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SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues.
This week, we asked: Would you use a two-step authentication process to secure your social media accounts if such a service were available?
- Yes: 75.80%
- Not sure: 14.65%
- No: 9.55%
Recent security breaches at Twitter have certainly gotten SmartBrief on Social Media readers’ attention.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues.
This week, we asked: Are you concerned about your social media accounts being compromised by hackers?
- Yes: 63.30%
- No: 36.70%
Recent hackings of Burger King’s and Jeep’s Twitter accounts are unfortunate, but they may yet have an upside.[…] Continue Reading »
So, a man walks into a Denny’s in Madison, Wis., in search of a meal. Does he take a table, dine and pay in the regular fashion? No, this guy goes in and tells the staff he’s the new general manager and proceeds to the kitchen to make himself dinner.
I read this story last week and waited for the punch line, which NPR conveniently provided in the form of one of the more creative police reports to make the media in some time.[…] Continue Reading »
How customer engagement really works; how religion is spreading on social media; and how Facebook is threatening Yahoo!’s business.
It’s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media:
In the fall, we told you about Tennessee and other states that enacted laws allowing patrons with permits to bring handguns into bars, provided they don’t drink. There’s follow-up from Virginia showing that gun crimes at bars and restaurants declined in the year after a concealed-carry law took effect. The Richmond Times-Dispatch analyzed statistics since the law changed and found that gun crimes at businesses that serve alcohol dropped 5.2%. The data also revealed that few gun crimes that were committed involved people who were lawfully carrying weapons.[…] Continue Reading »
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