Must-Know Things About The New Facebook Plugin for WordPress
In case you haven’t heard, Facebook recently released an easy-to-install Facebook plugin for WordPress sites. This replaces lines of coding that you used to have to struggle with to integrate Facebook with your site. This Facebook plugin allows you to easily integrate Facebook features like social publishing, the Like button, […]
Infographic: Social Media ROI
Marketers are constantly trying to calculate their company’s social media ROI, and there are are as many ways to look at and calculate it as there are stars. I recently came across this infographic on social media ROI (return on investment) from MDG Advertising that I thought was very useful, […]
Welcome Heather Centorbi
Warm welcome to our new Content Associate, Heather Centorbi. Heather is a social media enthusiast eager to put her skills to use in the renewable energy and design engineering fields. She will be helping to manage social media outlets such as Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Twitter for WTWH Media […]
How To Use the New Facebook Post Promotion for Business
Facebook recently made it possible for pages to promote page posts for a fee. This feature allows pages to do a pay-per-impresson (PPM) campaign for their Facebook posts. Before this option was available, company pages were subject to Facebook’s EdgeRank algorithm and could not control nor guarantee how many eyes […]
The 2012 Social Media Landscape [Infographic]
As we all know, Social Media has become a booming business, and it doesn’t’ take long to realize that there are tools for just about everything. I recently found this infographic from Buddy Media which gives you a quick snapshot and road map of the social media landscape and some […]
Arguably The Most Important Facebook Status Update Ever
In his hoodie, Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg, rang the ceremonial NASDAQ bell to to signal Facebook’s first day of trading. So what was the first thing Zuckerberg did after he rang the bell? In classical social media-fashion, he updated his Facebook. Below are some screenshots of his updates on his […]
New Harvard Study Shows Why Social Media Is So Addictive for Many
A recent study by Harvard University shows evidence as to why social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are so popular and highly addictive for many people. With the theoretical question of why people are compelled to share everything about themselves and their lives on mediums like Foursquare, Instagram, […]
5 Simple Ways to Make Me Hate Your Brand on Social Media
I think we’ve moved past the phase of social media being the “new” thing for businesses as most have begun or fully entrenched themselves within it. Unfortunately, many companies have dove into the social media pool with no idea how to properly swim, and now they just look like fools. […]
12 Examples of Twitter Done Right In the Manufacturing and Engineering Industries
Social media is for everyone, even for B2B manufacturing & engineering companies. I’ve compiled 12 companies in the manufacturing and engineering space who I think are doing a great job on Twitter. They are in no particular order, and I judged them off of how well I think they are […]
Do Your Fans Like What You are Posting on Facebook?
Have you ever followed brand pages on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, and all they ever do is post links back to their website? I do (as well as many of my friends and colleagues), and I’m not the only one who thinks that it gets […]
Simple Social Media Lesson: How to Get More Likes
I was reading The Oatmeal today and I came across a comic of theirs that gives a “colorful” explanation of how to gain likes on Facebook. I wanted to expand a little bit on their take and show that the same principle applies to any social media network. (For a […]
Ad Tech 2012 – Display Advertising, Attribution, Enews and Analytics
This past week I attended Ad Tech 2012 in San Francisco to get a dose of tech, networking and opinion on online advertising trends & tactics. While the show overall focused on b2c, its always invaluable to see where things are trending and how might some of this apply to b2b […]
How Augmented Reality Can and Will Affect Your Social Media Strategy
Google seems to be changing our lives in many ways and one thing that is on its testing board right now could make us feel like we’ve finally arrived in “the future”. In a New York Times article, it reported that Google is beginning to test its Augmented reality glasses […]
Facebook Timeline Cheat Sheet
Facebook is changing all business pages to its Facebook Timeline format beginning March 30, 2012. To help you transition your business page to Facebook Timeline, I’ve compiled this cheat sheet that has things you need to you know. See something that I missed that would be helpful for this Facebook […]
How to Use Social Media to Fight Fire with Fire
What would you do if your company was caught giving horrific customer service? Now, what would you do if that horrific display of customer was posted to YouTube and garnered over 8 million views in less than 3 months? That my friends, is a textbook example of a PR wildfire. […]
Why Google+ Could Be the Beginning of the End of Google
For anyone that knows me, it’s no secret that I’ve never been a believer in Google+; I just don’t see any value added in Google+ over the likes of Facebook or Twitter. Call me crazy, but I believe Pintrest has a better chance at succeeding than Google+. But let’s not […]
Twitter Lawsuit May Hold Future of Social Media In Its Hands
In December 2011, a court case was filed against writer Noah Kravitz who was being sued by his former employer for $340,000. What sets this lawsuit apart from others, however, is that it was over his Twitter account. While working for reviews website Phonedog, Kravitz had built up his editorial […]
A Typical Day for a Social Media Manager [Infographic]
When I was asked to manage the social media platforms for my company, I was more than excited for the opportunity. Who wouldn’t like to play on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and get paid for it? Little did I know that being a social media manager is more than a […]
How Twitter Advertising is Changing the Game for Small Business
Small to medium-sized business are about to get a leg-up in the Twitter department as Twitter has announced that it will begin self-serve advertising starting in late March. Twitter advertising up until now had to be done through a sales representative. The new advertising service will allow users to buy […]
Why Is There A Period Before My Twitter Handle? – Public vs. Private Tweets
When I was new to Twitter, I kept on seeing a “.” (period) before certain Twitter handles and I could not figure out why for the life of me. I knew that you could mention someone in a tweet by putting an “@” symbol before their Twitter handle, yet I […]