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 […]
Conferences & Education
Jeff Pulver’s Second #BRANDSconf Kicks off This Month!
The second Jeff Pulver’s #BrandsConf will be kicking off on November 9th, 2011. BrandsConf helps businesses to explore the options for ‘humanizing your brands’ as well as the possible effects this can have on your business. In recent times, many businesses on and off the web have begun to find that utilizing Facebook and Twitter […]
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 […]
Social Media Marketing Advice, Analysis, and Insight from #SMWF N. America
On the 1st and 2nd of November, SMWF N. America comes to New York. This conference openly offers social media marketing advice and more in-depth insight into how your brands and business can use options like Facebook and Twitter to help create priceless consumer relationships, monitor brand reputations, build communities, and sometimes they work as […]
SMX East: Search Engine Expo, First Impressions
DBMEi was granted Press Access to the SMX East taking place in NYC this week. While we will follow up with a summary of the event, we wanted to share some first impressions. If you have not been here yet, make time! With one day left on September 15, 2011 at the Jacob Javits Center we hope […]
DBMEi Internships
Digital Brand Marketing Education & Interactives has a NEW internship program. We believe that we have developed a program that might be of some interest to you and/or your students. The internship program with DBMEi is designed for students that wish to learn how to write for digital publications, develop hands on learning in digital […]
Earthquake: Twitter An Emergency Communication Tool
What is your Social Media Emergency Management plan? At around 2pm today, an Earthquake with an epicenter about 34 miles NW of Richmond, VA. 87 miles SW of DC. began felt as far north as #NYC and New Jersey. While tens of thousands flocked to their cell phones and TV service, twitter spread the word […]
New Hot Startups: Silicon Valley, New York and Virgina?
Some of the new startups generating interest in the West Coast, New York and in Virginia? Which one of those will flourish and become the next new trend? Flotype – Founded in October 2010. Web technology that will enable anyone to easily build large scale web applications. GetAround – Sept. 2009. Peer to peer car […]
Klout vs PeerIndex vs Social IQ
Although Klout is certainly a highly popular format for social influence measurement, it is not the only tool available for this type of social media standing calculation. Klout Review Currently, Klout is definitively the leader in this social media-indexing race. Although some people continue to question the validity of the topics that are dubbed as […]
Facebook buys Push Pop Press: Facebooks?
Facebook has announced this week the purchase of Push Pop Press, a fact that raised eyebrows and posed questions about where is the company going next. Push Pop Press, started by two former Apple employees, Mike Matas and Kinon Tsubteris, aimed to change how the future books will be read. They presented their innovation at […]