I just read a post on Mashable.com about how Klout does not really measure influence. I’m now more into local internet marketing and gave up caring about my Klout score a while ago, when I learned how easily the system could be gamed. Once I figured out how to game it I lost interest and […]
The Social Media Bubble : No Guarantee in Future Profitability [Infographic]
It’s been seen far too often in recent history -valuations soar and investors flock as rapidly- growing markets promise huge returns on speculative investments. Whether during the late 90’s dot-com boom, the bursting of the real estate bubble, or the current expansion of social media, billions have been made -and lost- overnight as growth takes […]
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 […]
Pinterest – The Best Money Bomb of This IM’s Era
As an Introduction “Pinterest” is the popular photo or image pinning social networking website with 11.7 million unique users. ComScore’s reports shows Pinterest got 5 Million unique visitors only from U.S. in November 2011 and 15+ million hits from global. The term “IM” means ‘Internet Marketing‘ or online marketing, a full introduction about IM can be an old vine to […]
Pinterest’s Effect Across the Internet
If you haven’t heard, Pinterest, the social media site that lets users create digital bulletin boards from any image, video, or article on the internet, has become insanely popular as of late. Not only are average internet users enjoying the highly visual social discovery Pinterest offers, but brands are reporting huge traffic increases stemming from […]
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 […]