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We hear all the time about the increasing use of social media in all types of fields and now it seems its being increasingly used as a recruitment tool. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can provide information to companies looking for people with the right skills for them so maybe it’s … [Read more...]
Last week was very busy for Mashable, in that week they covered a huge amount of articles on social media, business, tech and mobile and entertainment. Those that got the most attention were the social media resources articles, so they have now offered a round up of 38 of the top resources. … [Read more...]
LinkedIn Corp., the professional networking site, now has a worth of $2 billion. This figure was arrived at after Tiger Global Management LLC, a hedge fund founded by Chase Coleman, paid $20 million for a stake, according to 2 unnamed people. … [Read more...]
Businesses these days are constantly being told of the need to use social media for marketing and building connections but it can be difficult to know where to start. It would be easier if people were able to take a more strategic approach to the use of social media and a helpful article over on the … [Read more...]
On Monday the 26th of July the Accelerate Your Business Growth Radio Show will have a special guest, Kathy Jiamboi from Creativedge Marketing on their show and she will be talking about the differences between social marketing and social networking. … [Read more...]
It seems that more and more companies are becoming attuned to the benefits of social media marketing for their businesses, although in a recent article we pointed out that some firms are having trouble distinguishing between personal social media and business social media, with some useful pointers … [Read more...]
If you’ve been out and about this week enjoying the summer weather, then the chances are you may well have missed out on all the social media resources of the past week. But you needn’t worry if you have, as there is always a way to be brought up to speed. … [Read more...]
There’s an interesting distinction to be made between using social media in a personal way or in a business way and it’s an interesting thought that many people using it for marketing purposes in business, may be erring too much towards the personal slant and therefore not profiting from it in … [Read more...]
We’ve all heard of the rise of social media and how useful social media marketing can be. Evidence clearly shows that the benefits of having a presence on Facebook, Twitter and other networks can be really advantageous for business. However it appears that despite this there is still reluctance … [Read more...]
Social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter have been asking people to update everybody on “What’s on your mind?” and “What’s happening?” for a long time now. But the big question of 2010 in the digital world is: “Where are you?” … [Read more...]
People may start to get excited when they start getting more followers on Twitter or more fans on Facebook, but what does it really mean. Yes, it may well be great for your ego, but what is it doing for your bank balance. Is social media a money-maker, or is it just hype? … [Read more...]
Nowdays many people use social networking. Services such as Facebook are usually used for keeping in touch with friends and family, but companies are finding ways to use the service to advance their businesses. It seems that social networking is now being used by financial advisers to access … [Read more...]
It looks like Facebook is in the middle of an ownership row at the moment. The hugely popular social networking website is currently battling a lawsuit that was filed by a New York man, who has claimed that he owns 84 percent of the social-networking company. … [Read more...]
Facebook is hugely successful, and it just keeps on growing. Reasons for its success can be attributed to Facebook’s ability to evolve and innovate in the Social Networking market. Games such as Farmville and Mafia Wars also add to its success. … [Read more...]
With users increasingly purchasing products such as iTunes, Facebook and EA Games, the payment method “micropayments” has now become available to consumers. With similarities to PayPal, micropayments are being offered to a much wider audience not just in the virtual gaming world. … [Read more...]
The newly-formed gay social networking site Fabulis is said to be receiving a $250 million investment, from GeoCities founder David Bohnett – who founded GeoCities at the mere age of 16 – bringing the network’s total seed money to $825,000, VentureBeat has reported. … [Read more...]
A recent valuation of the popular social networking website Facebook – carried out by private equity firm Elevation Partners – has revealed that Facebook is worth a whopping $23 billion. That works out at more than triple what it appeared to be worth in 2009. … [Read more...]
Both advertising executives and clients gathered in the South of France this past week, for the 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. And everyone gathered at this year’s event were all agreed on one thing – the key role of social media. … [Read more...]
It appears that the rumor mill has been churning over recently, after it was revealed that Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg had flown to New York recently to meet up with FourSquare’s CEO Dennis Crow, a report at TechCrunch has just revealed. The meeting has hinted of a possible acquisition of … [Read more...]
An innovative new social media monitoring tool has been announced from IBM today with the idea being to analyze consumer sentiment from social media such as Twitter, websites, blogs and networks. The software is called, now wait for this, the SPSS Modeler data mining and text analytics workbench, a … [Read more...]
Twitter have confirmed that beta testing of their new business features, commonly dubbed the “Twitter Business Center” has now begun for “a handful of accounts” which will gradually build to more accounts. An excellent new feature will be that business accounts will now be able to receive … [Read more...]
The 2010 Social Media Strategies Conference has now been announced and will run from May 18 to 19, 2010. While there one of the main topics will be “How to Implement Social Media Strategies for Big Business”. This is where industry experts will share with us their secrets in implementing … [Read more...]
Getting ahead in business is changing all the time and there are always new ways to help promote your company. The latest is with the power of social media, Leon Hill Writes on Official Wire that ignoring this will “set yourself up for failure.” … [Read more...]
Scott Moir of Irbtrax has been talking a little about the Pepsi Refresh Project, as he likes the idea of corporations such as this well-known American brand giving instead of taking. As well as the fact that six principles of social media marketing are used – something that many more companies … [Read more...]
Although many of us still think of Social Media Marketing as a new frontier, it’s really got a full head of steam now and many businesses would benefit from making it one of their major business tools. All the talk at one time may have been on Twitter, Facebook etc., for social networking, but now … [Read more...]
