Social Media Song – Crazy Little Thing The Web

Half parody, half endorsement.  This video from “codellamarketing” takes a look at social media using the social medium of Youtube in hope of (wait for it…) becoming “VIRAL.”

Unfortunately, as I post this, the video only has a bit over 6000 views.  It deserves more.  After all, it’s gotta be better than that “nanny” TV show!

So, [...]

Google Buzz Comes To Gmail

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Like almost everyone that I know, I have this love/hate thing going with Google.  I’d probably feel better about the company if I had been smart enough to buy share of the stock at the darkest moment of the recession.  But I didn’t.

Instead of counting my capital gains, I become frustrated that Google [...]

Here Are Some Methods By Which You Too Can Become A Social Media Expert

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@tremendous news brings us this tongue in cheek list of insights that can allow all of us to profit from social media by charging outrageous sums for our advice.  This is offered with sincere apologies to all of you who do in fact offer such advice for outrageous sums.

I admit that this hits [...]

FlauntR: Photo-Editing Integrated With Social Media

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by Veena

FlauntR is a software application for photo editing with unlimited photo storage, integration with all the popular social networks, and a built in photo finishing service. It began its service in September 2007 and was acquired by Switzerland-based FotoDesk in June 2008.

FlauntR divides its image editing task into 6 primary segments – [...]

GovLoop – A Nest For Public Sector Workers

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GovLoop (www.govloop.com), also popularly known as the “Facebook for government”, is the premium social network for more than 22,000 people in and around government across the world. Federal, state, local and international public sector personnel connect and collaborate through blogs, forums, groups and many more web-based tools.

Launched in June 2008, GovLoop.com is becoming [...]

BakeSpace: Social Site For Foodies

by Veena Krishnan

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone to come to know about the new trend of several emerging social networks for foodies. People all over the globe rely upon take-out stations and pizza places for their daily meals. It is a habit which any one can fall prey into easily when literally [...]

Social Media Strategy

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In today’s day and age you need a social media strategy. Social media websites are the new fad and new ones seem to be popping up all the time. The average
erson who frequents these sites will spend 2 hours a day surfing on them. Are you marketing to this large [...]

Social Bookmarking: Share Your World, Forget Search Engines

Social bookmarking is nothing less than keeping and maintaining your favorite on-line Internet pages in one place. If you own content like articles, photos etc it can be shared with other users through bookmarking sites. Because the bookmarks are public you get the social dimension as well since others can also see your list of [...]

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Social Media In Our World

In this day and age we are all faced with the reality that there are a number of new ways in which we can communicate. These methodologies are completely different to what our grand parents were used to. Perhaps the best example of this is social media.

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The term social media refers to any form of [...]

Social Networking: An Introduction

Social networking is more than a simple platform. It has become a venue for those who want to make business contacts, play games, and find old flames and friends from days long ago. The more you know about social networking the more you will see that its potential for profitability is actually huge for anyone [...]

Using Facebook And MySpace As Ad Publishers

Two of social media’s Big Three are now selling ad space.  Twitter has announced that, although it is looking for a means of monetization, it will not compete in that arena.

Facebook and MySpace have advertising distribution programs that are very similar, at least on the surface.  Rather than incorporating advertising in their search functions, a [...]

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