Since a majority of our clients are active on the ‘Book, we’re pretty familiar with what people love, hate, and share with their friends. We’re also pretty familiar with what doesn’t work. So without further ado here are 5 Quick(ish) Tips for Better Facebook Content.
Today, Mark Zuckerberg took the stage (or the screen, if you will) to announce some changes to the Facebook platform. As they continue to reach huge user numbers (750 million to be exact), the world’s largest social networking site is looking to change gears in the way they manage their [...]
The rate that Facebook implements changes seems almost Darwinian, and in this case, the strongest most definitely survive. With over 500 million active users, it is becoming more than just a social stop for brands and consumers alike. The next big step? Facebook E-Commerce.
An app was recetly released for the iPhone called Dropp. The app lets you leave “dropps”, or small messages, anywhere in the world. When someone else with Dropp installed on their phone gets close enough to where you left your dropp, they get a message on their phone that says, “You unlocked a new Dropp!” You can then view the message or picture from your phone. The possibilities for word of mouth marketing are pretty obvious.
Most marketing folks have heard from clients at some point – “I don’t think my customer is on Facebook.” Now, sometimes this is certainly true, and we will be the first folks to tell you that you shouldn’t “do Facebook” just because everyone else is – you know, that whole “if your friends jumped off a bridge” principle. We’re much more likely to preach you the gospel of strategizing an integrated campaign than throw some social media buzzwords at you.
We received this tweet from a funeral home earlier today. While we appreciate the gesture and commend them for their social media efforts, we feel this tweet is a little, um, misplaced? Kinda creepy.
One of the fastest growing trends in the social world is photo sharing. With the proliferation of smart phones, apps that are dedicated to sharing photos across multiple networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are becoming all the rage. Techcrunch just released information about a new photo sharing iPhone app in development. “Cool, throw it on the pile,” should have been my response. So what’s the catch on this one that is making me stop and write about it? It’s from Facebook.
Today we had a blogger outreach success story. Our team pitched a client’s product to an influential blogger in hopes that they might want to try the free sample we wanted to send. Ideally, the blogger would accept our offer, try the sample, fall in love with it, and tell their readers (and random people on the streets) how much they simply loved the product. But that wasn’t the case.
If there’s anyone you’d expect to hear from through the web rather than snail mail, it would be Mark Zuckerberg. Yet some lucky folks might just see an old-school letter in the mail box from none other than Zucks himself soon – and quite a letter it is. Ben Barry, a graphic designer at Facebook, recently blogged photos of the stationery he designed for the Facebook czar – check it out!
Been hankerin’ for some social media chit-chat? It’s your lucky day! Check out the second installment of our social media Q&A series. This great question from Katie is about using the social web for non-profits.
What is blurry, noisy and shared on Twitter in the millions? Bad cell phone pictures! Photo sharing has almost single handedly helped propel Twitter it to 200 million users. That’s why it’s surprising that Twitter itself has never had that feature baked in, it’s always been provided by 3rd parties such as Twitpic and yFrog. On June 1st, Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will be providing their own photo sharing service. It will start with the website and then propagate to their cell phone clients. Did you hear that sound? That was the sound of Twitpic and yFrog crying out in despair.
