How Twitter Knows So Much About You Before You've Even Signed Up + MORE 03/10/2013
If you've been on Twitter for years, like many people in the tech and business world, it's easy to forget what it was like signing up and using it for the first time. The truth is that learning to use Twitter was really hard back then, and many new users abandoned the service. In 2009, its retention.... More »
Markets Are Diving All Across Asia + MORE 03/17/2013
The weird thing about finance: A bailout deal that will save Germany a few billion in taxpayer dollars (by shifting the burden to Cypriot depositors) is wiping exponentially more than that off the world's market indices today. CNBC's Deirdre Wang Morris tweets a photo of the CNBC Asia market wall, w.... More »
What Tool Makes Email Marketing Easier For Small Business Owners? + MORE 02/28/2013
There are only 24 hours in a day, and if you like spending some of that time sleeping, it can get stressful and frustrating for small business owners to find the time to get everything done.
But many small business owners out there are succeeding. They’re able to do it all by working hard (of cou.... More »
How IT Products And Services Providers Can Benefit From Outsourcing + MORE 02/23/2013
To be successful in the IT business especially if a person is specializing in IT products and services, the key attributes that can help him catapult his business to higher levels is hard work. But, this doesn’t mean that he has to do it on his own. That’s why, a lot of different IT Products an.... More »
It's Hard To Believe How Drastic The Changes To Facebook Have Been Over The Years (FB) + MORE 03/11/2013
Facebook has made some pretty significant changes to its web platform since launching back in 2004. What started off as a place for college students to connect with each other has grown into the world's largest social network. In Facebook's maturation, its design has also evolved quite a.... More »
9 Consumer Social Media Trends That Could Impact Marketers
– http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/
Are you wondering how consumers are using social media?Would you like some insights to help your business better understand people’s social habits?
In this article, I examine a report published by Edison Research focused on people’s latest social habits.
These findings provide useful insights about consumer behavior and how your business can respond.
Here are 9 of the most interesting findings from the study.
#1: Almost 58 million Americans Use Social Sites Daily
A social habit is the tendency to use social media sites several times a day…
Don’t Like Television? Then You’re Not Going To Like The Future Of Twitter Very Much
– http://www.businessinsider.com/
According to a number of anonymous reports, Twitter is in the process of buying Bluefin Labs, an analytics company that specializes in broadcast media — an acquisition that would be its largest ever. Although the news hasn’t been confirmed by either party, a Bluefin deal fits the trajectory that Twitter has been on for some time now: namely, a focus on television as a key partner for the real-time information network. But will this choice divert Twitter from a much larger opportunity and/or drive away users? (Update: Twitter has confirmed the acquisition) As Eliza Kern described in her post on the rumors, Bluefin’s technology allows broadcasters — and more importantly, brands — to see where and when their content is being discussed on social networks and elsewhere on the web…