There seems to be a lot of talk lately about what are metrics in social media and how to measure them. I have taken a crash course in analytics the last few months and have discovered some of the key metrics you should look at in judging success. The metrics for Facebook are: Likes – […]
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How Timeline will Affect Businesses
Last week F8 announced the new changes. The first was Timeline, if you watched the video above or the F8 conference you know the massive changes in the way profiles will be displayed. It will be more of a lifestream rather then the profiles we know. I eerily reminds me of Tumblr. The second are […]
ME0031 – Google Plus Facebook
Timothy Goleman is joined by Eric Ungs and Peter Brusa. Where they talk about the recent release of Google Plus. Eric was the only person on it at the time. Since then both Tim and Eric have gotten invite. Then we talk about the announcement from Facebook about the video integration with Skype. This is […]
ME0030 – Social & Mobile Search
Timothy Goleman talks about the Search. It’s not his strong suit but showcases his belief that all areas of marketing are intertwined. Its important to know how they interact. Bing announced this past month that they are using Facebook info, based on likes, to show you what interests your friends. He then takes it one […]
Is your Giveaway/contest Legal in social media?
I attended an event done by the Social Media Club in Atlanta. It was “The practice and pitfalls of running promotions and games of chance through social media.” It sounds like an in depth and jargon filled program, but it was in fact done in very easy to understand English. The presenters were Mark Staples, […]
Social Media WTF Day!
Today and in the last hour its been a WTF day. By that I mean we learn that Yahoo! is shutting down Delicious Book Mark site and Facebook released the new page layout to match the profiles. The first thing is that it was leaked that in an presentation that Delicious was in “sunset.” Meaning […]
Twitter Analytics – Its coming!
I work mainly with small businesses in my consulting. The one area I seem to have the most problems is finding information for reporting purposes. I know many of you out there use Radiant6, and other tools, but having a much-limited budget, I have to put together information where I can get it. Which can […]
Social Media Engagement – Participate
I was reading Mashable and one of my favorite people in social media today, Brian Solis, wrote 21 rules for social engagement. Which all are pretty good. I urge you to go look at them all. The one I’m going to focus on one rule in particular: 9. Become a true participant in each community […]
Facebook Make Voting Social
If you have logged into Facebook today, you have seen the, for a lack of better word, a vote widget. Its at the top of your stream and shows how many of your friends who voted today. Its taken the “I Voted” sticker and made it social. I like this because I think voting is […]
New Facebook Photo Features
Has anyone seen the new photos? I haven’t yet and am looking forward to it.