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Tag Archives: Social media
The Periodic Table Of The Social Web
Having studied Chemistry in university for six years, I remember well the Periodic Table of Elements from the lecturs in Inorganic Chemistry. With some amusement I recently came across a new “Periodic Table” of the Social Web: The Periodic Table Of … Continue reading
Ten Preventable Social Marketing Mistakes
Terri Seymour ponders about 10 Preventable Social Marketing Mistakes. She writes: Social media have made a profound impact on the way businesses market their products and services. Did you think Facebook and Twitter wouldn’t last when they first came out? Many of … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Business, Facebook, Internet Marketing, LinkedIn, Social media, Social media marketing, Twitter
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My Top 5 Social Networking Sites For Business
Michel Ruggaber (@miruggaber) pointed me to a useful article discussing Social Media sites for business: Top 10 Social Networking Sites For Business (Social Networking Marketing Stress Relief) I don’t necessarily agree with the entire list but do agree with the … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, Social media, Social network, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube
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How to Use bit.ly to Track Clicks On Your Links
Many are aware of Google Analyticsto measure web site traffic on their own pages. But setting the tool up correctly is quite involving and many give up half way through. Google analytics, once you succeeded in setting everything up correctly … Continue reading
Posted in On blogging, Social Media, Web
Tagged bit.ly, Google Analytics, Social media, URL shortening
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Social Media Revolution 2011 (Video)
Some amazing facts on Social Media—and many companies still think they don’t have to deal with Social Media. That Social Media are only for kids… I saw the link to this video on Michael Neuwerth’s Social Media Zeitung following a link in … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, Social media, Social network, Twitter
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Act Now: Set Your LinkedIn Privacy
Retweeted from several messages that I received: In case you don’t know it, without attracting too much publicity, LinkedIn has updated their privacy conditions. Without any action from your side, LinkedIn is now permitted to use your name and picture … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, New and Noteworthy, Security, Social Media
Tagged LinkedIn, Privacy, Social advertising, Social media, Social network
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Plastic Bottles Lighten Up the Slums
As recently reported in our local newspaper in Basel (Plastikflaschen für den Klimaschutz – News Wissen: Technik – bazonline.ch) philanthropist Illac Diaz from the Philippines is using simple low-tech discarded plastic bottles filled with water to bring light into the … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Social Media, Unusual
Tagged Philippines, Plastic bottle, Social media, YouTube
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If Zuckerberg Deleted Facebook: Social Networks – Can We Survive Without Them?
In many previous postings I have been pondering on the importance of Social Media for business and how it will change our cooperation. Today I would like to discuss our dependence on such technologies: I still remember the days in … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, On blogging, Social Media
Tagged Business, Email address, Facebook, Social media, Social network, TechCrunch, Twitter
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Ten Sloppy Social Media Mistakes to Fix NOW
Corey Eridon has some advice on mistakes to avoid and she warns not to be sloppy about Social Media. She writes in her blog on hubspot.com: “What makes the following social media mistakes particularly sloppy is that they cost little … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Web
Tagged Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Social media, social media strategy, Social network, Twitter
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How to Back Up Your Social Media Accounts
Now that we learned to make the occasional backup of the files on our computers using external hard disks and — the audacious ones among us — using cloud services (BTW: check out Wuala for backup. Files get encrypted on … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Security, Social Media, Web
Tagged Backup, Cloud computing, Data center, DropBox, Facebook, Hard disk drive, Social media, Twitter
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Are you clueless when it comes to integrating social into your website?
A recent non-scientific poll done by Jeremy Victor, which he published on SmartBlog is titled “Are you clueless when it comes to integrating social into your website?.” He reports as results: 42.86%: “Our website has “Follow/Fan Us” links to our … Continue reading
Gartner: Difficult Times For the CIO
Silicon.de reported on the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2011 in Orlando: Gartners CEO Gene Hall warned the CIO’s of the four winds that blow at the CIO simultaneously. CIO’s will have to bundle up to weather the coming storm. The four winds Hall talked … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Management, Social Media
Tagged CIO, Cloud computing, Data Warehouse, Gartner, Mobile Computing, Mobility, Social media
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Scott McNealy’s Startup “Wayin”: Social Media For Super-Fans
The former CEO and co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. (now part of: http://www.oracle.com) is the creator of a new startup. It provides a new social media service called Wayin. The service launched on October 5th and is a application in … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Social Media
Tagged Games, Gaming, Scott McNealy, Social media, Sun Microsystems
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Social Media Prism Infograph (Ethority.de)
Ethority created a rather beautiful graphic called “Social Media Prisma“– now available in its version 3.0. It unfolds the different categories of social media and shows some of the actual products in the different sections. I think a classification like … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Business, Internet Marketing, Online Communities, Social media, Social network
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Facebook, Twitter, Google+: Making Social Media Measurable
Tools für Facebook, Twitter, Google+: Social Media messbar machen – computerwoche.de. Companies use social media as marketing tools. But who wants to measure their success, needs management and monitoring tools. Many companies have begun to use Social Media. They serve not … Continue reading
Social Media Around the World 2011
Interesting and inspiring slide set by Prof. Steven Van Belleghem of InSights Consulting: Social media around the world 2011. From the transcript: What to expect from this presentation? 20 eye-catching facts about social media around the world. >1.000 facts & figures … Continue reading
“Facebook Light” For Elderly, Dementia Patients
Quoted from: “Facebook Light” For Elderly, Dementia Patients in Works (emaxhealth.com) “Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg probably never had this in mind when he came up with the phenomenally popular social network, but researchers are developing a type of “Facebook Light” for the … Continue reading
Posted in e-Health, New and Noteworthy, Social Media
Tagged Dementia, Facebook, SINTEF, Social media, Social network
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Good Article: The History and Evolution of Social Media
The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot. “Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Social media, Social network, Twitter
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Will Your CEO Be The Next Mubarak?
Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution — Forbes Very interesting article by David Kirkpatrick: Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution. The social might of the uprising in the Middle East is now moving towards your company. Empowered individuals can … Continue reading
Infographic: The Growth of Social Media
SearchEngineJournal published a nice infographic on the current growth of Social Media that I would like to share with you. “Say what you will about the tidal wave that is social media: it’s over-hyped, a fad halfway through its 15 … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Social Media
Tagged Information graphics, Social media, Social network
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