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 […]
Social Media
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 […]
Express Yourself with Prezi.com
One of the biggest problems public speakers and businessmen face is how to make their presentation sharp, concise and informative without making is dull and uninspiring. There is a tool that can help do just that. It is called Prezi.com and it enables a speaker to make video presentations that are unique, informative and entertaining. […]
Increase Your Facebook Friends and Fans?
Just as with Twitter followers there are two approaches you can consider. You can add those who are willing to Fan you in exchange for you fan’ing them regardless of their niche or industry, or you can utilize tools and services that offer more targeted fans and friends for Facebook. This means you can either […]
“Privacy” is a great way to stay unemployed, unconnected and extinct [Opinion]
Social Media does not create a brand, it takes the brand (or character impression) and carries it. Just like in the “old” days when you worked in a community and everyone knew everything about you anyway, social media has played into the global business revolution. “Privacy is for old People” but perhaps we misunderstood “old”? […]
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 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 […]
Social Networking Statistics in Latin America
Although Latin America makes up only 8.2% of the world’s population, they are the second largest consumer of social media. The online behavior of Latin Americans is evolving right along with the rest of the world, but in many cases, a bit faster. The most popular social network by Latin America users is Facebook, while […]