5 Ways To Appear More Like An Expert – Rather Than A Narcissist – In The...
Whether you’re selling vacuum cleaners or you’re offering consulting services, consumers want to buy from someone with proven expertise. The good news is, today’s digital world allows you to declare...
View ArticleWhy Your Business Must Embrace Social Media Yesterday
For years I thought “I don’t care about social media. My business isn’t one of ‘those’ businesses.” Maybe you’ve been thinking the same thing. Perhaps you decided to dip your toes in the water, but...
View ArticleThe Year Social Moves Beyond Social Media
This article is by Chris Bolman, director of growth at Percolate. Social is entering a new era in the history of its communications potential. In doing so, “social media” companies like Facebook and...
View ArticleHeres How Twitter Can Connect Us To The Internet Of Things
While Facebook, Google and others have made their strategies for the Internet of Things fairly self-apparent, Twitter, the real-time social king, has yet to crystalize a cohesive strategy for what many...
View ArticleWhy Social Media Companies Want To Control The Internet Of Things
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed the Internet of Things (IoT) is hot. Everyone from chip makers to software companies to retailers are getting in on the act, all trying...
View ArticleHow social media can help shoppers find their style
Shopa sells goods through online recommendations and aims to reach 20m users by the end of next year One might imagine there are not many firsts left in online retailing but Peter Janes would disagree,...
View ArticleWhy your tweet about how people are voting in the UK election might be illegal
This article originally appeared on The Next Web UK election law wasn’t drafted to take Twitter or Facebook into account. The legislation is hot on how the media should handle reporting on election day...
View ArticleHow To Master The Digital First Impression
First impressions last. It’s more than a saying; recent studies in neurobiology have proven it. But in the Information Age, first impressions are less and less likely to be formed in person. Instead,...
View ArticleHow Facebook Turned The Social Graph Into A Hacker Alarm System
If there’s one thing Facebook is good at, it’s getting people to share their data and using it to track the relationships between people, places, and things. Knowing which of its 1.39 billion monthly...
View ArticleShould your business be on Snapchat, Ello, Vine or other niche social networks?
This article originally appeared on The Next Web There are a stunning amount of social networks out there, offering some inventive, engaging ways for people to connect and share with one another. Which...
View ArticleVines Quiet, Stealthy Pivot
When Vine first launched in May 2013, its cofounder Dom Hofmann introduced it this way: With Vine, capturing life in motion is fun and easy. . . . They’re little windows into the people, settings,...
View ArticleIs Social Media Just Another Bad Habit To Break ?
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the...
View ArticleOver 1B people used Facebook in a single day for the first time ever
This article originally appeared on The Next Web Here’s a crazy statistic for you: For the first time in history, one billion people used Facebook in a single day this past Monday. That means one out...
View ArticleYour Business Technology Team is Obsolete: Two Tests to Determine How Bad It...
The chances are good that your business technology team is obsolete. Staying current is a challenge for even the most forward-thinking business technology professionals and companies. Complicating...
View ArticleA day in the life of a social CIO
David Chou upped his activity on social media sites about four years ago when a new job in Abu Dhabi imposed a vast physical separation between him, colleagues and important emerging trends in...
View ArticleHow To Avoid Spreading Hoaxes On Social Media
Facebook is not charging $5.99 to protect your privacy and Bill Gates isn’t going to give you $5,000. And posting a “legal” notice doesn’t mean anything. You are responsible for what you post If...
View ArticleIf this is a tech bubble, its very different to the last one
The success of Instagram after its $1bn purchase shows how difficult it is to call a bubble. But we should not expect a repeat of 2000 if there is a downturn When Facebook paid $1bn (£658m) for...
View ArticleHow to craft an effective social media policy
Nowadays, it is almost impossible to prevent employees from using social media sites – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest – while at work. Some businesses are fine with that, even...
View ArticleDoes Facebook even belong in the enterprise?
The baby pictures keep popping up. Your neighbor obviously just got back from a duck-hunting trip. And, your sister just announced her wedding plans for next summer. Congratulations, you just spent 30...
View ArticleIs simplicity the secret to social media success?
Few social media services remain simple and focused for long. The original purpose or goals of social apps almost always give way to additional features designed to keep people engaged and attract new...
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