MovableType announced the release of MT 4.2 PRO, which according to their announcement has added social networking features right into the platform. This update puts the focus of their platform squarely on extending the social aspects of each and every MovableType 4.2 Pro blog. Considering blogs were the first link in the social [...]
In case it wasn’t apparent from previous posts, Twitter is my favorite social network. Of all social media sites, Facebook and Linkedin included, I would much prefer Twitter and use it far more. Not only has Twitter been one of the more enjoyable of the web 2.0 technologies, it’s spawned some amazingly helpful [...]
It’s been gaining mainstream buzz this year, but Twitter has finally stepped into the bigtime recently with the Wired article about how Twitter broke the news about the Earthquake. To be clear, “Twitter” the company didn’t break the news, but Twitter users were all tweeting about the earthquake before any major news site had published [...]
Every so often a new technology comes along and fascinates and excites businesses and consumers alike. Previously, e-commerce won our hearts. Then we all fell for search engines, and the world wide web was redefined. Now, that new technology is social networking and it’s an exciting place to be. New technology [...]
If you think you are ready to make the leap to social media marketing, the RSS Applied team has put together a white paper for you. The landscape of social media technology continues to grow, and it requires experience to leverage social technology to your business benefit.
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I’m shocked. I’ve been stunned twice in 1 day by former coworkers. First, I had a former colleague admit openly he didn’t know what Twitter was. We worked in a software company together, and he is still there…working in technology…not knowing about Twitter. Twitter isn’t saving the world, it’s not the [...]
There is a tipping point in technology where a company goes too far and signals the end of things as we know them. In TV terms this is called ‘jumping the shark‘, but it’s been appropriated into all avenues of life including technology. An example in the first dot-com bubble might be any [...]
It occurred to me as I was speaking with a recruiter I’ve known for nearly a decade, that whenever new technologies come out - recruiters are one of the first of the business early adopters. Let me clarify - this is different than consumer early adopters, these are BUSINESS early adopters. Not the gadget geeks [...]
Before you head down the path of implementing your own social media marketing strategy, there are numerous items to consider. Here is a list of things to check off your list as you move forward:
Demographics/Audience - who would you benefit from networking with? Industry veterans, customers, consumers? The better you understand who [...]