Twitter Launching “Everyday Moments” Data Visualization Tool While initially available only to UK marketers, Twitter will eventually allow anyone to use their new “Everyday Moments” tool. The tool maps the country and lets marketers dig in to see the prevalence of certain words (such as happy,...

19 July, 2014

Real-Time Marketing Scorn? When Luis Suarez bit his opponent in a World Cup game, brand after brand quickly launched their responses. When Wheat Thins launched a selfie promotion featuring Kelly Osbourne, Fast Company covered it with palpable scorn. When the national financial aid organization tried to...

28 June, 2014

Content is King, but That’s Not Enough Marketers are very focused on their next Facebook update, or tweet, or Instagram. And they should be. But that’s not the entirety of social media marketing. In this article, I’ve outlined that the “Royal Flush” of social media marketing...

14 June, 2014

I'm a bit concerned that many brand social media marketers have come to equate their social media strategy with the content they put on their branded channels, such as their Facebook Page, Twitter account or Instagram account. There's nothing wrong with that content, but social media...

12 June, 2014

2014 Internet trends will get you thinking, plus a major opportunity for (some) brands on Pinterest, in this week’s Social You Should Know Only 27% of Pinterest Users Follow Any Brands New research from our friends at Ahalogy found that just 27% of active Pinterest users report...

07 June, 2014

#HashtagHotel Trends 8 Times, for Locked Account Imagine a brand making its account private (so only followers can see their tweets) and then hosting a 24-hour, round the clock Twitter party, exclusively for followers. That’s exactly what we did for our Club Carlson client and the...

24 May, 2014

Facebook starts to break itself apart, Google+ searches for clarity around follower counts and Twitter buys Gnip, in this week’s Social You Should Know. What Will Facebook Look Like in Five Years? Facebook is taking the unusual step of breaking its core product into pieces. Soon, mobile...

21 April, 2014
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