If you find yourself posting on Twitter multiple times per day you won’t find much use in this post. But for the readers that find themselves drifting away from Twitter due to daily time requirements, continue reading. There are some primary reasons why users stop updating their profiles: 1. No Interest – Often a result …
The graph speaks for itself. As show in the graph the “hype” of MySpace is represented by search volume and with it an inverse relationship with Facebook’s search volume that represents the life cycles of these social networks. Social networks don’t pop up and take the world by storm overnight, it takes time to …
Pulling from my background in Finance and frequent discussions about Facebook valuation with @keeganlarson has lead to this post. The graph below represents Google searches for the terms social media, Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. Does this help date the buzz words? I hope so. Now don’t worry I won’t be using technical analysis when arriving …
Marty Neumier wrote a wonderful branding book that is fresh and relevant. The Brand Gap: Expanded Edition In the book he says: “A brand is a person’s gut feeling about a product, service or organization.” Google vs Coca Cola Google has done very little advertising. They rely on the interactions and the positive environment created …
If you’re a small business or an individual focused on building and maintaining a personal brand there is one aspect of business and social media that I want you to take away from my blog. Time and growth of social media is non-linear! You’ll need someone who can recognize the inflection point. With the ups …
When I present to organizations or events I recommend every business have a Facebook fan page. Integrating that Fan Page with current marketing out posts can get tricky because the domain name is long and ugly. When you first create a Fan page the URL looks like: –http://www.facebook.com/pages/Personal-Branding-Social-Media-Strategy/116212446792?ref=nf. This looks real nice on a brochure …
Currently three months into this new year and we see more companies expanding and contracting. Movement within organizations, whether up or down, is a must. We’re all attempting to adjust after feeling the effects of this recent economic tumble. But in the past, where we saw light at the end of the tunnel with industrial …
A lot of what I typically talk about is directed at people whom may not know what twitter is all about. So lets set the stage. Twitter grew by 900+ something percent just last year. (2009) But where I see trouble is in the integration of these tools for small regional businesses. Just because something …
The year went by so quickly, and it is hard to imagine the quantitative impact of the internet on our way of life. I previously wrote a article that visually expressed social media statistics in real time, and now the summation of these numbers have come to an amazing final destination. Royal Pingdom has kept …
WORLD OF MOUTH! Send a $10 Donation by Texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999 Editorial note: You can make a donation by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or click on the Donate Now button. From RedCross.org How to Help We are not accepting volunteers to travel to Haiti. If you would like to volunteer for the …
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