It was a crazy week in social media and with the NBA Finals wrapping up over the weekend, there were even more story lines blowing up Twitter. In case you missed some of the crazy stories, we’ve collected our favorite and linked them below, along with just a little bit of commentary. Weinergate: Yeah, some…
The reigning King and Queen of Twitter are still Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, but just who actually holds the top spot in the kingdom of social media? Let’s take stock and crown a ruler. Will it be the young heartthrob or the ‘Fame Monster’? […]
The social media landscape is changing faster than that of prehistoric earth. New sites pop up all the time, the balance of power shifts rapidly from one service to another, and people constantly jump from one social bandwagon trend to the next. I like the breakdown of the social world into 7 categories with Google…
PsyBlog has a taken a series of studies and nailed down some reasons people are generally less inclined to follow social conventions when online versus in person. 1. Anonymity: Being online offers the opportunity to be relatively anonymous if you want to be. When people feel that they can’t be identified, they are more likely…
This week for social media vocabulary, we have 5 more strange words. Who knew astroturfing had anything to do with social media? As always, let us know if there are words you hear and would like an explanation on! Akismet: Akismet is our friend. It is a little bot application that filters spam comments from…
Mondays, the day you catch up on all those emails from over the weekend, check out what you missed over the weekend, and stare down all the work you’ll be doing for the rest of the week. It’s a good time to catch up on some social media from last week and the weekend too,…
At Salty Waffle, we’ve been working on some brand new social media classes and the newest set is all about the ‘Social Resume’. We’re teaching all about tools to build your online resume for a world where paper resumes are dying. Since LinkedIn is such a huge part of recruiting, (80% of companies use it…
You know the person, the ‘Facebook Stalker’. The guy or gal that hunts around Facebook way past the boundaries of their own wall and feed looking for information on one of the more than 500 million individuals inhabiting the site. Maybe an ex, maybe someone you just met, someone from high-school, or maybe just a…
Here at Salty Waffle, almost all of our work is done remotely. Our ability to do this is in large part due to the tools we use everyday. We have a service to make conference calls easy, we use Google Docs to share information, and with our cool phones we can post on the go. As we collect…
This is a fun edition of our weekly social media vocabulary piece that will hopefully help to clear up some of the stammering that happens when you are trying to pick the right T-word with Twitter. 5 more social media vocabulary terms to take-in: 1. Tweep: One of your twitter people. Twitter + people =…