Social Media Optimization project: Democrats Abroad
Talking about Social Media to increase SEO for Vote From Abroad, photo by Democrats Abroad Cambodia
I’m just back from the Democrats Abroad Asia Pacific Regional Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was representing Democrats Abroad Malaysia and gave a short talk on using Social Media to increase site traffic to our online voter registration tool, [...]
Friend lists add privacy on facebook
photo by Johnny Blood
Here’s an informative post over at ReadWriteWeb on how to use Friend Lists feature on facebook.
Social Media 2009 – eMarketer predicts transactions for social networks
photo by roevin
eMarketer predictions for 2009 are out. According to David Hallerman, online video will steam ahead rising by 45% in 2009 to reach $850 million. Traditional media (TV, Newspapers) are in for some hurt. Retail e-commerce growth rates will decline however Debra Aho Williamson predicts b2b marketing is coming to social networks.
Expect both MySpace [...]
Social networking increases efficiency at work
photo by Flipped Out
According to a recent survey that Dynamic Markets did for AT&T in Europe, employees say that social networking increased their productivity, extended their abilities and enhanced creativity.
A pan-European survey of more than 2,500 people in five countries shows that the use of social networking tools as part of everyday working life has [...]
7 Facebook apps for Enterprise 2.0
The financial downturn is accelerating business interest in social media.
The global recession is turning out to be a global catalyst for accelerating changes in technology, marketing and advertising. Social media will be one of the beneficiaries of this change along with metered access to multi-tenant cloud environments like SaaS / PaaS / HaaS.
Word of mouth [...]
Facebook weak in Asia, Malaysia still on Friendster
photo by miskan
According to Nicholas Guan, an OgilvyOne social media researcher, the best social network reach Asians is not always Facebook but on alternative social networks. Does that mean you should advertise on Friendster instead of Facebook if you are selling electric scooters in Malaysia? Of course not because online marketing often about targeting influencers [...]
Social media for finding a job
Anyone received a job offer initiated through facebook, LinkedIn or others? As we all know the best way to get a job or a client is by referral from a friend or associate within. Social networking is just another form of communication although it certainly helps keep you in the thoughts of others when an [...]
BustinBoards video
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Nice use of social media. A friend posted this video via facebook. I now add to the tail and submit it to you.
BustinBoards
hi5 fastest growing social network
I’ve made an account on most of the social networks however I’m not on hi5. My 4 year old is already fan of the other hi5. My theory is that whenever the adults show up, the cool kids move on to the next party. Maybe the hi5 keg was just tapped?
Facebook and MySpace get most [...]
New facebook design
Photo by Vanderlin
Head over to new.facebook.com to see the changes.
via Mashable & ReadWriteWeb
Whose yer friendster?
Funny video, “Social Networking Wars” @ Current TV
via Social Media
Facebook is watching, even when you are logged out
What’s the difference between this and club cards you use at the supermarket?
Researchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account.
via Slashdot
If you want to fix this then go [...]
Facebook Sync
Facebooksync is a basic OSX app that will populate your address book with photos and contact details from facebook contacts. Grab it here.