share their opinion on something that [...]
Andy’s Answers: How Dell turned around negative word of mouth
In the updated edition of my book, “Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking,” I talk about how Dell is a great example of a company that turned around a lot of negative word of mouth by jumping in the conversation. Because Dell was one of the first to get called out [...]
FriendFeed – a primer
FriendFeed is an online service that allows users to share photos, music, news, videos, and Web sites with their social network. While users can manually post on FriendFeed, a unique component of the service is that it aggregates activity from sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Pandora, Photobucket, Tumblr, and Twitter and alerts friends of that [...]
