Today marks 100 years since the R.M.S. Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, taking the lives of over 1,500 souls with her in those icy waters. And over the last year or so, the commercial side o...
Youve probably heard that Pinterest is here and in a big way. If youre not already familiar with it, take a look and see if you can understand what the fuss is all about. The site has been aroun...
If youre a regular user of services like Twitter or Foursquare, youve undoubtedly been met with skeptics and naysayers who wonder aloud, "Why would I want to tell anyone what Im having for lunch?...
If youre like me, you spend a good deal of time on the road. Whether its at an airport, on a train or in a car, youre mobile and your digital life is mobile too.The pervasiveness of tablets and smart...
Ford Motor Company has been at the forefront of social media for some time. The Fiesta Movement, the Explorer reveal on Facebook, Doug the Spokespuppet, Ford Social (formerly known as The Ford Story)...
This infographic was created by Voltier Digital, a content marketing agency based in Florida, specializing on the creation and promotion of impactful content marketing campaigns for businesses o...
I was recently introduced to a compact guidebook for businesses trying to get a sense of Twitter. The microblogging site that allows you to update in no more than 140 characters at at time is decepti...
Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56. His lifes work at Apple literally changed the face of the earth. Undoubtedly, hell go down in history alongside the likes of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison...
Often times, we use humor to find common ground. An observational comic can take the everyday mundane things and makes make them seem funny with a unique spin. Or slapstick teams use physic...
In the last week, weve seen major changes from Google+ and Facebook. You can now add Delicious to that mix.Youll recall that last December, Yahoo! decided to sell Delicious, and then in April, Delici...
At the f8 developer conference today, Facebook unveiled some major platform changes that will profoundly affect how we use and interact with the site. In his keynote, Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebo...
In case youre coming out from the rock youve been living under for the summer, Google+ arri ved on our digital doorsteps in early July - but only for limited field testing. Yesterday, it was...
"If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings and speak my words."- CiceroIve previously cited this quote by Cicero as one that demonstrates the timelessness and u...
Editors note: the following is a guest post by Herman Chan.Social media is where people immediately go to for recommendations for anything and everything, from eateries to vacation spots to even...
How many sensible and well-reasoned comment threads have you seen on YouTube?Go ahead and think about it. Ill wait.Have your answer? Me too. The number youre looking for is ZERO. All too often the th...
The term has multiple meanings, depending on the context in which you find it use. For example, in programming, sports, chemistry, physics, or even The Price is Right.But in the world of social netwo...
"Gamification" seems to be the up and coming buzz word. You may recall that in April, I covered Empire Avenue in a post about the gamification of social media. Now, Google is in the new...
Guest post by Matt Polsky.Prior to the rise of social networks, online brand management solely focused on common SEO techniques such as keywords, content, and proper HTML code. These techniques were ...
#ProBook is the brainchild of Joe Chernov and the team at Eloqua and JESS3 - a team Ive had the privilege of working with previously on this site. They were responsible for The Social Media Play...
Last July, I covered the work of Global Web Index, which offered a quick glimpse of data for global social network usage, which they called Global Web Index LITE.Today, they shared their latest work ...
We were all probably taught the difference between listening and hearing when we were children. "I hear you," you say. No doubt youve uttered that or had it uttered to you. But is it eno...
The following is a guest post from Nick Jerome.QR codes, a.k.a. Quick Response codes, are a useful way to encourage individuals to interact with a product or service. They can be used for a variety o...
Great news for Delicious users: the service has been acquired from Yahoo! by none other than the founders of YouTube. Announced today via email and on their blog.As you may recall, in December I repo...
Empire Avenue is the new game in town. It sits squarely in the social networking space, but it has a different twist - one from which I think businesses may be able to gain valuable insights, al...
The following is a guest post by @ericschwartzman.Up to now, one the biggest challenges that social media posed was forcing organizations to decide just how open they should be. The belief was t...
The following is a guest post from David Murton.To truly appreciate social media and the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, the consumer must first remember the wireless networks distant and humble b...
Its almost like a rite of spring. Every year, pundits proclaim the death of blogging.As far back as 2007 ReadWriteWeb was asking the question. In 2008, it was Wired, wondering if the rise of Twitter,...
[Editors note: I originally prepared this post before Charlie Sheen got on Twitter. I guess we dont have to wait any more - the real stuff is heads and shoulders above anything I could have come up w...
Once upon a time, we used to watch TV by appointment. Families gathered together around a tiny screens - screens that were even smaller than our current laptop screens - and share the experience of w...
Earlier today, we witnessed something that was bound to happen: a brand used a controversial Twitter trending item to draw attention to itself. While Twitters Promoted Trends allow brands to do this ...
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