Archives for “Social Media”

The State of the Internet

When Mary Meeker speaks, folks in the Internet and tech industries sit up and listen.  Meeker, currently a partner at Kleiner Perkins, one of the top venture capital firms in Silcon Valley, is widely respected for her knowledge and experience and ability to spot a trend a mile away. Meeker has been reporting on the [...]


Don’t say we didn’t warn you but Facebook has changed yet again. The other day we all checked our Facebook pages and found that everything was different. The first and most obvious change is the real-time feed of your friends’ updates on the upper right-hand side of the page.  Some are calling this the ‘real time Facebook’ [...]


Facebook Evolves, Again.

If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed with all of the changes Facebook is rolling out lately, have no fear, we are here to help you. Privacy Improvements A few weeks ago Facebook added stronger privacy controls, giving users the ability to control who can see each individual update to their feed – friends, friends [...]


Is it time for you join Twitter? We think so. The perks of joining the Internet’s unfolding sensation are growing by an average of 460,000 new users a day. The hyper-expansive site has had people buzzing about its capabilities since its inception, and the advantages of creating a Twitter account today will benefit you and [...]


Shower Love on Your Website

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hope you don't forget to show a bit of love to your web presence in the next coming weeks. We have had many changes in Social Media and it's time to tweak and reconnect to take advantage of all the bells and whistles.


You’re So Engaging!

Engagement means something different across the social media platforms. Whether its LinkedIn, Facebook, Blogs or Twitter, the importance of engagement is right up there with content. Let's review a breakdown by platform...


Info is the new oil and Zuckerberg is the next Rockefeller. Last week we talked about Facebook’s successful commandeering of the geo-location space by integrating all major players with its API. Why did Facebook make this move? The answer is that mobile apps will define the future of commerce. Understanding this fact is key to [...]


The Facebook Platform

In my last post I talked about Facebook’s integration of “Places” and how it changed (or doesn’t) the social media landscape. The tale of Facebook’s late, well-planned, and well-executed entrance to the geo-location space followed by Foursquare’s and Gowalla’s single-file submission to Facebook’s geo-location system reveals what Facebook has become. It is no longer the social [...]


The first in a multi-part series. Since the public unveiling of Facebook “Places”, the proverbial ”jump-to-conclusions mat” has been unfurled gratuitously by social media types across America. The implications of “Places” is not quite as revolutionary as many, including myself, had previously anticipated. While many seem focused on the consequences of “Places” for geo-location apps such as Foursquare [...]


So, What’s This Social Media Thing?

"So, what's this social media thing?" I paused for a minute and mulled over where do I begin. I decided to say: "I would love to explain it, what do you do?" ...