social-media

This should give anyone crowing about the "social media revolution" a bit of a pause.

The perfect storm of social media, smart phones and location awareness is only beginning to take full effect.

All that being said, outside of a handful of scenarios, there is still plenty of room for growth when it comes to social media.

I just found a new social media site targeting moms for Samsung, specifically for the company's extensive line of washers and dryers.

And as it approached, a gale of social media messages swirled, as New Yorkers "flocked" together, trying to make sense of events.

Looking forward, almost half (48%) said they did not intend to use social media during the planning phase of a trip.

My suspicion is that this has much to do with nonprofits utilizing social media over the last few years.

While it's not easy to get popular on a social media site, understand that this is a good way to get your brand out there to new readers.

Conversely, unofficial information on social media is often more credible.

Most bloggers would love to get more traffic with social media, regardless of how much they're getting now.

How much time per day do you spend doing social media? How has it impacted your daily life of, y'know, being a rock star?

Much of the worst violence took place in the city of Homs, with film of it posted on a social media website.

His publicist said he 's trying to redefine himself as a social- media expert , and, as such, is distancing himself from the pants .

Hotel executives say it's too early to tell if their social-media efforts are beefing up the bottom line.

I'm interested to hear what you think as well, so please weigh in with your own thoughts. Where do you see social media going in 2011?

First, it prompts you to do an entire week of social media planning and posting in just a few minutes.

What I love about this project is that it is giving a different lens and context to think about social media for social good.

Its social-media claim to fame, at least in the customer service department, is helping a guest who tweeted that he had a moth in his room.

We see it a hybrid between the two that uses integrated social media effectively to help power the strategy.

Syndication is an important aspect of any social media application, so you will also learn to publish your microblog entries as an RSS Feed.

They've both embraced the digital world as social media gets bigger and bigger -- but Coke seems to be faring better thus far.

Since the UK is not an Arab country sitting next to Egypt we are going to hear a lot of complaining about social media.

Social media is all about turning word-of-mouth into a tool which is much more powerful than it has ever been from a marketing perspective.

But unlike open source, social media has thus far primarily been a consumer play and is only now being explored by enterprises.

Social media enables many new ways to open relationships, and sales forces are just beginning to reap the benefits for sharing the love.

A little over a week ago, I closed down all of my social media accounts, with the exception of Twitter, which I locked.

Social media are certainly not a fad, and their impact is only just beginning to be felt.

The effect of employee participation with social media can be a bit of a quandary.

Social media is so much more responsive than traditional methods, reaching your audiences faster across the globe, potentially at less cost.

We are trying to demonstrate the relationships of an online store with its customers and their customers social media connections.

IBM was one of the first companies to develop its own social media policy.

"Once you start interacting with social media, you have to be ready to carry the work forward" , says Elbes of WHO.

Jess Ratty decided not to broadcast news of her pregnancy on social media sites - much to her friends' surprise.

It turns out, with enough momentum and a keen sense of how to use social media, it actually is.

The point of using social media for your new hotel is to humanize the business and create an emotional connection with your fans.

But with the advent of social media, some celebrities have been able to at least scale back on the teams they need crafting their message.

You'll hear that none of this would have happened if it were not for social media.

Schumpeter: Too much buzz | The Economist THE only area of business that seems to be recession-proof is social media.

My mistrust of social media is intensified by the ephemeral nature of these communications.

Just when you think you've got the whole social media thing covered with your tween or teen, a new tech-related monster rears its ugly head.

One of the site's key findings was the fact that email donations exceeded those of Facebook and other forms of social media.

Shelton also feels that social media has allow her to connect better with her constituents and allowed them to connect with each other.

Timing is often overlooked by bloggers that are targeting social media traffic.

New social media allowed that discontent to bubble up to the surface.

FriendFeed became the first truly real-time social media service with the launch of a new version of its "lifestreaming" service a week ago.

If your e-news provider offers it, use the social media sharing links at the bottom of your e-newsletters (otherwise add your own).

For paid search, a KPI might be actual conversion, and for social media campaigns it may be ranking and followers.

Russians love their social media so much that over the last decade many set up a social network profile before an email address.

Social media sites on the Internet suggest that they do not want him to be sent to The Hague tribunal.

You could also take advantage of the power of social media and ask questions on twitter, adding hashtags for science or medical topics.

In Syria and Iran, among other places, social media users are lulled into a dangerously false sense of security.

WHO and many countries were unprepared for a new form of scrutiny: electronic scrutiny by the public, including through social media.

With so much talk about social media these days, everyone is jumping on board and trying it out.

It is precisely the uncontrollable aspect of social media that's discouraged many from giving it a try.

As you can tell by looking at the chart below, interacting with social media remains an important part of users' internet experience.

They must also be able to do graphics and logos, email opt-in boxes, squeeze pages, social media links, video boxes, comment boxes.

Just a few years ago, business schools viewed social media as a distraction.

The name of the game is human relations and positivity rules above all so it's fair to say UPS is doing a good job on social media.

It all depends on your social media presence and what information in terms of monitoring is important to you.

However, others pointed out that with the advent of Social Media, keeping in touch with a brother living far away is no longer a problem.

But only with the rise of easy-to-use social-media tools has one-person brand management become practical.

Social media should be used to spread the word and gain new customers, furthering your reach while opening and extending your network.

Some legal experts said the case elevated the abuse of social media from a common prank, as Ravi's lawyer argued, to criminal behavior.

We hope the quick and relatively informal nature of social media will encourage a more spontaneous, richer dialogue.

The video was seeded on social media and shared with influential bloggers. After only a week the video had over 150000 views on Youtube.

Bahrain is not the only country said to be using social media to find government opponents.

Companies are spending countless hours and millions of dollars trying to master social media.

At this point in the maturation of the social media market, the outcome most effectively achieved is increasing brand awareness.

Participating in social media allows you to take creativity, unique content, and linking to the next level.

But the overall point of Colony's blog post was that you won't and you can't get social media unless you engage in it.

Western firms are only just beginning to grasp the eccentricities of the Indonesian social-media market.

That event, Stone says, helped him to understand how social media enabled people to suddenly congregate with unforeseen speed and force.

There, some of the top sessions, the ones so jam-packed that it was standing room only, were specifically about social media and marketing.

Social media postings suggested that some injuries might have occurred when people were trampled in crowds of protesters.

The new labels are expected to be part of a full campaign that includes a heavy social media component.

They're trying to find out if your social media antics are going to reflect poorly on them.

The movement gained traction through social media, and protests have taken place in several other cities nationwide.

Others believe the general manager or even the concierge should be responsible for developing and executing social media strategies.

According to The Wall Street Journal the Facebook founder is ready to take his social media company public in the second quarter of 2012.

Lady Gaga is "one of the first pop stars to have truly built her career through the internet and social media. "

Something that I think would be good for Richard to consider would be teaching how the theory of social media relates to the practice.

Social media has been used heavily in Filipino politics. How have these media organized different segments of the youth in the country?

It's a busy sector with a number of companies vying to be the filter for all the noise in news, blogs and social media.

Frito-Lay does not control and is not responsible for any use of your personal information by or through the social media platform.

We usually think of social media as a time sink. Something that takes up time and allows you to procrastinate throughout your day.

Learn to do a little basic social media monitoring. Just check in once a week or so.

The age of social media has empowered amateur journalists, fledgling presidential candidates and creative corporate marketers.

Social media has made it incredibly easy to find your fans and build your tribe.

Jury selection is not the only way in which social media are altering the nation's courts.

A social media networking blitz by the White House helped publicise the speech in an effort to generate discussion.

Jury selection is not the only way in which social media are altering the nation's courts.

A social media networking blitz by the White House helped publicise the speech in an effort to generate discussion.

Social media continues to grow in popularity and in importance to internet users - the exact users you are trying to reach.

"We intend to capitalize on the viral nature of the internet and social media sites in general, " says Runner.

As it becomes more ubiquitous, social media is evolving into a skill set, not a profession.

Without a doubt, one of the most popular shiny new objects of many social media marketing programs is Twitter.

If I did not have a social media presence and if my business did not have a social media presence, I can't imagine where we would be today.

With social media and internet today, it's now extremely easy to do this.

By drawing attention to myself for becoming a semi-hermit, am I not just trying to have my social media cake and eat it too?

