The point of this post is simple: to find out the last time you took a photo without someone saying the word ‘Facebook’ within a few seconds of it being taken. This last weekend was Halloween and being around the U-District, there was some crazy outfits to behold. Admittedly, mine may have been among the…
If you didn’t see today, the first ever Foursquare check-in happened from space! An astronaut named Douglas Wheelock used Foursquare to check-in to the International Space Station. He got a badge for it and everything and the Commander is now the mayor of the space station and the first person to use a geo-location service…
Here’s the Social Author Prezi from Social Media Marketing at Seattle Central. Social Authoring differs from traditional authoring because it needs to be in the authentic voice of the brand and include key words. It’s a true art to write well for the web. Salty Waffle Social Author SEO Basics on Prezi
Social media integration is a very new field, there is a process to doing it properly for your business and it’s about time somebody explained it. The diagram below is the ultimate integration plan. See the first lesson in listening here!
During my usual procrastination circuit of TechCrunch, Woot, ESPN, and Facebook I noticed two things. Well, three, first that I wasn’t getting anything done, two, that Oklahoma is somehow number one in the BCS standings, and three, sports owns social media on the weekends. Scrolling through my Facebook feed, every other post was about the…
Last week, we shared some interesting social network statistics about men and women on Twitter. The first question a bunch of people had was, wait, isn’t how people use Twitter more important that the number of followers they have? Going along with that, we did a bit of research sticking with the gender angle and found…
Well this is something that has been making its way around some technology and social media blogs the last few days and it was too awesome not to pass along. Randall Monroe of XKCD has drawn a new map of the internet to follow up his original. The world has certainly changed a lot in…
The new (ish) cell phone driving laws in Oregon are killing me. I don’t like headsets and I can manage my phone just fine, thank you. So why are they taking away my phone during drive time? Social media made them. I’m not trying to deny that the task of driving should be given its…
A little while back something happened. I sold my soul for thirty-six cents. Last year, a not-so-great experience at my former bank led me to BECU and I have been there ever since. My experience has been fine, nothing out of the ordinary, and better than where I left. That is until the other day….
Social Media Integration is when you use social media outlets to enhance internal or external communication. There are many terms to describe each aspect of the integration: Social Media Marketing: Initiating and participating in relevant conversation online in order to divert traffic to your site. Social Media Advertising: Paying for people to post articles, tweet,…