Do a twitter search for: “there are only” “google results” and you’ll get some fun results. Here are a select few tweets from the results: Internet I am disappoint. There are only four Google results for "how to monetize your cat" — Scott Kubie (@scottrocketship) January 25, 2014 .@ethanz introduced us to US "Institute for […]
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Get more mileage out of comments you give
Do you ever feel like not leaving a comment on a blog, because you feel like it won’t be seen by anyone else other than the author? With the dominance social media today, people are more apt to make their comments on another social media channel rather than your lonely blog post. Imagine if today’s […]
Why do you use Twitter?
Are the overabundance of people trying to gain followers on Twitter actually killing the service? Marketers constantly tweeting utility links, never sharing their own personality. People trying to impress others by constantly retweeting others. Is all this noise killing Twitter? The Atlantic wrote a Eulogy for Twitter, claiming “the beloved social publishing platform enters its […]
Social media: referral traffic vs. engagement
Facebook and Pinterest may drive a lot of traffic to websites, but they don’t do quite as well in converting those clicks into engagement. If you want your social media visitors to stick around on your site, you are best off using YouTube, Google Plus, and Linkedin. Shareaholic created two very interesting reports: Facebook and […]
Twitter is becoming an email publisher
Ever get an email notification that someone faved one of your tweets? It’s pretty nice. Now have you ever gotten a notification that someone you follow faved someone else’s tweet? If used sparingly, they can be nice little tips to point out a tweet you never saw. Unfortunately, it seems twitter sends many of these […]
What’s happened to blogging in the past 12 years?
Blogs used to be the central place for people to share points of view. Status updates have moved to facebook. Link sharing has moved to twitter. Photo sharing has moved to instagram. What is left for blogs is a place to spread corporate agenda. Why?
Six social media plush toys
I scoured the internet for social media plush toys. This is what I found,
Twitter button use on the decline
In 2012 20.02 percent of tweets with links to major news sites came from Twitter buttons. In 2013, the usage of the buttons dropped to 12.61 percent Joshua Benton of niemanlab does a great job pulling these stats and offering five explanations why: People are more comfortable manually copying and pasting a link into a […]
Will there be another Twitter?
Our household names of Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, Linkedin, and Youtube. Can anyone replace them? David Meerman Scott of webinknow.com says, no. While I certainly hope for the success of the current crop of social media giants, nothing is set in stone. In 2005, we would have said, “there is only one MySpace.” Twitter has […]
Do people want to read content by topic?
We live in a world where content is not sorted by topic. Tweets are sorted by person. You can’t view tweets by topic. People on Google Plus never post to topic-based circles. Pinterest automatically subscribes to you to all boards by individuals you follow. You can clean up your pinterest to have just the boards […]