Small Niche Social Influencers or Popular Largely Followed influencers?
ShareThis debate has been going on since social media and social networking has started. What’ more valuable and what is influence? People that have influence in a small niche group or popular people with tons of followers? A study conducted by Vocus and Brian Solis was reported by eMarketer and found that marketers are already suspect of large numbers of followers and their true value. Better said, it is all about popularity vs. influence, with... Read More
One More Thing You Probably Didn’t Know About StumbleUpon
Share Previously I wrote a post on 10 things you probably didn’t know about Stumbleupon and another post on su.pr StumbleUpon’s url shortener and submission tool. Today I’m going over more of a hack to help you find more targeted content when you’re stumbling. If you’re new to Stumbleupon or haven’t used it before this social bookmarking site works differently than any other social media sites. When you click the stumble button you are... Read More
Japanese Social Media Platform Comparison
ShareEven though there are major platform that cater to many different countries outside of the United States there are others niche and unique platforms for every country. Here’s a graph showing comparing major social networks in Japan to the their Japanese equivalent. This is great information if you’re looking to run an international social campaign. Here’s a list of other great infographics on the web. Read More
Facebook’s Top 8 Valuation Comparisons [infographic]
ShareNumerical numbers that go into the millions and billions usually need some king of comparison to show what that number really means. The infographic below takes 8 different examples to visually show you how much Facebook’s valuation really is. Read More
FTC Starts To Regulate Social media
Share Positive comments on blogs or blog post themselves made by employees of the product itself without disclosure is nothing new. Some people get away with it and others have been caught red handed and the community usually self moderates the black hat techniques of the user and verbally calls out and bans the users. Now the seriousness of this offense has been taken to a new level. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just announced that it has started... Read More
Nike+ Iphone App Just Released
Share Nike+ launched about two years ago leading the way for corporate social networks. They built a platform that gave connectivity and interactivity. Obviously this platform had a great appeal for serious runners however, Nike took it to the next level allowing users to communicate with other runner around the globe. Their main leading success factor from this project was adding a gaming element allowing people to challenge one another to provide... Read More
Social Networks To Help You Go Green
Share A slew of social networking tools put people on the same page to reach sustainability goals. CarbonRally approaches the effort of saving the planet with sportsmanship by inviting users to team up to rack up points for reducing emissions. Make Me Sustainable also aims to help groups green their habits. Care2 has been around so long that it often gets left off of lists of the latest, greatest and greenest sites, but it’s one of the largest... Read More
Social Fashion
Share Shopflick Shopflick combines videos and shopping to create a truly unique online fashion and shopping experience and social community. The site draws from a strong network of indie and up and coming designers to provide shoppers the ability to find cutting edge, unique items and to helps brand touch base and engage with current and new customers through branded online stores, video commerce widgets and much more. Us Trendy UsTrendy is a place... Read More
