There’s been many articles written about how good, bad and indifferent Google+ is compared with other social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Personally, I thought that Google+ is just a Facebook clone when I first saw it! But UMPF’s favourite debate is the ongoing It’s Really Popular Vs It’s A Ghost Town one, that’s an interesting […]
3 Things Bloggers Can Learn from the Recent Facebook – Imgur Mishap
I’ll break down the essence of this little PR spectacle for those of you that happened to miss out on it: Matt Jones, a Facebook engineer responsible for catching malicious URLs, accidentally blocked all incoming links arriving from online photo sharing platform imgur.com. After fixing the problem Matt apologized publicly via social sharing platform Reddit, […]
Ask Great Questions to Connect through Social Media
In his book Stop Stealing Dreams, Seth Godin points out that the new economy is based on connections. The Industrial Revolution was all about productivity. Making things more… More units. More efficient. More profit. More viewers. More. More. More. The Connection Revolution, as Godin calls it, is not about productivity but people. It’s not about […]
How Promotional Items Can Lend a Helping Hand in Social Media
Promotional products tend to directly correlate with tradeshows and conventions. Simple giveaways that help companies promote their business and they work extremely effectively. According to a study conducted by The Advertising Specialty Institute in 2010, the cost per impression of a promotional product was $0.005, compared to prime time television which was $0.018, national magazines […]
Facebook Timeline: You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
You can run but you can’t hide! That pretty much sums up everyone’s situation with Facebook’s timeline. You may hate it, be confused by it, irritated by it, or in love with it. Regardless of how you feel about it, Facebook doesn’t care. As far as it is concerned, if you want to stay with […]
7 Hard Lessons Learned From Six Years In The Social Media Trenches
I started in 2006 with nothing but a blog, a dream and not a clue as to what I was doing. But it was a crazy time for everyone online. It was still the early days of the social media boom. Everybody was kind of playing with the new platforms the way a kid plays with […]