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Top 7 Misconceptions Bloggers Have About Social Media

on Dec 22, 2011
When many bloggers hop on the social media wagon, they fall prey to numerous, widespread untruths on what works or what doesn’t. The result? Not only does their social media fail, but it actually turns readers off – sometimes for good. The trick to good social media for blogging is not to bury readers in tweets or Facebook posts, but develop a reliable, targeted strategy that saves time and maximizes return. To get you started, here are the top seven social media and blogging myths and why they don’t

New Social Job Site Attempts to Quantify Your Worth

on Nov 10, 2011
New Social Job Site Attempts to Quantify Your Worth

“I am not a number!” After only ten minutes on the new B2B social media site, Identified, I wanted to shout that phrase from the rooftops. I wanted to have it printed on a T-shirt and email it over and over again to the site owners. We’re human beings, for heaven’s sake. Can we stop trying to quantify a person’s worth with a single number!

Moms Say: I Go to Facebook to Socialize, Not to Shop

on Oct 10, 2011
Moms Say: I Go to Facebook to Socialize, Not to Shop

84% of moms are using Facebook, but few are using the social network to shop. That’s one of the findings from the new report from The Direct Marketing Association and Mom365.

Social Networks and Blogs Take Up Most of Our Internet Time

on Sep 12, 2011
Social Networks and Blogs Take Up Most of Our Internet Time

When you’re cruising around the internet, how much of your time is spent on a social network or blog? According to a new study published by Nielsen, those two categories eat up 23% of internet usage overall. This is double online gaming, which comes in at number two and after that, it takes 75 different categories to account for the remaining 35% of time spent.

Two Announcements from Google to Pay Attention

on Jun 30, 2011
If you haven’t been following the tech news scene lately Google made two announcements that all bloggers and website owners should pay attention to. The first one is called +1, and it’s basically a button you use to recommend stuff around the web. Google says that “the +1 button is shorthand for “this is pretty cool” or “you should check this out.” Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1′s can help friends, contacts, and others on

Google Social Network Nears, Aims to Preserve the Searchable Web

on Jun 28, 2011

¶ Google Social Network Nears, Aims to Preserve the Searchable Web: Danny Sullivan: “Google’s long expected second shot at taking on Facebook in the social networking space has arrived in the form of the Google Project. It has some interesting twists on the social networking model but is far from a Facebook-killer.”

In-House Corporate Social Networks Gaining Favor

on Jun 27, 2011
In-House Corporate Social Networks Gaining FavorCorporate America has exhibited the best and the worst of social media in the short-lived industry’s time. There have been edicts passed down that prohibit employees from using them at all. There have been instances where companies have given everyone free reign and stupidity prevailed. There have been firings and, as a result, lawsuits about what can or cannot be done around what employees say.

¶ Tumblr is the Next Great Social Network

on Jun 16, 2011
¶ Tumblr is the Next Great Social NetworkBrent Simmons sees a natural evolution for blogs… “New blogging systems like Posterous and Tumblr seem to be pretty popular, and they fill a nice middle ground: short content, easy sharing, social stuff. They’re cool. But try to imagine replacing Daring Fireball, Scripting News, Apple Outsider, Shawn Blanc, or any of a number of great blogs with something like Twitter. You can’t. You’d have to invent blogs so that these writers have somewhere to write.”

Are Facebook’s Customers Leaving For Real?

on Jun 13, 2011
Are Facebook’s Customers Leaving For Real?

Now that Lebron James has fallen, who is the world going to turn to vilify? Well, if the information that was given by the Business Insider is correct it could be that another one of the mighty is beginning to show some wear and tear. That entity would be Facebook.

Facebook Looks to Give Your Mobile Number and Address to Developers

on Jan 17, 2011
Facebook Looks to Give Your Mobile Number and Address to DevelopersAhh, Facebook. You’ve just helped Sony Pictures win a bunch of Golden Globes for their sensational betrayal portrayal of the start of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. The lasting impression of the movie comes from a line by Zuck’s then girlfriend, Erica Albright (hat tip to TechCrunch)
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