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 | I just read on a blog about how Drew Carey started a bid $25k to buy his username on Twitter. Drew is willing to go up to 100k!!! So what about the non-celebrities out there. Would you buy your name on Twitter if someone else already has this? What do … |
| | At Social Media Today they are reporting that a recent study by Mzinga and Babson Executive Education showed that 16% of professionals using Social Media are measuring the ROI of their campaigns. Additionally, more than 4 in 10 respondents were uncertain if the social media tool they were using had … |
| | Numerous professional sports teams and leagues as well as many college teams have now banned their players from tweeting while the game is going on. As athletes tweeting during games can sometimes give fans certain inisghts about the game they would not normally get from telecasts and newspaper reports, are … |
| | As creators and managers of online communities, we need to be ever vigilant to protect the integrity of that which we create. Here is a prime example why. The link below is to a story on FoxNews about the Secret Service actively monitoring Facebook because some loser posted a poll … |
| | Hi I know I am not the only one who blogged and then one day, realized, why am I doing this and why should I continue lightbulb revelation. So I wonder who else also had this type of epiphany? |
| | Being on social media, I have noticed there are certain "twitter celebrities" or even Myspace celebrities like Tila Tequila. Thus, I wonder what makes someone into an online celebrity, does it matter, and does it help you from a professional standpoint? Perhaps I am already a celebrity here on DaniWeb? … |
| | I really want to make some extra money working from home and am interested in learning Internet marketing. I currently stay at home with my two little kids but would be able to devote about 25 hours a week to Internet marketing. It's just that I don't know where to … |
| | Is it me or have I noticed that popular online communities have been down this week, like Google, YouTube, and of course Twitter. So what happens to the users who want to log on and face this roadblock? What to do next? Its like when the computers are down at … |
| | I am not talking to people on this forum, I am talking to one of my clients. No matter how much I give him advice and examples of how to write and engaging blog post or encourage him to find his own voice when talking about the products and services … |
| | I am of the opinion that social media marketing and building online communities is becoming the biggest factor in eMarketing campaigns. Eventually, I believe, it will become the prevalent activity in eMarketing campaigns followed by e-mail and then more traditional web activity (corporate sites, banner ads, etc). Does anyone agree … |
 | It's been known for a while that current and potential future [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2555.html"]employers[/URL] look at people's profiles on social networking sites such as Facebook. And it's also been known that people are using social networking sites to announce the status of their relationship -- or [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3874.html"]lack of one[/URL]. Now the two … |
 | I think daniweb's social groups should be linked off the main page under "Daniweb Community Features" on the bottom right section of the page pointing to: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/group.php[/url] I can't remember how I found the groups but the only way I can get back there now is by viewing my profile, …  |
 | using FF 3.5.3 and attached is how that window looks. |
| | Even though most people are familiar with Wikipedia, many may not realize that creating a wiki is another social media tactic that business can leverage. Thus, have you used a wiki to build your client's online presence? I have managed a few wikis in the past and it takes time … |
| | Hi, I would like to know how can I automate my blog so posts automatically feed into Facebook and Twitter? Thanks. |
 | Is there anyway I can bring to a moderators attention a spurious PM? |
| | In another thread I talked about sports banning players from tweeting during games and how this could cause problems with the fan base. Mashable is reporting about how the NHL is using Twitter to cause a fan buzz. Read on... [url]http://mashable.com/2009/09/29/nhl-pick-15/[/url] |
| | The last election and the use of social media by the Obama campaign has not set a precedent that a lot of politicians will try to emulate. But are there some social media options that are better than others in terms of politics? What ones would you suggest to a … |
| | Another gem from B.L. Ochman on SocialMediaToday.com. Based on experiences of her own, B.L. identified these three screw-ups that she has first hand experience with that could damage your brand. What do you think? I tend to agree. [LIST=1] [*]Start a Twitter account and then don't Tweet [*]Don't track your … |
| | A friend of mine, who is out of work, was looking through my contacts to see if I had any in a company he was trying to get a job with. He found out that because of one of my 1st level contacts I have President Obama, John McCain, Sarah … |
| | Web 1.0 consisted of mostly static web pages full of lengthy text that did not follow "above the fold" rule. Thus, many of these webpages felt like lecture notes. So what do you think of how businesses use social media which is now part of Web 2.0? It seems that … |
| | The times of generating profits via blogs are probably limited. I remember even a few years ago when many bloggers touted making beyond 6 figure just by blogging. What do you think? |
| | We know that when school is in session during the Fall, it can also be a season of communal flu and the cooties. Thus, what do you think of Google's FluTrend - [url]http://www.google.org/flutrends/[/url] ? It is good for writing a blog posting or a report for a kid, but from … |
| | If you are not aware, recently, a picture of Obama and his wife taken with Spain's presidential family was shared online. The picture was removed quickly after the First Family of Spain complained since it contained their teenagers. So what do you think? [url]http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/09/29/shocking-photos-spains-first-daughters-appear-to-be-teenag/?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl2|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fshocking-photos-spains-first-daughters-appear-to-be-teenag%2F[/url] |
| | I just read this article a moment ago about a Christian Couple giving each other full access to their login information. [url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4K9oYt7cM-jdwRCVMU9TgajMsygD9AHAMUG1[/url] So what do you think? I personally dont agree with it. Why? Well, I believe there should still be a level of privacy in a relationship. |
