Why putting all your ‘social eggs’ in one basket is a bad idea
Guest Post While it may seem like a great idea, focusing all your attention to build a presence on a single social network could actually be a huge risk.
How Jonah Peretti built BuzzFeed into a content-sharing powerhouse
December 11, 2012 8:05 PM
Dylan Tweney
The founder of Buzzfeed found success by ignoring Google search results and focusing obsessively on getting people to share content.
‘Call your mother,’ ‘Sh*t, dude,’ and other things your parents say on your Facebook wall
December 6, 2012 1:14 PM
Jolie O'Dell
Editor's Pick When parents get on the Internet, suddenly your Timeline is overflowing with bad country songs and embarrassing nicknames. These stats from Facebook break it down.
HootSuite adds 5 more power tools to manage blogs, videos … and Pinterest
December 6, 2012 6:01 AM
John Koetsier
This morning HootSuite users will find five more apps in the social media power tool's app directory: Vimeo, Wordpress.org, Via.me, Reachli, and Scripted.
Pinfluencer: Pinterest better than Facebook for followers, impressions, and sales
December 5, 2012 3:03 AM
John Koetsier
Calling all Mark Cubans in consumer brands: Pinterest may be a greener pasture for brands to connect with customers than Facebook.
Nielsen’s state of social 2012 report: more social, more mobile, more minutes, more TV, and more ads
December 3, 2012 3:24 PM
John Koetsier
There's more of just about everything in Nielsens' 2012 state of the social union report ... all except the poor old PC.
Social media skills can boost your company’s share price
December 2, 2012 4:01 PM
Dylan Tweney
Your company's social media strategy isn't just for publicity or customer service -- it can actually help boost your share price, a new study suggests.
How Bill Gates, (RED), & others are using the web for World AIDS Day
December 1, 2012 10:41 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Every December 1, the world takes a day to raise awareness about the spread of HIV/AIDS and its prevention. Here's what Bill Gates and others are doing to help.
Highly-paid, well-educated, and employed people use Twitter for constant, background job hunting (Jobvite poll)
November 30, 2012 3:22 PM
John Koetsier
A company's best, most educated, and highest-paid staff are continually trolling on Twitter for a better job. They're not actively looking for a new job, just keeping an ear to the ground in case one comes up.
ThingLink: This is how brands are driving 100% more Twitter engagement
November 30, 2012 12:10 PM
John Koetsier
Imagine you could post a tweet which your followers view, engage with, watch video in, listen to audio in, and get detailed information about five or six related details ... all without leaving Twitter.
Tumblr is now the 9th most popular site in the U.S.
November 26, 2012 11:57 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Tumblr has joined the elite ranks of Google, Facebook, and Twitter to become one of the 10 most popular services in the U.S.
Israel says people shouldn’t share bombed locations on social media
November 16, 2012 4:19 PM
Meghan Kelly
The Israeli Defense Forces is asking civilians not to tweet or Instagram photos or description of bombed sites, according to blog Yid with Lid, for fear that Hamas military officials may be able to locate sensitive IDF zones in the meta data.
Banjo brings friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram together, by location (and it’s awesome)
November 15, 2012 8:00 AM
John Koetsier
Editor's Pick Most new social-local apps are a bore, frankly. But most don't have a CEO who did a couple of tours of duty in Desert Storm, was a chief mechanic for a NASCAR team, and then, after selling a startup, went back to study at MIT.
YouTube wins news innovation award — the day before Israel broadcasts an assassination almost live
November 14, 2012 9:37 PM
John Koetsier
YouTube has become a massive news destination, YouTube chief executive Salar Kamangar said in his acceptance speech, with 7000 hours of news-related footage uploaded every single day.
Incubator Science cracks the Pinterest code with new analytics tool
November 14, 2012 6:00 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Pinterest is serious business, and this new tool helps businesses take it seriously.
DataSift nabs $15M from SVP, Northgate, & Daher to better analyze & process social data
November 12, 2012 9:12 PM
Sean Ludwig
Social data startup DataSift has raised $15 million in its second round of funding, cash that will help it continue to swiftly grow and brew better social data technology.
Pinterest launches Secret Boards so you can pin in private
November 8, 2012 10:20 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Because some things are better kept to yourself, Pinterest today launched a new feature called "Secret Boards."
Twitter v. Facebook by the numbers: which network won election night?
November 7, 2012 11:51 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Facebook has more people, more Likes, more stuff -- so why did Barack Obama use Twitter to declare his victory first?
5 lessons marketers can learn from the 2012 presidential campaign
Guest Post If there is one thing that we’ve seen as a constant throughout the 2012 presidential campaign it is that social media has been the go-to-tool for engaging younger audiences and getting them to influence their friends.
Twitter and Fox teaming up to provide social election coverage (updated)
November 6, 2012 12:00 PM
Meghan Kelly
For tomorrow's presidential election, Twitter has partnered up with Fox News, representing the first time the two have ever come together on a social media partnership.
