A Case For Writing Things Out & The Most-Useful Social Media Tools of 2011…
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Phone: A Case For Writing Things Out http://www.fastcompany.com/1798782/when-pen-beats-phone-a-case-for-writing-things-out?partner=homepage_newsletter There’s all kinds of advice across the web about when to use which app for each small thing that needs doing. But the advocates for using paper to complete certain tasks are not so loud (you can’t hear them typing, among other things). Yet a Forrester Research survey of business professionals found that 87 percent of them supplement gadgets with paper productivity http://www.livescribe.com/ , and 47 percent thought their personal…
Video: Social Media Facts 2011 & The Top 25 Social Media Terms You Need To Know…
Video: Social Media Facts 2011 http://youtu.be/m5-7lx7GELE The Top 25 Social Media Terms You Need To Know http://socialmediatoday.com/your-social-move/397449/25-social-media-terms-you-need-know This is a great list to use when explaining social media during client presentations. Suggested Tweet: The Top 25 #SocMed Terms You Need To Know http://soc.li/sakF98C via @yoursocialmove Five Tips for Driving Word-of-Mouth — No Matter What Your Product Is http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/tips-driving-word-mouth/231159/ The study examines the psychological drivers of word-of-mouth for products, based on data from hundreds of BzzAgent social-marketing campaigns. They explore why people talk about…
YouTube Insights, Map of the Social Brand Universe…
Tools: The Next Web, YouTube Launches Insights for Audience <http://thenextweb.com/2009/09/30/launch-youtubes-insights-audience/0/> YouTube is now testing a new tool called “Insights for Audience,” which provides video analytics to describe YouTube video audiences based on demographics. With this tool, advertising and media agencies will be able to determine which users are searching for which videos based on their age, gender, country and interests. Recommended tweet: #New video targeting tool is available for testing. @YouTube presents the Insights for Audience tool: http://tnw.co/qg0Xy2 PC Magazine, Hands On With the Facebook…
Steve Jobs: How to Live Before You Die, Social Media in 7 Minutes, Women Influencers Online…
Video: Stanford University, Steve Jobs: How to Live Before You Die http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc In June 2005, Steve Jobs spoke at Standford University’s commencement ceremony on the importance of pursuing one’s dreams and viewing obstacles as opportunities, even death itself. Recommended tweet: The legacy of Steve Jobs: How to Live Before You Die at @Stanford, http://bit.ly/bbzc2b Tools: The Sacramento Bee, Bluetext and General Sentiment Launch SocialRank <http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/05/3961276/bluetext-and-general-sentiment.html> New tool launched today called SocialRank by Bluetext communications firm and General Sentiment social analytics firm allows companies to…
Facebook as a Study Tool, 7 Steps to Social Media Risk Management…
Tools: MindShift: Distractions Begone! Facebook as a Study Tool <http://twitter.com/#!/ababankingjourn> Facebook is trying to capitalize on students’ need to study, be on Facebook, and at the same time not be distracted by Facebook. One solution is a new application called Hoot.me. This app can direct you towards other students from the same school, or allows you to join chats with other students based on topic of study. This tool may also be useful to educators in the future, as they can hold virtual office hours…
Insights for Audience, Facebook iPAD App …
Tools: The Next Web, YouTube Launches Insights for Audience <http://thenextweb.com/2009/09/30/launch-youtubes-insights-audience/0/> YouTube is now testing a new tool called “Insights for Audience,” which provides video analytics to describe YouTube video audiences based on demographics. With this tool, advertising and media agencies will be able to determine which users are searching for which videos based on their age, gender, country and interests. Recommended tweet: #New video targeting tool is available for testing. @YouTube presents the Insights for Audience tool: http://tnw.co/qg0Xy2 PC Magazine, Hands On With the Facebook…
Twitter Releases Web Analytics Tool, Facebook Unveils ‘Subscribe’ Option…
Tools: USA Today, Facebook unveils ‘subscribe’ option <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2011-09-14/facebook-subscribe-feature/50404706/1> Similar to Google + and Twitter, Facebook will now offer a “Follow” feature, of sorts. In the next few days Facebook plans to open up the option for users to subscribe to others including non-Facebook friends. Celebrities and political figures will no longer need to update pages in order to update fans, and fans will be able to specifically customize their subscriptions by content, prioritization, and all in between. Recommended tweet: Out with the “like,” in with…
Tools to Enhance Social Media Workflow, Maintaining a ‘Social Savy’ Reputation…
Tools: Converstations, Cool Tool: Buffer App Saves Time with a Single Click http://www.converstations.com/2011/09/cool-tool-buffer-app-saves-time-with-a-single-click.html Your client requires 10 tweets per week, but your busy schedule can’t fit in two time slots per day to write and send posts. Instead, you choose to sit down and do them all at once, flooding your followers as a result. Kiss this concern goodbye with BufferApp, a tool that schedules your tweet releases for all your twitter handles. Recommended Tweet: Use @bufferapp to save time and stress by scheduling your…
