Zuckerberg Confidant Says Facebook Users Are Going To 'Get Bored,' Unless Facebook Does Something 'Ground-Breaking' (FB) + MORE 05/01/2013
Before he left to found a venture capital firm, Social+Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya was Facebook's longest-tenured senior executive. He remains close with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He stopped by BI headquarters yesterday. He told us that he'd give Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg an "A-/B+" fo.... More »
The Eccentric Life Of Noble Prize-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman 05/11/2013
In these days of frivolous entertainments and frayed attention spans, the people who become famous are not necessarily the brightest stars. One of the biggest hits on YouTube, after all, is a video of a French bulldog who can’t roll over. But in amongst all the skateboarding cats and laug.... More »
Facebook's U.S. Video Audience Growth Outpaces Google's + MORE 05/30/2013
This news note comes from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's research and analysis service. For more coverage on social media, or to download the charts and data featured here, please sign up up for a free trial to BI Intelligence.Facebook had the fastest-growing online video audienc.... More »
Mobile Marketing Tips from Google, ESPN & Medialets: Connect with Your Audience on the Go + MORE 03/26/2013
The afternoon of Day One at SES New York featured a high-level mobile marketing panel hosted byDana Todd, SVP of Global Marketing at Performics. Michael Bayle, Senior VP and General Manager at ESPN Mobile, Eric Litman, Chairman & CEO at Medialets and Brendon Kraham, Head of Global Mobile Sa.... More »
How to Plan a Vine Video + MORE 05/22/2013
Vine videos can potentially provide a valuable marketing tool for your business, if you learn how to wield them effectively, because branded Vine videos are four times more likely to be shared (on Twitter) than other branded online videos. This is based on research carried out by Unruly.
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Monitoring every minute of your employees’ day may make you feel better, but it keeps them from doing their best work.You could get a lot more done if your employees would just get off the Internet and get to work, right? Some estimate that time spent not working results in $130 billion (with a B) in lost productivity. So the last thing you want is your employees on Facebook or personal email. (Reading Inc.com is, of course, always good for your business…Delightful GIFs Of A Kangaroo Delay During A Golf Tournament In Australia
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A mob of kangaroos came through Royal Canberra Golf Club in Australia yesterday and caused a brief delay during the first round of the LPGA Australian Open. We’re sure it was an annoyance for the players. But you can’t deny that this was one of the more delightful delays in sports history. To the GIFs. Ducking under the ropes: Hopping down the fairway: Running off into the trees: And here’s one screenshot: Please follow Sports Page on Twitter and Facebook…
13 Of The Most Epic Videos Of Troops Doing The 'Harlem Shake'
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What started as one video of costumed performers dancing (strangely) to techno music has practically taken over YouTube. Now there are hundreds of Harlem Shake videos, featuring the electronic musician Baauer. In most videos, one person is shown dancing along to the song for about 15 seconds, surrounded by people completely oblivious — then, all hell breaks loose. Military members often have their a lot of downtime, so it’s no surprise that they would take to the internet sensation and put their own spin on it…Online Marketing News: Fortune 100 Social B2B Brands, Vine Embeds Coming to Twitter?
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B2B Fortune 100 Companies Prove Effective in Social Media Marketing
Who ever said only B2C brands get to be popular on social networks? The two companies sitting atop the Social Effectiveness Index just happen to be B2B brands Honeywell International, an aerospace and defense contractor, and financial services company American International Group. MetLife, Aetna, Chevron and Walt Disney all made the top ten.
The presence and effectiveness of Fortune 100 brands were measured across five areas: share of voice, identification of influencers and advocates, engagement rate, touch rate and net sentiment…
SCM Lead Generation Tips – Play To Your Prospect’s Strengths
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A good lead generation strategy would usually have you playing to your strengths. If you are an SCM software vendor for example, you would focus on the most powerful advantages and present them to your prospects. Sure, there are shortcomings but position yourself in a way that makes it worth it. What you need to know though is that this lead generation tactic works best if you also play to the strength of a prospect!The Strength Of Your Lead Generation Strategy Is The Strength Of Your SCM Prospects
Can you help them play to their strengths?
When you are told to play to your strengths, it looks like the focus is on you…
Inc.’s Scott Gerber corners the wine and social media entrepreneur for a heart-to-heart talk about life, Twitter, and the most valuable thing in business.5 Mistakes You're Making Online
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For a powerful online presence, what you don’t do is as important as what you should be doing.Packing a powerful presence online is about more than what you should do–sometimes it’s also about what you need to stop doing. Here are five major missteps that are worth double-checking: 1. The overshare Your Facebook account doesn’t pull double duty as a confessional. Twitter? It’s not a 140-character version of Dr. Phil. Leave the highly personal subjects for when you’re actually in person–with your friends and family…Search and Social: What Marketers Need to Know About the Changing Landscape
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Do you use social media and search to promote your business?Are you wondering how the landscape of search and social is changing, and how to benefit from it?
To learn about the key changes in search and social, and how they impact your marketing, I interview Lee Odden for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast.
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