YouTube has added a few new features lately that are pretty cool. The first one is where you can customize the embed code to include a colored frame around the video when you post it on your site. The choice of colors is limited in the selection menu. However, if you go to the source […]
If you’re thinking about embarking on a social media marketing program then the first thing you need to do is ignore the hype. Just like the Internet back in the late 1990s, everyone is jumping on the social media bandwagon without fully understanding what they hope accomplish. Consequently there are a lot of abandoned blogs
From the Financial Times over the weekend: Facebook, the fast-growing social network, has taken a significant lead over MySpace in visitor numbers for the first time, according to one popular measure of internet traffic. Facebook attracted more than 123m unique visitors in May, an increase of 162 per cent over the same period last year
I just came across a pretty cool site called Twittervision. You can see all the “tweets” in the world on one massive global map. I’m sure it doesn’t capture all the tweets, since the map would be pretty full, but it’s pretty cool. A similar tool is available for Flickr – called Flickrvision. Same idea.
When it comes so social media, one word defines your level of success. That one word is “engagement”. It’s easy to go to the various social networking sites and set up a profile. All it takes is a few minutes out of your day, and as long as you have a decent picture you can
