Category: Social Media

A Beginner’s Guide to Online Social Networking

online social networkingOnline social networking sites permit you to get together and bond with new friends.The majority of the popular online social networking sites permit users to bond with new friends from across the world. A member connecting to these sites needs to register for membership and to build their profile which will list all of their personal details, as well their likes, dislikes and other hobbies and interests.You can make use of various online social networking sites to get together and keep in touch with like-minded people who share your interests.

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How something like #NewTwitter can destroy the integrity of an innocent human being

Marsy, author of Giddy Fingers, presents you with a real life story
of how #NewTwitter almost ruined her life.

I was a happy person back in 2008 when I didn’t have too
many things to think about.

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That being until my dog mentioned a new social
networking platform that was quickly making an impression
on the way the world wrote about things…

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Which led me to ponder a thought I should never have
pondered…

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Mark Zuckerberg on Oprah

Mark created a foundation—Startup: Education—with an initial gift of $100 million to improve educational opportunities for young people in America. The foundation’s first project will support Governor Christie and Mayor Booker’s bipartisan initiative to ensure every school-aged child in Newark has access to a high-quality education that prepares them for a successful future and a better quality of life. This is a personal donation by Mark to the foundation.

Are Twitter Followers Better Than Facebook Fans?

facebook vs twitterThis is a common question that online marketers ask themselves everyday.

Online marketers are always experimenting on how to deliver the most effective messages across Twitter and Facebook. They are seeking to understand what causes their opt-in recipients to connect better with their brands.

Some argue that Twitter followers have the highest conversion rate.

Others claim that Facebook fans are the most likely to make a purchase.

Another group even claims that we should forget these 2 groups and stick with good-old-traditional opt-in email recipients.

Let’s take a look at what group:

1. will be more likely to make a purchase

2. will be more likely to recommend a brand.

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4 Reasons Why You Must Stop Using Auto DMs On Twitter

Bender smokingTake a good look at Bender.

Bender Bending Rodríguez  is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama.

Bender is a heavy drinker, smoker, and gambler and has been known as “pure evil”, by other characters.

Bender often shows signs of sociopath-like behavior, as he is a pathological liar, and rarely shows empathy towards anyone.

Why am I talking about Bender on this article? Because YOU look like Bender when you use auto DMs after a follow on Twitter. I asked on Twitter what people thought about auto DMs after a follow and there is a strong consensus that people need to stop doing them.

Here are the 4 reasons why you must stop using auto DMs on Twitter.

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Dilbert on Social Media Managers

dilbertDilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character.

Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees’ skills and efforts are not rewarded, and busy work is praised.

Much of the humor emerges as the audience sees the characters making obviously ridiculous decisions that are natural reactions to mismanagement.

Here’s what happens when Beth, the new Marketing Manager for Social Media enters Dilbert’s corporate world:

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What do you think? Sounds familiar?