Social Networking
Finally, Ten Commandments for Facebook
It’s humorous, but only because its true. Ross Wolinsky has had a revelation and published the authoritative ten commandments to govern Facebook. Here is the list:
Thou Shalt Not List Every Movie, TV Show, Band and Book You Have Ever Heard Of In Your Profile
Thou Shalt Not “Poke” Indiscriminately
Thou Shalt Not “Friend” People You Don’t Actually [...]
Some Don’t Like the New Facebook
The last few weeks there has been some major revisions to the Facebook interface. Until very recently you could switch back to the “old” view, but now that has been taken away. So, users are left with the new version. And some don’t like it. I browsed through some of the entries at “iF YOU [...]
Social Networking Numbers
There is an insightful study out today regarding Online Social Networking. The survey was conducted by Synovate (via eMarkekter) and it asked adults worldwide if they knew what social networking was. A clear majority, 58% to be exact, of people surveyed did not know. But the other side is 42% of them did - and [...]
Will Seesmic Catch On
I can’t remember how I found out about Seesmic, but it was a few months ago when I started checking it out. It’s not like I needed another social media site to be a part of to suck more of my time, but the idea of video updates - instead of text updates such as [...]
When Twitter Daters Meet….
Facebook Introduces Engagement Ads
Facebook is rolling out a new type of ad called “Engagement Ads”. The idea behind the ads is that Facebook users get to interact with the ad in one shape way or form. For example users can leave comment on the message, forward a virtual product etc. Here are details from Jeremiah Owyang’s blog:
Engagement Ads [...]
Twitter in Plain English
Now you can start tweeting too. Just remember to add me to your list.
The Social Media Starfish Map
For those who don’t live and breathe social media, just hearing names of the different social media sites can cause a headache. That is why I thought this “starfish” map of the social media world was pretty useful. Its created by DBarefoot:
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More Women Than Men Participate in Social Networks
Except for LinkedIn, more women are on social networks than men. That is according to data released by RapLeaf, an online reputation management company based in San Francisco. I had a hunch about this phenomenon a while back when I started hearing of mommy bloggers, but I had not seen data to back it up. [...]
Discussing Online Reputation Management on KFNN 1510AM
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to speak with Ken Morgan and Julie Dougherty over at 1510 AM KFNN. Ken and Julie host “Business for Lunch” between 1pm and 2pm on weekdays. We discussed online reputation management in the age of social media.
Click on the play button to listen to the recorded podcast:
