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5 Must-Read Social Media Articles | Weekend reading list – Week 35 – 2010

socialmedialogue — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:01:24 +0000

constant updates and an active community are the keys for your social media success on Facebook. Have a look at this blog post from Blueglass to learn more
Subscribe to a person on Facebook and follow the new post in the notifications bar. That’s the new thingy that Facebook plans to launch. Would you like to know more? Read the blog post from Mashable
How to repurpose your blog posts? Write new ones with old content? See this article from Social Media Today
After Chris Brogan described how to grow traffic to your blog, he explains how to convert traffic to sales
Have a look at the top 10 business Facebook pages. It works, so what are you waiting for?

6 Must-Read Social Media Articles | Weekend reading list – Week 34 – 2010

socialmedialogue — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:56:24 +0000

Sometimes it’s really hard to get new ideas for new blog articles. I already wrote about this subject in my article Get new Blogging Inspiration. Find more interesting tips in this blog post from blueglass: Four Ways Bloggers Can Use Google Insights to Brainstorm.
Facebook Places was launched last week. This blog post explains how you can use Facebook Places to promote your business: How Marketers and Businesses can start using Facebook Places.
Do you wonder how you can use Facebook to market your business? Read this article to learn more: 7 Facebook Marketing Tips from Pros.
Twitter is such a nice tool to promote your business. And there are many many tools which helps you to organise your Twitter Account and Followers. Have a look: Indispensible Twitter Tools.
Before you start to use social media to generate exposure for your business you should choose goals. Without goals you will not be able to reach goals. Read this article to learn how you do that: Choosing Goals for your Social Media Strategy.
Tell your social media audience about new blog articles. How you do that? Check this out: Distribution Points for your Blog.

Must-Read Social Media Articles | Weekend reading list – Week 33 – 2010

socialmedialogue — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:20:27 +0000

Another week in Social Media. Here are this weeks links for you

20 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Use Social Media http://bit.ly/cBqU0B
A Guide to Social Media Tools and their Uses http://www.inc.com/maisha-walker/2009/06/a_guide_to_social_media_tools.html
Facebook 101 for Business: Your Complete Guide http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/facebook-101-business-guide/
HOW TO: Avoid a Social Media Disaster http://mashable.com/2010/08/09/prevent-social-media-disaster/
Forbes list of the 20 best-ever social media campaigns: http://fuelingnewbusiness.com/2010/08/18/forbes-20-best-ever-social-media-campaigns/
Benefits of Online Reputation Management – Social Media http://www.socialmediatoday.com/pervarakapadia/164956/benefits-online-reputation-management-social-media

Facebook Places – Here I am

socialmedialogue — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:58:12 +0000

Facebook offers a new services which allows users to tell their connected friends not only what they are doing but also where they are situated: Facebook Places is born.

With Facebook Places you can connect your status updates or pictures with a place. Where was this nice picture of lions taken? Where did this guy puke after drinking too much alcohol? Where are you stuck in your car? From now on you will be able to pass this information to your friends. To use this new services you have to be in possession of an iPhone or other mobile devices which are able to determinate your position. Facebook then show not only the coordinates of your position but also the country, city and even the name of the restaurant, bar or club you are situated. Facebook users are able to control who sees this information: your friends, only a specific group or person or the whole world.

This service is not new. Before Facebook launched Places internet users had been able to use Gowalla, Yelp, Booyah or Foursquare to localize and share their position. But the integration of Places to Facebook brings a easy to use localization service to a mass-market and more than half a billion users.

With Places Facebook will accelerate the process of becoming a central interface and service provider for internet applications. But also a collector of data.

And this data can be used to develop new forms of online advertising. Shops and service provider will soon be able to lay claim to a specific place and to advertise this place within the community. Loyal customers who frequently visit a shop or a bar could be rewarded with vouchers like a free beer. That’s customer loyalty at its best! Prospects could be lured with a discount to a restaurant when they are nearby. That’s customer acquisition at its best!

What do you thing?

7 Must-Read Social Media Articles | Weekend reading list – Week 31 – 2010

socialmedialogue — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:46:27 +0000

Another week in Social Media. The big news was that Google Wave will die at the end of this year. It did not really surprise me. But lets see what Google will come around with next time.

Here you weekend reading list for this week. And do not forget to follow us at Twitter http://twitter.com/capecoders for daily updates on Social Media.

15 Excellent Corporate Blogs to Learn From http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/15-excellent-corporate-blogs-to-learn-from-erica-swallow
14 Attention-Grabbing Tactics for Launching a New Business Blog http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/launching-a-new-business-blog/
Value Your Blog Real Estate http://www.chrisbrogan.com/value-your-blog-real-estate/
Twitter Rolls Out New ‘Follow Suggestions’ Feature http://www.blueglass.com/blog/twitter-rolls-out-new-follow-suggestions-feature/
Custom Tab Width Reductions Coming Soon to Facebook Pages http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/08/02/facebook-pages-changes-520-width-tab/
Social Media is “Happening” to your Brand – Whether You Like It or Not. http://socialmediatoday.com/chris-dessi/157095/follow-post-facebook-twitter-you-name-it-social-media-%E2%80%9Chappening%E2%80%9D-your-brand-%E2%80%93-wh
What makes a Twitter user influential? http://memeburn.com/2010/08/what-makes-a-twitter-user-influential

Prepare for Facebooks’ Reduction of Custom Tab Width

socialmedialogue — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:37:47 +0000

If you haven’t done so yet, don’t forget to get prepared for Facebooks’ reduction of the custom tab width of Facebook Pages.

