In the gold rush to make money on social networks like Facebook, it has taken a surprisingly long time for the social networking giant to fully integrate payments into its system. But last month, Facebook announced a partnership with PayPal that will allow users to use PayPal to purchase Facebook Credits – the default currency [...]
Read more...Pollster John Zogby reports that that Gen Y is engaging like no other generation before it. They’re eager to change the system and protect people in developing nations from unfair economic systems that leave them in poverty. But aren’t they just a generation of slackers? Gen Y “discovered” Myspace, Facebook and Twitter. Their tunnel vision [...]
Read more...The velocity of media consumption in our world increases every day. My blog reader proves the point. I subscribe to over 100 blogs and “thumb through” literally thousands of articles and posts each month. You may not read very many blogs, but how many magazines, TV shows, websites, social networks, do you look to each [...]
Read more...Clay Shirky, professor, speaker and author of the new book Here Comes Everybody, gave a TED Talk last month entitled “How Twitter can make history.” He focuses on Twitter specifically, but it’s clear the general framework of what he talks about is much more about the broad implications of social media. It’s a great presentation [...]
Read more...Twitter. It’s all a buzz. Maybe you’re asking yourself the question that many are – “but what really is Twitter?” Mashable comes to the rescue with Top 7 Twitter Tutorials on YouTube. Check it out. And if you’re feeling especially lazy, I’ve grabbed one of those tutorials and placed it just below. Happy tweeting.
Read more...Megan points us to an interesting article on the NonProfit Times website — Social Networks Are Red Hot, Web Sites Are Diddlysquat. Great article. You should check it out. Here’s one takeaway…. Beware the siren song of social media. In NO WAY am I encouraging you to ignore social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a [...]
Read more...In January, we gave a webinar on Following Conversations in a Web 2.0 World. It was one of our most popular to date. But just knowing the conversation is happening on the web likely isn’t enough to get busy people like you and I to do something about it. A few weeks later, Beth Kanter [...]
Read more...Following Conversations in a Web 2.0 World People are talking about you every day – are you listening? Tune in to learn how to keep up with various “conversations” on the web – conversations about you! Download Presentation Slides Watch presentation
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