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 […]
The Power of Facebook Webinars
The Power of Facebook Webinars Webinars are fast becoming a vital source of communication for a variety of different industry needs. Some examples of trending Webinar needs include: Online Education Business Meetings Brainstorming Sessions This is just the foundation for many of the ways that companies are currently utilizing Webinars. Most businesses and institutions have […]
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 […]
Tumblr VS WordPress
According to statistic reports, as of January 2011, the 4 year old site Tumblr.com has 20,873,182 users. For the same period WordPress.com, the older site (by 4 years), announced they have 20,787,904 websites powered by wordPress.com This is the first time anybody overtook WordPress.com, and it became kind of big news among the blogosphere. To […]
New Trends: Online Retail Boutiques
There have long been many sources of purchasing items online. Ebay, Amazon, and other big names have made online retail a much more common method of consumer purchasing. For the most part these services have done their duty by general consumers, but there are others who seek a more of a personal touch in their […]
TripAdvisor: TripWow Provides Impressive Presentations for Many Uses
When creating this product, TripAdvisor relied heavily on the in-house developers at TravelPod. Their main focus was to provide slideshows that displayed unparalleled production value. However, their most vital concern was that the tool provided the greatest functional ease possible with current technologies. It seems as if they have succeeded. The presentations produced by this […]
Google AdWords: Call Metrics & Click to Call
Since Dec. 2010, Google has allowed placement of phone numbers in AdWords text body. Their rational was that most people seeing the ad know they are one click away from the advertiser’s site, where they can find all the information without bothering anyone. They thought people would be unlikely to call instead of clicking the […]
Google Plus (G+): Business Review
After months of rumors, speculations, analysis and fear, Google finally unveiled its social media platform Google +, now what has that meant for business? They’ve decided to roll it out slowly, by invitation only, and the response was overwhelming. So much so that they had to issue an apology for taking so long to register […]