LinkedIn is by far the biggest professional social network and the second, after Facebook, in the total registered users in the social network world. 120 million register users as of August 2011 in about 200 countries and in 10 languages. What started as a place to connect those who are hiring with those who are […]
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IGNITION: Future of Media Conference
This two day conference is coming to New York City November 30th through December 1st, 2011. Exploring the future of media business, IGNITION brings together executives and key stakeholders to discuss what is happening in the here-and-now. We all understand that the definition of media has begun to expand to include games, local, social, and […]
Professional Spotlight: Robert Basso
On Tuesday, November 15th, a group of everyday entrepreneurs who have proven track records from building their own successes, came together to share how they had achieved those goals on their own terms. Some attendees included: Joe Corcoran, Founder of Joe Corcoran Productions Selena Cuffe, President of Heritage Link Brands Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder of Priceline.com […]
Google+ Pages Open the Doors for Brands and Businesses
This past June, immediately after Google launched it’s highly anticipated Google+ social network, internet savvy businesses like Ford, Dell and Mashable.com rushed to create pages for their brands. Only to have them removed a few days later. Google’s announcement soon followed: “In the meantime, we ask you not to create a business profile using regular […]
Facebook Ad Campaigns – Are They Working?
A World Obsessed with Facebook [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJXOavGwAW8] With so many potential customers on Facebook, Facebook ads should be a profitable and beneficial to your business. With over 850 million users, and 225 million of those in the United States, there is quite an audience to target through the use of Facebook ads. How Facebook Ads Work […]
#SMWF: How Hilton Does Social Media
Hilton has one message from their industry that rings true into their social media campaigns. Hospitality is social. If it isn’t, the execs at Hilton think it should be. Their studies into how social media integrates with travel accommodations has shown: Those who travel often are commonly also active on social media networks. Those who […]
Social Engagement Statistics 2011 [Videos & Infographs]
How has social engagement helped to create marketing opportunities for building brand awareness? One reason that seems likely is that when social networking first came into our digital lives, many had no idea how to take it, how to monitor it effectively, and how to aggregate its contents to be the most effective use for […]
Google+ is Open to ALL and Google+ Leading Mobile Development
Today Google plus went live and open to everyone. With 20 million people engaging in the first three months in its trail stage, the Google+ platform now hopes to capture the masses. While some writers like Robert over at BundlePost are betting against Google+ and predicating it to be the threat to Google, I am […]
Traditional vs Social Media Networking with Wa.ag
The one thing that your business can likely never get enough of is networking. Why do we tend to let this vital aspect of business growth fall to the wayside? Traditional offline networking can be slightly awkward. Those who have never conversed are tossed together with nothing more than nametags to designate themselves from a […]
Can Social Media Redefine Traditional Business Intelligence Strategies?
It seems that in recent years, social media has become a more frequently integrated element of a new company’s business intelligence platform or an existing business’s revamp of an old one. There is no doubt that the use of social media has begun to be a common format for business interactivity and in doing so, […]