What do you like doing when you are bored? I like doing searches on how social media is impacting the very fabric of the way we communicate, tell stories, reach out to other and highlight concerns. So it was with glee that I came across this sub heading in the Guardian: BBC journalists must keep [...]
Is social media just a hype? Well yes, maybe it is for some, even so social media tools used correctly have far reaching results. Here is an example of how social media can make a difference in a difficult, seemingly impossible situation. Getting things done via blog and twitter Virginia Montanez, has steadily built up [...]
If you think that Twitter and tweeting are only for youngster then it is time to think again. Every age group is getting involved somehow whether that is via mobile phone, computer or the fax machine. The CEO of Celery has designed a fax machine that can convert handwritten notes into tweets or postings to [...]
Twitter and LinkedIn, unlike Facebook, don’t have a built in function to order your lists. Twitter is now starting to rollout this list feature allowing you to be able to segment your contact list. LinkedIn has also started rolling this out – but it will be a paid service. For the full article see ‘Twitter [...]
Here is a short interview that ABCNewRadio did with Gary Vaynerchuk about his achievement. This short interview show how Gary after being introduced to the idea of social media put it to work for himself and as a result the various opportunites that he made for himself which opened doors for the launching of his [...]
Mobile social networking has become an important business technology. And mobile social networking has finally gone mainstream. Two things happened this past week: Announcements about the new mobile social network services were made. The end users – ie us that has sparked our interest and engagement. Some of the announcements made: Visto – announced Visto [...]
According to a UK telecoms analyst firm, Juniper Research in 2008 mobile user-generated content revenue sat at around $1.1 billion. This is predicted to rise to around $7.3 billion by 2013. The rise is being said to be due to ad-supported social networks. The report also claimed that the active users of these mobile social [...]
How do you find new friends on Facebook? Traditionally, you search for a friend, then send a request, if they accept then you are added as their friend. What happens if you don’t have time to search for your friends one by one? Then an Australian company could have the answer for you. They have [...]
At first social media was just buzz word, then it became a way to connect and now it has become a full time paid job. Companies that have got involved in social media have found that they need full time staff to constantly update their profile, tweet or make postings and respond. You thought tweeting [...]
Lets get talking! Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or LinkedIn. Social media has revolutionised the way we communicate – no longer is this about companies talking to customers, but customers demanding conversation, participation and transparency. Anyone is able to publish anything now, customers, clients and users want their voices to be heard, they want to be taken [...]
