25 Oct 2011
Running a small business takes a lot of time and even more hard work. It’s important, however, to understand the importance of actively managing and optimizing your social networks. These 3 simple and free tools provide a great start toward social media success.
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21 Oct 2011
Just in time for Halloween, there’s a new viral sensation making the rounds on the social web that may be one of the most surprising and unexpected uses of Facebook Connect yet: a website called Take This Lollipop.
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20 Oct 2011
YouTube Channels are an often neglected child of the social media industry. They are often used as an enabler for videos to be posted to the more widely used channels like Facebook and Twitter. When you look at the facts, YouTube optimization makes a whole lot of sense.
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20 Sep 2011
Netflix has had quite a year. Poised to be the future of digital media distribution, (even having giants like Comcast quaking in their boots) they have pretty much blown it. First came the staggering 60% increases in monthly subscription rates, which sent their customers into a huge rage. The latest blow is Qwikster, a spin-off of their original brand that will handle exclusively the DVD-by-mail service. We won’t really get into the details of why this was such a bad idea, but The Oatmeal sums it up nicely.
What we’d like to focus on is a point made by Tech Crunch. In their haste to split these two entities, the folks at Netflix neglected to acquire the social network properties before their big launch. TechCrunch highlights the user who owns the @Qwikster handle on Twitter, who is currently trying to sell this handle to Netflix.
After a look into the top social…
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