Dorsey is traveling with a State Department delegation hoping that new social media will facilitate greater social stability in Iraq.

Increasing violence in the United States multiple law enforcement agencies that this is inseparable from social media.

Law enforcement has linked social media to increasing incidents of flash robs in the US and the recent looting and rioting in London.

Direct, 1-1 contact is a targeted and efficient approach. With social media and internet today, it's now extremely easy to do this.

It's not easy to keep up with all the changes in social media.

Most companies are barely prepared to deal with unhappy customers who use social media to air their gripes.

The company even claims reaching such heady heights now positions it as the leader in social media marketing.

Another reason may be that Skype flies in the face of conventional Valley wisdom that says it has to be all about social media.

But she took a break from job-hunting to enter an innovative social media game for students and alumni created by the Fuqua marketing team.

It has based its marketing strategy around the social web, realizing that social media has become a priority for small business owners.

It's also notable that this social media effort has gone the opposite route as what has been seen with another iconic brand: Hello Kitty.

Start by checking with Check User Names, which will search dozens of popular social media websites to see if your username is active.

China's biggest social-media event so far this year may have ended--not with a roar, of course, but with a tweet.

It is possible but very very hard to cover all of these in one social media plan.

However, living in a hurricane in the age of social media takes adrenaline to a new level.

Shortly after the news of her death spread, celebrities, music critics and enthusiasts expressed dismay on social media sites.

Social media experts will tell you that this is a perfect example of how companies should reply to customers on Twitter.

On the other hand, less bloggers are targeting social media on the weekend, so getting to the front page might be a little easier.

It's not a surprise to any of us that social media is changing the way our organizations work, not just communicate.

Everything we're doing in these social media channels, at the end of the day, is to help them donate.

That interview was airing later this week, the reaction on social media was fast and a lot of it was angry.

Obviously, it makes sense that B2C companies are trying to embrace social media at a much greater clip than B2B companies.

Numbers aside, social media strikes at the heart of what luxury brands offer: passion.

Social media has challenged many of these theories and requires practitioners to think about them in different ways.

Timely responses to negative or problematic mentions are the actions that allow you to manage your social media presence.

While many view social media as exacerbating crises, look at it as an opportunity.

To substitute social media for human contact is incrementally a step down in customer service.

The company proclaims itself to be "the leader in social media solutions. "

On the surface, that seems like it's probably more thoughtful than simply adopting the social media soup de jour.

eg. While it's long, it's a great summary of the debate about who should be responsible for social media in an organisational context.

Deciding to embark on a social media strategy isn't just as simple as setting up a Facebook account.

"From a technology viewpoint, I'm interested to see how social media can influence (customer relationship management), " Riach said.

Is there really any return on the investment of time and money that goes into trying to use social media for marketing?

The news provoked a mixed response online, with many social-media users complaining that the local government had been let off too easily.

it's deliberately Spartan design was a conscious choice, an attempt to strip the bells and whistles of social media down to 144 characters.

And hopefully, it will encourage you to talk about social media with others. After all, conversations is what SM is about.

Another posting that has generated a good deal of interest is the Beijing team's infographic of China's social media equivalents.

Whom you know has always played an important part in the search for work, but social media are changing it from an art into a science.

As you can see from the data in the infographic below, there are still plenty of believers in social media as a business marketing tool.

President Rogge said the IOC would continue to expand its efforts in the social media sphere.

She takes a social-media marketing class to which Sprint has donated 10 of its newest mobile phones, the Evo and the Epic.

There are many moving tributes to Mr. Jobs in the social media, and I would encourage you to take some time to explore them.

While social media sites are often viewed as a problem due to lower worker productivity, they're also a concern due to issues of security.

What are other important questions to ask yourself before sharing on social media?

The strong interest stems from the fact that there is no major social media or social networking company open to public investment.

Take a moment to think about, and count, the number of B2C social media success stories that pop into your head.

These representatives often rely on word-of-mouth tools like social media to publicize the company and any promotional events they host.

Schwartz says the GE employees will get up to speed on everything from organizational structures to social media.

The fear of error is a natural one, but it's not the only one that can cause a brand's social media marketing campaign to fail.

