Facebook finally rolled out the redesigned newsfeed to all this past month. The redesign as announced in March of last year and refined it over the year till a much user friendly feed was released. You may notice the feed looks more like the mobile apps on your tablet for phone! Just shortly after they […]
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Facebook Begins Auto-Play ads
This week Facebook confirmed they are going to start auto-playing ads. This always is a controversial topic. A lot of general public do not like auto-play, myself included. I think if you do them you have to do it right. By doing it right I would suggest; Don’t use Cell Data only do Wi-Fi Make […]
New Facebook Reply/Threaded Comments
Yesterday Facebook announced that they were rolling out replying and threaded comments on pages. They have been testing this for a while and now are starting to release it to the public. As of today only pages 10,000 and above have the option to turn it on. Facebook says it will automatically be turned on […]
GM Giving Up Facebook Ads
Today GM announced they were discontinuing Facebook Ads. This is not too big a deal to me, where as the press seems to make it seems that GM is leaving Facebook all together. VentureBeat is reporting that GM currently spends $40 million on on Facebook. One-fourth of this is ads the rest is content and […]
It’s a Big Headache…Excedrin
I currently have a headache, and it’s not one that Excedrin can solve. It is one that actually Excedrin created. If you are not familiar with the situation there was a mix up at the Excedrin plant and prescription pain killers were mixed in the nonprescription pain killer. This intern caused a voluntary recall of […]
ME0033 – Social Analytics – Facebook
Marketing Elements Episdoe 33 – Social Analytics – Facebook from Tim Goleman on Vimeo. This is the second part in my analytics posts. The first was an overview of what analytics there are in social. This specifically deals with reporting Facebook Insights. The spread sheet, as given by Chuck Hemann at the Social Media Conference […]
ME0032 – Facebook, Google Plus and Muppets
I am joined by by Eric Ungs and Reid Travis. Both from Cedar Rapids, IA, and members of the 380 Social podcast. The last time we spoke we had just seen the release of Google+ and now we have the full release and pages. We go over what we think of the service. Then, we […]
Google Plus Pages are HERE & Timeline
Well the long wait is over. Today Google announced Google Plus Pages. It took most of the day for me to get in and set it up, but I finally did it. Some of the problems I have seen are: Only one admin is available right now, so who ever creates the page will be […]
What will make Google+ Competition for Facebook
I Know what you are thinking, I hear you now. You say, βTim you have written about how Google+ missed their mark, started too soon, and is just ok.β Yes I did say all that, and more if you know me. BUT, and I say this will all caps, as marketers, we better get ready […]
Social Media Done Right – SouthWest
I saw this on Facebook last night, it is a post by Southwest Airlines. I love this because they really show the personality of the brand. It’s no the typical “The site will be down.” The part about infomercials actually made me laugh. It’s great to see a brand bringing humor in. If you look […]