The Social Media Boomer

Fact: Facebook has about 500 million active users, with 50% logging in every day. Twitter has 190 million members, and are tweeting 65 million times a day. At least 90 percent of Internet users know at least one of the many social media networks around.
Now, who doesn’t want to take advantage of that?
As social [...]

Every good thing has its flaws and the same applies to Social Media. The world has embraced the new tools helping thousands of people to interact and distance is no longer a barrier. According to statistics young people form the bulk of the fan base of the social medial outlets. As an entrepreneur there [...]

Recent conversations between my 20-something nieces and nephews include, “Have you seen my profile in Facebook?” or “Have you read Ashton (Kutcher) and Demi’s (Moore) latest tweets?”  Facebook and Twitter are just two examples of sites where people can talk to each other.  This “talking to each other in the Internet” is coined as social [...]

LinkedIn is the largest social media site for business professionals. It has over 40 million members. LinkedIn is a site that enables business professionals to increase their network and connections, and build their business. For a business owner, or professional business person a social network is a business asset.

Here is the latest video in the’ Did You Know’ sereies, this time created in collaboration with The Economist.
This one looks at how media convergence has and will affect communication in the world. Technology is bring such change that three of these videos have been released within months of each other

There are millions of videos uploaded everyday, but only a few of the actually go viral and get thousands or even millions of views. So what is the secret? It’s not good content,or humour, or good quality video.
This video gaves an interesting perspective on what that viral component is.

Kennedy Family Using Twitter for News Updates
The Kennedy family have created a Twitter account to update people about the news of the memorial and funeral arrangements of Senator Edward Kennedy. The account kennedynews has been added to frequently announcing or describing events since the death of Ted Kennedy 2 days ago. News can be [...]

Here is a video from Barry Judge the Chief Marketing Officer at Best Buy explaining what Best Buy has learned about marketing using social media and their online marketing strategies with social media.