The Financial Benefits of Facebook

The Financial Benefits of Facebook

By Social Editors • on August 9, 2009

SavingAdvice — Are you a Facebook user? If not, why not? I would like to think that everyone already has some familiarity with Facebook. Nevertheless, for the three of four readers who have not yet encountered Facebook, it is a social networking site that enjoys more monthly visitors than any of its competitors. In essence, Facebook allows its

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Social Media Marketing SUCKS! And Why…

Social Media Marketing SUCKS! And Why…

By Social Editors • on August 9, 2009

Michelle MacPhearson — This week, Twitter was hammered by a DOS (denial of service) attack. I have no idea what that means, other than it’s some kind of server attack that’ll make your site go down. So as part of this attack, Twitter was down for some time. If you could get on Twitter, tweets

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Week in review: Antisocial networking

Week in review: Antisocial networking

By Social Editors • on August 8, 2009

cNet News — Social media site Twitter wasn’t always friendly to users this week., The microblogging tool was inaccessible for several hours on Thursday morning, followed by a period of slowness and sporadic time-outs (and more outright downtime). Twitter blamed an “ongoing” denial-of-service

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VIDEO: Twitter For Business — Facebook, Myspace are off the Social Media radar

VIDEO: Twitter For Business — Facebook, Myspace are off the Social Media radar

By Social Editors • on August 8, 2009

Central Valley Business Times – A recent survey looking at social media use among entrepreneurs has found that major social networking platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace are dramatically waning in popularity among businesspeople. It will probably come as no surprise however, that

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Yahoo Gives Its Delicious Bookmarking Site A “Social-Freshness Lift”

Yahoo Gives Its Delicious Bookmarking Site A “Social-Freshness Lift”

By Social Editors • on August 8, 2009

PiadContent — Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is licensing its web search technology to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)—but it is holding on to its Delicious social bookmarking site, which offers one alternative way to find items on the web by sifting through sites that people have bookmarked. And on Tuesday, Yahoo

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Internet Marketing, Social Media and the Power of Viral Marketing

Internet Marketing, Social Media and the Power of Viral Marketing

By Social Editors • on August 8, 2009

PR-Inside — The jury is still out and the technology is too new to determine exactly how effective it can be as a medium. There are those in the internet marketing field who claim that they can produce guaranteed results with Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and others but these “predictable” techniques

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Video: Biz Stone, Co-Founder Twitter, The true story…. Here’s What Happen!

Video: Biz Stone, Co-Founder Twitter, The true story…. Here’s What Happen!

By Social Editors • on August 7, 2009

ABC News — Video: Biz Stone, Co-Founder Twitter, Here’s What Happen The true story…. Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, Google Blogger and other Web sites were hobbled Thursday — Twitter was completely down for many users — and it all appears to have been because of a coordinated

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How Branding Works in Social Media

How Branding Works in Social Media

By Social Editors • on August 7, 2009

Examiner — In small business, we all know the importance of creating a compelling brand. We go to great trouble to color-coordinate our brand across our business cards, letterhead and of course, our website. But with the advent of social media (facebook, twitter, blogs, etc.), more entrepreneurs

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Twitter Attack Brings a Day Without Social Media

Twitter Attack Brings a Day Without Social Media

By Social Editors • on August 6, 2009

Gawker — Noooo: Both Twitter and Facebook are flailing this morning. How will people plan their evening drinking sessions? And are they expected to actually put in an honest day’s work in the meantime? It’s a Thursday in August, for God’s sake. Twitter has been unavailable for

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Twitter Tips: How To Search Twitter Smarter

Twitter Tips: How To Search Twitter Smarter

By Social Editors • on August 4, 2009

InfoWorld — It’s easy to miss little gems of information on Twitter, the social networking service that allows users to exchange short messages. Because we all can’t spend hours in front of the service, we miss important messages (or tweets) posted by colleagues, friends and family

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