Instagram

Instagram is evolving into a social network from a smartphone application. With over 12 million users and 400 million photos uploaded, Instagram may be one of the most popular photo sharing websites that exist—and it was named iPhone App of the Year by Apple. Instagram allows its users to take a photo, edit it and [...]

December 19, 2011
Categories: Branding, Marketing, Social Media Addicts, trends . Tags: , , , , , . Author: kaylaheelan . Comments: 1 Comment

Not cool enough to get a Google+ invitation?

Google is betting that its new social network will give FB a run for its money but they aren’t being too social. Google isn’t sharing invites with just everyone yet. They launched their latest and greatest product a few weeks back to a limited audience for a field trial. Access to the project is by [...]

August 3, 2011
Categories: Google, social media, trends . Tags: , , , , . Author: georgeirish1 . Comments: 1 Comment

Facebook Launches Photo Tagging for Pages

Facebook announced today the launch of photo tagging for pages. Facebook users now have the ability to tag pages in their photos the same way they can tag their friends. Tagging pages in photos enable Facebook users to share stories with friends about the things they interact with in the real-world, such as businesses, brands, [...]

May 12, 2011
Categories: facebook . Tags: , , , , . Author: rachellagesse . Comments: 1 Comment

Top five ways banks should use Social Networks

Over the past few years more and more banks have starting looking at social communications as another media outlet to sell products and services and even as an attempt to heal our wounded economy. Upon initial examination most banks looked at Social as their way to reach that elusive and prized Generation Y, but as [...]

March 10, 2011
Categories: social media . Tags: , , , , , , . Author: georgeirish1 . Comments: Leave a Comment

Facebook Gets $500 Million Investment

It’s all over the news – “Facebook Gets $500 Million Investment.” Looks like the popular social networking site is entering the new year with a bang! According to reports from The New York Times and USA Today, Goldman Sachs and Russian partner Digital Sky Technologies have reportedly agreed to invest $500 million in Facebook. So [...]

January 4, 2011
Categories: facebook . Tags: , , , . Author: rachellagesse . Comments: Leave a Comment

I was recently asked by a friend should I outsource my social communications.

I had to stop for a second and think about it. Not the question as a whole but the word outsourcing. Outsourcing seems to be such a dirty and negative word. Especially when you put in a question with social communication, it just doesn’t seem to fit or apply. Social communications is about facilitating conversations [...]

November 9, 2010
Categories: social media, trends . Tags: , , , . Author: georgeirish1 . Comments: 2 Comments

Recruiting through Social Networks

More and more companies are turning to social networks to find qualified job candidates. Jobvite, an e-recruitment provider, recently conducted their third annual Social Recruiting Survey which proved this to be true. According to the survey results, more than 80% of companies use or plan to start using social networks for recruitment, and more than [...]

October 21, 2010
Categories: social media . Tags: , , , , . Author: rachellagesse . Comments: Leave a Comment

Twitter is Growing!

Twitter CEO Evan Williams, recently revealed that the company now has more than 145 million registered users. According to a recent post on Mashable.com, “this increasing growth proves that Twitter is adding nearly 300,000 new users per day.” Twitter’s recent growth is mainly the result of mobile usage.  The official Twitter mobile apps have significantly [...]

September 7, 2010
Categories: twitter . Tags: , , , . Author: strategisadv . Comments: Leave a Comment

LinkedIn Groups—New and Improved

written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) Who has two thumbs and likes the NEW LinkedIn Group interface and functionality? (Two thumbs thumping into my chest) “This guy” Yup, I’m that guy. For those who haven’t noticed or have been ignoring LinkedIn lately, the Groups have changed and I’m loving it. I’ll leave my favorite new feature [...]

July 14, 2010
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: , , . Author: strategisadv . Comments: Leave a Comment

A-Twitter “Thank you very much”

written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) I’m sure my most astute and loyal readers (or just my mom) will remember my last Twitter post, and yeah, I was a little harsh and down on the tweeting trend. (For the rest of you, here’s the link if you want a refresher). Today, I’m changing my tweeting tune [...]

July 7, 2010
Categories: twitter . Tags: , , . Author: strategisadv . Comments: Leave a Comment

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