Tis the season to be giving and if you have a business, it is very important to spread the love. So would you give your clients an virtual good or gift instead? Would you accept virtual gifts from a...

Many businesses advertise on social media with the hopes of a higher CTR and sales. I can count in one hand the times I have clicked to a social ad on Facebook. What about you? How more likely are...

I just read an article that stated Pepsi will invest on social media instead of advertising during the Super Bowl breaks. http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/159401

Do you think more companies...

I read a LinkedIn post with the same above title and some say Orkut. I say, Myspace. What do you say?

Whenever I am trying to assess the popularity of a topic, I may go to YouTube or Facebook to see if I find any user generated content on it. So other than using social media for this type of...

It now seems that there is a new app or tool on social media that will help resolve everyday's communication and issues. I have seen different communities rising up every day, especially when I read...

Almost all the businesses I know what to create a Facebook page but I do wonder, what happens next? Does the business actually measure the results of having the Facebook Page, both on Facebook and...

I totally agree with you Marketing Rob. I have also been at events where everyone there is a social media "guru" or "visionary" and I felt I was the only non-Guru in the room.

I just read on a blog that Real CEOs dont send email holiday cards. As a CEO of my own company, I prefer to send gift packages but I do argue with the blogger that emails do take more than 3 seconds...

With the increase of smart phones, getting a mobile site for a business may be the next smart option. From a social media angle, having a mobile site may be more luring for the tweeters to view it on...

I advise you to read through DaniWeb's sections - SEO and SEM and it will give you lots of resources and suggestions on how to market your new site. Good luck and prosper!

Yelp has a good and loyal client base (including yours truly). Google has tapped into this following and from a marketing standpoint, it will be a good segment to unleash pilot ad campaigns and...

Digital intimacy can not substitute for real intimacy. But it s a start to ask for mutual communication using technology like the previous poster said.

I just read this blog and it makes total sense.

http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/156630

I personally prefer to be a social media scientist since I can link success of a social media...

Believe it or not, many visitors to YouTube or Myspace are actually tapping those sites to listen music. Yup, rather than going to Pandora or buying the song on iTunes, visitors are using YouTube as...

Though Social Media is now an integral part of Internet Marketing, it is still emerging and evolving. Thus, some terms and measurement of social media marketing are still ambiguous and not really...

Influence Marketing.

I just read on this post - http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/157376
that said that Social Media Marketing is not really capturing the true meaning and power of user...

I just read this post on Social Media Today and I hope you all enjoy it.

http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/157376

The prediction that made me say, "Umm" was that SEO will fall out of favor....

Thanks for sharing the link. For us internet marketers, these steps may seem commonsensical but they are necessary to assure community engagement.

Sadly, the magic of Santa have been replaced the spirit of capitalism 2.0.

This is really a cool site. I dont use Digg as much as I used StumpleUpon so I can predict I will use this new site more often.

The issue is that there is already so much surveillance going on - both from the private and public sectors - that the main issue is data integration and dissemination. Look - Google is a main data...

I vote for TweetDeck

Back even a few years ago, people sent christmas cards. Now, including me, I have sent an e-card, happy text, or left a holiday greeting on social media communities. So what do you think? Are you a...

Earlier last year, I researched on Web 3.0 and there was a wiki page stating that web 3.0 dealt with the integration of databases/BI/and semantics. But now it seems that web 3.0 may lead to some...

There are so many bookmarking sites but you know what? I personally prefer the old fashion way - I just copy and paste it in a draft email on gmail and then if I need it I just go to that site. I...

Once upon a time, Myspace was the biggest and fastest growing social media online community and then it got too big for its britches. Where is Tom now? Facebook have learned the lessons from Myspace...

In today's age, monitoring your online reputation is a MUST. Employers and potential dates search online for your information - thus, if you can control some aspect of it- you will know what they...

You know what, after I must have checked out at least 2 dozen social media monitoring tools, Radian6 might be the best thing out there afterall....

In todays age, it is important to monitor your reputation. I personally do it be running Google Alerts and searching on my name on google and various search engines. What about you? How do you...

Yes, there are countless number of social media tools but none were able to give me just the answer to:
1. how many threads on "topic a"
2. how many original posts on topic a?
3. how many...

From a data perspective, I can just imagine a new dimension of data collected from Google's new offering.

I just read a nifty new project that Google is testing out - Google Goggles - you take a picture and ask Google what it is. I like the semantic aspect of it. ...

As we know, Facebook and many other online sites collect our personal and site behavior for behavioral targeting. Think of it as free information exchange. So if Facebook or another online community...

I read on CNN - an article written by Mashable's Peter C - that one of his predictions for 2010 is word cloud becomes more prominent. Though I do see its relevance and standing, I dont see it as...

Companies value this type of data while the general consumer does not realize that they generate a wealth of actionable data points. I remember years ago I read that Yahoo not only stored your...

CNN just released an article written by Pete from Mashable in regards to the future of the web for 2010, similar to the topic of this thread. Basically, he mentions cloud technology and how there...

Maybe but Google Wave is with invite only and I sure dont have an invite yet.

I have attended a few social media conferences where the following terms were also used to descrie social media:
influence, engagement, advocacy, sentiment, ROI, transparency, authentic and trust. ...

I totally agree. I did that a few years ago - shopping on Black Friday and I truly did not see any savings nor sales. I do actually see it the day before thanksgiving like at Loehmann's this year.