Social media managers are bombarded with messages all day long on social media sites.

There are a few specific ways that your network can help you to get some exposure through social media.

The question now burning up Chinese social media sites: Who was the lone voter who dared vote against the country's anointed leader?

Both categorize deals, allow users to vote on the best, and provide tools to share them back out to Twitter or on other social media sites.

My goal with this experiment was simply to see how social media worked for advocacy and awareness.

Maybe that will turn out to be the social media equivalent of hitting the mute button.

GV: Is there a strong artistic presence within the Puerto Rican blogosphere and social media sphere?

For a small business looking to increase referrals, social media can be a powerful tool.

It charges a nominal amount for some business applications but much of it is free including Social Alerts specifically for social media.

Even respected news organizations like the BBC are encouraging their journalists to embrace social media.

She's led some of the earliest social media consulting projects and has been blogging since 2004 (at least).

So forget about social media for a minute and try these 4 forgotten (but effective) personal branding techniques.

Streamy is a mix between an RSS reader, a social media aggregator, and a real-time search engine.

The Summit is the only social media marketing conference catered exclusively for corporate practitioners.

Elbes says that it is possible to protect sound public health information and advice via social media.

"It is not yet the great transaction driver it could be but I can see social media being the next level of influence in transactions. "

But the fact that Twitter has launched an official guide for journalists is indicative of the impact of social media on the news.

Look out for high-profile Twitter and Facebook prosecutions along with new social media education programmes in schools and workplaces.

Thanks to social media, there's been a dramatic shift in how we interact with content.

Although his comments were specific to a social media campaign, they are relevant to the widget decision as well.

Social media continues to grow globally in terms of adoption, usage, interest and impact in a massive way.

It is much better to wait for your community to start utilizing the technology before adding it to your social media arsenal.

There may be deeper issues to deal with than a social media strategy if there's nothing new, innovative or unique to talk about.

Listen to what they have to say and change your goals and objectives based on how your community wants to utilize social media.

"Social media departments are basically going to go away, " Durbin says, as the practice is merged with other divisions.

Thanks to social media websites and cell phones brimming with text messages, teens' social lives are increasingly hectic as well.

Meanwhile, social media ads -- a perennial weak spot for Yahoo -- is eating up a bigger piece of total online-ad spending.

Delta Air Lines is still "evaluating additional opportunities" in social media, says Susan West, an airline representative.

Publication of the book shows how the growing popularity of e-books, and the rise of social media, is altering the publishing landscape.

By clicking the bookmarklet it launched a window that enables users to send that page to any social media outlet they wish.

It would be a terrible tragedy if the Times became as tight lipped in social media as many of their competitors have lately.

The staff in Al Jazeera's Arabic and English newsrooms had, as it happened, undergone intense social-media training only the month before.

Here are the ten most common stages that businesses experience as they travel the road to full social media integration.

He also has a good summary of the social media functions that such a team should fulfil.

And, according to Facebook statistics, among the next generation of luxury consumers--Generation Y--96% are using social media.

Unsurprisingly, one of the biggest drivers of mobile Internet use is social media - Web sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Might social media have made it harder for the world to turn a blind eye to the massacres?

Bonin Bough, PepsiCo's global director of digital and social media, says the company's initial experience has been encouraging.

Greenpeace hopes that increased public pressure would force the social media company to make a more committed switch to renewable energy.

The individual will be working with one of our partner coding for our social media currently live.

Analysing social media used to be a cottage industry.

But in this new world of social media, revolutions seem to move at the speed of tweets.

Not necessarily: In the long term, a starting price of free may make better business sense for the social media giant.

Symbian's social media presence will likely close, with its Twitter (@symbian) and Facebook page disappearing.

Social media may provide an explanation of consumer motivations that quantitative questions can only hint at.

Like all of the others in this book, I started out by experiencing the new ways of being that Internet social media have made possible.

For the postmodern knowledge worker, social media participation provides strokes at all levels of intensity .

If your budget is tight, consider using social media sites to help with polling and promotion and using video blogs for interviews.

Furthermore, this process can be sped up by using social media sites and making your content instantly available to a larger audience.

Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or distorted what they are doing on social media once a month.