Facebook will reduce the maximum width of brand and company pages from 760 pixels to 520 pixels in August 2010. All custom designed Facebook pages which still use more than 520 pixels in wide should adjust the FBML pages width as soon as possible.

Facebook says: These updates are designed to simplify navigation for users, reduce complexity for developers, and enable us to build the next generation of tools for growing your business with Facebook. We’ll share more of our plans for the roadmap in the coming weeks.

source: insidefacebook.com

5 Must-Read Social Media Articles | Weekend reading list – Week 30 – 2010

socialmedialogue — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:17:41 +0000

Roadmap: Integrating Social Technologies with your Corporate Website (Slides)
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/05/19/slides-roadmap-for-integration-of-social-into-your-corporate-website/

6 Social Media Mistakes Your Company Should Avoid
http://socialmediatoday.com/sarahhartshorn1/145568/6-social-media-mistakes-your-company-should-avoid

22 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/social-media-resources-recap-6/

12 Reasons to Use Social Media to Grow Your Business
http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/202752

How to Generate Sales in 30 Days Using Social Media
http://startupmeme.com/how-to-generate-sales-in-30-days-using-social-media/

Corporate Blogs Are Critical to Businesses
http://www.penn-olson.com/2010/07/30/corporate-blogs-critical-to-businesses/

How to Increase the Quality of Your Facebook Fans
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-increase-the-quality-of-your-facebook-fans/

Youtube: you can now upload videos up to 15 minutes in length

socialmedialogue — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:14:01 +0000

Today YouTube announced that you can now upload videos which have a length up to 15 minutes. So far it was only possibly to upload videos up to 10 minutes apart from powerusers who had a personal agreement with YouTube. The reason for that time limitation have not been the hardware resources but legal questions with copyright owners, YouTube says.

YouTube says: Without question, the number one requested feature by our creators is to upload videos longer than 10 minutes. We’ve heard you, and today we’re pleased to announce that we’ve increased the upload limit to 15 minutes.

To promote this announcement YouTube has started a competition called “15 minutes of fame” and encourages its users to make a personal 15 minutes long video of themselves and to upload it by August 4 with the tag “yt15minutes”.

YouTube will promote the best videos in a special section of its video platform. Use this chance and gain faim!

5 Must-Read Social Media Articles | Weekend reading list – Week 29 – 2010

socialmedialogue — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:49:58 +0000

Another week in Social Media. We are having our Saturday Brunch Event tomorrow in Cape Town. Topic is Social Media Marketing for SME and the event is not only fully booked it is overbooked. Seems that this is a hot topic for Cape Town Entrepreneuers.

And here your weekend reading list on Social Media Marketing.

5 Steps for Successful Social Media Marketing
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/4359/5-Steps-for-Successful-Social-Media-Marketing.aspx

Roadmap: Integrating Social Technologies with your Corporate Website (Slides)
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/05/19/slides-roadmap-for-integration-of-social-into-your-corporate-website/

30 Social Media Business Case Studies
http://www.penn-olson.com/2010/07/22/30-social-media-business-case-studies/

5 Ways To Get More Retweets on Twitter
http://www.socialmediatoday.com/sarah-hartshorn/150243/5-ways-get-more-retweets-twitter

The ups and downs of social networks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10719042

9 Must-Read Social Media Articles | Weekend reading list – Week 28 – 2010

socialmedialogue — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:17:30 +0000

A busy week in Social Media Marketing. We are busy preparing our Saturday Brunch with a presentation about Social Media Marketing to Small and Medium Enterprise Enterpreneus.

And also our FREE 7-day email Social Media course is doing very well. If you have not subscribed for this free email course you can do it here now.

And here are our this weeks social media news links. Enjoy your weekend reading list,

Social Media in Business: Fortune 100 Statistics
http://www.istrategy2010.com/blog/social-media-in-business-fortune-100-statistics/

22 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/social-media-resources-recap-6/

22 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/social-media-resources-recap-6/

10 Beautiful Social Media Infographics
http://bit.ly/agBVW4

How Real Estate Pros are Using Social Media for Real Results
http://mashable.com/2010/06/28/real-estate-social-media/

HOW TO: Use Social Media for Lead Generation
http://bit.ly/9Q4OnE

Social Media Could Be Your Business’s Most Valuable Asset
http://www.penn-olson.com/2010/07/07/social-media-could-be-your-businesss-most-valuable-asset/

12 Social Media Friendly Business Cards
http://bit.ly/aYKeim

6 Social Media Mistakes Your Company Should Avoid
http://socialmediatoday.com/sarahhartshorn1/145568/6-social-media-mistakes-your-company-should-avoid