Last year, Facebook marked a new milestone in its nine-year history. It lost users. While the network did pass the 1 billion monthly active user threshold globally in 2012, Facebook also lost 1.4 million U.S. monthly active users late last year, a small but symbolic decline. Nor was it the only network experiencing a slowdown. […]
Tag Archives: Social Networking
How recent Facebook updates impact your business
Once again Facebook is rolling out new brand-focused features for Pages, this time making a play at a number of third-party apps like Hootsuite and Tweetdeck with the introduction of Admin Roles and Scheduled Posts today on the site. Admin Roles Page Managers can assign an admin to one of five unique roles, Manager, Content […]
What to Do With Antisocial Media
Social media allows companies to get customer feedback more readily than ever. But there are both hazards and opportunities in working with socially empowered customers. No matter what you think of your company’s customer service, its product, or its image, you’re going to get feedback, not all of it positive, online. When this happens, keep […]
5 reasons businesses fail with social media
As someone who helps businesses with their social media presence, I’m here to tell you how your business can be successful on the social web. However, no matter how many tips and tricks I give you, some businesses are destined to fail online. Why? Here are five common reasons I see business crash and burn […]
Insane Graphic Shows How Ludicrously Complicated Social Media Marketing Is Now
Maybe this is the reason General Motors went “mental” and pulled its Facebook ad budget. Digital marketing is confusing—really confusing—as this insane graphic shows (below). Trying to navigate through the various new social media categories, blogs, sharing sites, and social media firms is an absolute mess. This depiction of the digital marketing landscape was shown at […]
Protecting Your Passwords and Your Privacy on Facebook
For a lot of Facebook users out there the matter of Privacy and Security on their public pages is something that “others are supposed to deal with”. Well, no so fast… It is a personal responsibility to know the good, the bad and the ugly (especially the ugly) every time when you deal with public […]