Is social media best used for customer acquisition, or for customer retention?

Social media carries with it the potential for reciprocation and replies, for conversation and connection.

One of those new models is utilizing social media to attract new customers or create more loyal customers.

Here are a few examples of how journalists use search engines and social media tools to connect with story subjects.

Leveraging the power of content and social media marketing can help elevate your audience and customer base in a dramatic way.

"Your social media group is gathering up and recording all the stories that are interesting to you. "

Social media appear to be helping fuel the protests, connecting like-minded groups world-wide, organizers and social-media experts said.

This body has been given an impressively broad remit, including looking at broadcasting and social media as well as the press.

Meanwhile, running alongside the immediate customer service requirements have been other so-called social media and collaborative websites.

Whether or not a brand has launched a social media strategy, more likely than not, it's already present in the Blogosphere.

Social media play into the parts of human character that don't change, even while changing the nature of what once seemed immutable.

With Google, Facebook, and the rest of social media connecting everything to everyone, what you put out there defines you.

A strong presence in social media allows schools to be more topical and responsive, she adds.

Earlier this year SAS launched a product capable of analysing the "sentiment" of chatter on social media, including Facebook and Twitter.

You belong to the age of the Internet and social media. You have different experiences, perspectives, and aspirations from your elders.

Community feedback or lack thereof is a clear indicator on whether your are on the right track with your social media campaign.

In fact, out of American adults who use the Internet, Pew found that nearly two-thirds use social media sites like Facebook or Twitter.

In social media you can be more informal and to the point, though always professional.

Moreover, the true potential for social media to enhance your work as a physician is far from being realized.

And uncertainty about Chinese censorship of the Internet may have curbed social media activity before and during the Beijing Games.

81% say social media is at least "somewhat important" to their future strategy.

But whatever the approach, without a point person to take control, effectively dealing with social media becomes nearly impossible.

But what has passed is not the only green social media for the summer of 2009.

Social media, particularly in the past few days, have helped to change that perception, he said.

Second, the nature of an open, public Internet makes controlling the flow of social-media messages almost impossible.

Are those considerations valid for a social media strategy outside the organization as well?

I had a conversation with Mong regarding the power of the youth and social media in the Philippines.

Grahl agrees that sharing stories and insight is one of the best uses of social media in the non-profit arena.

What do you think of these social media marketing efforts?

Virgin Atlantic explored several approaches as it sought to quantify exactly what benefits its social media strategies reaped.

Some social media prognosticators see a more expansive opportunity for nonprofit organizations.

Beijing's Communist Party chief recently warned Sina, a social-media firm, that it was too slow to delete remarks that displeased the party.

Last week I wrote about a pair of surveys that looked at social media and nonprofits.

It was built for anyone looking to take their social media marketing to the next level.

While on vacation, the majority (77 percent) of Americans intend to stay connected via Internet, phone, social media or other channels.

The Internet was booming, but social media did not exist.

The huge increase in the use of social media means that automatic textual analysis of real-time reactions to events is bound to proliferate.

Still, deals, incentives and freebies offered on social-media channels are a way airlines and hotels cultivate new customers.

From these quickly-digestible clues, both your regular readers and social media readers can evaluate the merit of your content.

One of the biggest misconceptions with online marketing is that social media is only for large brands.

But is Chomsky himself "crowding out" social media at the expense of voices that ought to be heard?

One of Mr Dell's first decisions was a push into what internet types call "social media" .

I recently had the opportunity to talk with social media expert Muhammad Saleem about social networking.

Social media, texting and email all make it much easier to communicate, gather and impart information, but they also present some dangers.

This will change quickly as you build your communities on social media sites.

Social media channels are proving particularly valuable for schools whose alumni are scattered across the globe.

The internet word-of-mouth is the child of internet developed to the social network and social media.

Tyson connected with the Social Media Club and began a string of extraordinarily smart and effective efforts to enlist the community.

These social media buttons allows you to share and connect with favorite social media network.

Ultimately, the brand decided to trash the project and walk away from social media.

Smartphones are going mass market, fuelled by the public's "insatiable appetite" for social media, analysts say.

The former freight-driver is criss-crossing the country in her red Ford Focus and using social media to drum up support.