Applications
The Songwriter Online
July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Songwriter Online was started to provide useful information to aspiring and working songwriters regarding technologies, websites, tools, and strategies for organizing your business, working with your team, online promotion, website optimization, and social media. It was started by Matthew Moran. [Read the full story] Read More →
Business
Google Develops a Facebook Rival
July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By AMIR EFRATI Google Inc. is in talks with several makers of popular online games as it seeks to develop a broader social-networking service that could compete with Facebook Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. Google has been in discussions with top developers to offer their games on a new service it is building, these people said. Read More →
Bloggers
About AdSense and Google Affiliate Network for Your Blog
July 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Easy AdSense for Your Blog Blogger provides a simple way for you to make money with your blog. AdSense is Google’s content-targeted advertising program. This means that you don’t select keywords or categories for your ads. Instead, Google’s servers determine what your posts are about and display the most relevant ads to your readers. So, if you blog about baseball, there might be ads for Major League Baseball memorabilia next to your post. If you blog about painting, there might be ads for art supplies. Read More →
Tips
Social media strategies for a small hotel
July 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Cyndia Zwahlen - Back in 1912, when the Venice Beach Suites & Hotel was built on Ocean Front Walk, the only tweeting going on was among the local bird population. Today, owner Andy Layman is listening to the online chorus at Twitter and other social networking websites, hoping to join in. Learning to hit the right notes to attract new guests and boost revenue at his boardwalk property is a daunting prospect. “I haven’t really gotten a handle on it,” said Layman, 62. Read More →
Promotion
Social Media Marketing Strategy Tips Based on World Cup Social Media Successes
July 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Online PR News – 30-July-2010 – The 2010 World Cup concluded over a month ago but according to part two of an independent analysis its impact on Social Media marketing strategies should provide a successful outline for future Social Networking engagements. An outline that demonstrated a company doesn’t necessarily need to invest big money to leverage the power of social networking and viral marketing. What follows is a condensed list of Social Media marketing tips based on findings that revealed a pattern of success. The information in this release is a continuation of the “Social... [Read the full story]
Security
More About Safety at Facebook
July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Joe Sullivan announced on July 26 that Facebook has launched a new “Facebook Safety Page”. They expect to regularly post relevant content into their expanded “Safety Center”. It appears the Safety Center is where service users can look for new Facebook initiatives related to safety as well as for educational materials form “Internet safety experts” which will include members of their Safety Advisory Board. [Read the full story] Read More →
Society
Media Kit: Text Messaging
To many customers, texting is becoming just as important – if not more important – than voice. Parents know, if they want to reach their teenagers, they better know how to text—they aren’t calling them back. And in matters of the heart, text messaging has also played a role in how couples...
[Continue reading: Media Kit: Text Messaging]Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER - A former model who is now chronically ill and struggles just to shower says the people she has met online have become her family. A quadriplegic man uses the Web to share tips on which places have the best wheelchair access, and a woman with multiple sclerosis says her regular Friday night online...
[Continue reading: Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill]Social networks: The great tipping point test
by Mark Buchanan - Your online traces are helping fuel a revolution in the understanding of human behaviour – one that’s revealing the mathematical laws of our lives EVERY move you make, every twitter feed you update, somebody is watching you. You may not think twice about it, but if you use a social networking...
[Continue reading: Social networks: The great tipping point test]Pirates of Silicon Valley: State of exception and dispossession in Web 2.0
by Peter Jakobsson and Fredrik Stiernstedt - This article investigates a paradox in the reception of Web 2.0. While some of its services are seen as creators of a new informational economy and are hence publicly legitimized, other features are increasingly under surveillance and policed, although in reality the differences...
[Continue reading: Pirates of Silicon Valley: State of exception and dispossession in Web 2.0]Local is Where I am
by Ross Johnston – Online Social Networks – Being connected to the world, it never seemed a priority to connect with a local audience. Why bother with the people down the street when you can target the whole globe? So it was a slow learning curve for me to realize the importance of local. Local is groceries,...
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Games
How gaming became the future of social media
Gaming is already wildly popular. A recent spate of deals with Google, Disney, and...
Social Media Goes GTL With Jersey Shore Facebook Game & iPhone App
by Ron Callari - Love them or hate them, MTV is utilizing social media to promote...
Disney Characters Future Social Media Gaming Experience
by Debbie Turner - Social gaming is probably the fastest-growing division of the...
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Nonprofit
Will Social Security Get Social Media in the Government 2.0 Age?
by Alexander Howard - On its 75th anniversary, the Social Security Administration...
Participate in the CoolClimate Art Contest
by Lynn Englum - The Gulf oil disaster is but one example of the ways in which our...
State of Mich. finalizing policy on social media
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — The state plans to consider what its employees...
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