| | A poll on whether President Barack Obama should be assassinated, which was posted to Facebook on Saturday, has been taken down after an investigation by the Secret Service, according to [URL="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113282766&sc=fb&cc=fp"]NPR.[/URL] The poll consisted of a single question: 'should obama be killed? [sic]' with the choices yes, maybe, if he … |
| | As we all know, social media is mentioned by almost every single internet marketer out there. Saying that, have you used social media to promote a product. Has it helped or was it a learning experience? What do you think? Please do share your case stories. |
| | There was a very interesting article about Craiglist and how it has more traffic than Monster, CareerBuilder, Yahoo's HotJobs combined. Thus, despite Craigslist now having stricter posting policies, it still seems like a good place to help grow your online community, or not? What do you think?  |
| | Google recently announced something called Sidewiki. What this does is creates an overlay on any website/url allowing commenting and ratings that, since it is generated by the browser and not the website owner, means that if someone puts up something really bad or questionable about your site you can do … |
| | Here is the link to the Mashable report. [url]http://mashable.com/2009/09/23/twitter-worm-dms/[/url] |
| | I saw a recent study that found that online media (social networks considered a part of this) is considered less credible than TV, newspapers and radio. On a scale of 1 to 10 they ranked as follows: [LIST] [*]TV - 6.5 [*]Daily newspaper - 6.3 [*]Radio - 6.3 [*]Online - … |
| | I just read an interesting article about Microsoft getting involved in Social Media monitoring with a tool that is in proof-of-concept stage right now called LookingGlass. LookingGlass is designed, according to the piece I read, to allow companies to monitor, analyze and participate in social media content and conversations. The … |
| | I found this really interesting post through one of my Linkedin groups. [url]http://nmc.itdevworks.com/?p=802[/url] The blog post is extremely well thought out and the main thrust is that from the SMM point of view it is not about the conversation but about the value proposition that is communicated during the conversation. … |
| | [url]http://www.seotrafficspider.com/adwords-suspended.html[/url] In the link above is a report that over the last few days, numerous AdWords accounts have been suspended. The owners of the accounts received only an e-mail telling them that their accounts were suspended and that their ads will not appear in Google searches. Most of the people … |
| | Hello... I want to ask you a question. How do I build a new online community for my 1 month old website... Do I need to advertise it on adwords. I have build a website promoting Linux and hoping that the website will have its own online community, but the … |
| | I read an article back in August on socialmediatoday.com about 8 habits that could potentially get you unfollowed or piss off your followers enough that they will pay less attention to your tweets. I have the link for the original piece I read below but here is the list (some … |
 | Another day, another [URL="http://www.gmail.com"]Gmail[/URL] outage - well, that's the way it can start to seem. [URL="http://www.twitter.com"]Twitter[/URL] was all a-quiver with how the system was down; people didn't know what to do about it and one wag put a note up saying the human species can last six days without water … |
| | Mashable is reporting that in 2 weeks Google Wave will be released. Much has been said about this new Google offering. Is anyone planning to get involved right away or will it be a case of cautiously testing the waters? Also, for anyone who has been keeping track of Google … |
| | In an attempt to build support for a bill that would roll back a ban on Internet gambling enacted when Republicans led Congress, the online gambling industry is running online ads noting that legal online gambling could raise $48 billion for the deficit-plagued U.S. government. "At a time when the … |
| | A few weeks back it was announced that Twitter would have a location feature that would allow people who read your tweets to locate you geographically (longitude and lattitude). This caused a buzz among many political activists who were worried that if someone on the lunatic fringe of the opposing … |
| | It is old news that Kanye West, pinhead par excellance, has yet again made a jackass of himself trying to be provocative. Kanye, just a bit of advice, drunk and disorderly is not provocative. He has already started the apology tour of late night TV and morning talk shows but … |
| | Web analytics only provide insights for your own site but what if you want to know what your competitors are doing. Comscore or Nielsen only helps for sites which attract large about of traffic, over 50k monthly visitors. So which tools do you use to gather insights on the traffic … |
| | On Mashable they are reporting (link below) that Facebook and Nielsen, the market research and tv ratings people, are announcing a jointly produced, business-oriented social media community called Brand Lift. There are few details but it sounds like Facebook is responding to a need while trying to increase their reach. … |
| | What is your social media ettiquette? My rules is that I use LinkedIn for business and professional colleagues. I only accept invites from people I either met in person and/or I have interacted with. Facebook for friends and professional associates so I can keep up with relevant news feed. Twitter … |
| | Though Bing may not necessarily out beat Google, it is now a preferred search engine for image search and verticals. [url]http://www.bing.com/visualsearch[/url] So what do you think? Would you use images for your online communities and optimize it to increase traffic to your site? |
| | Calling it the spoken version of a Tweet, Jahah has release the beta version of Jahah@CALL which allows to people to engage in a two minute phone call through twitter. There are some basic requirements, the big one being that both the caller and the recipient must be members of … |
| | I remember listening to a few business owners sometime ago about using Skype to provide long distance customer service for clients. Though I never used it, I advised against it due to my research on Skype. So if you used Skype for business purposes, I would like to know your … |
| | A popular social media tactic for small businesses is to establish and build a corporate presence on LinkedIn. Has this helped your business? Did you get any new leads? What do you think? |
| | Though I am not a big Twelebrity nor Twitter user, early on, I have recognized the value of retweeting, especially if it is for a good purpose, like retweeting someone's resume or a public event. So how have you used retweeting? Do you do it or if you dont, why … |
| | Almost every user on this board has an alias that is unique and descriptive. But also, many users create multiple alias to fit in different environment. So my questions for the members here are: 1. What does your name/alias mean? 2. What else would you like to share? 3. Does … |
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