Posts Tagged ‘mashable’

Well social media folks, here comes the end of another week. Here’s a rundown of some important stuff that happened this past week in the world of social media.

Gap Asks Facebook Fans for Alternative Designs to Derided New Logo
Did anyone hear about this incident this past week? Popular clothing maker Gap decided to change their logo for what they called a “a more contemporary, modern expression.” Well, contemporary and modern aside, the social media community exploded with backlash over the new logo. When the company saw how terribly the new logo was received, they’ve opened up Facebook as a means for finding a new one. A great story on how social media affects businesses every day.

7 Resources for Handling Digital Life After Death
So you’ve got your Facebook page running smoothly as well as your Twitter, Linked In, and other social media sites. Well what happens when you die? Does the content simply sit… forever? These 7 tools aim to answer this question.

Build the Perfect Blog Audience for You
If you’re a business and you have a blog, you should be keeping it fresh, updated, and relevant to your clients/readers. Here’s some tips that are often easily forgotten when it comes to blogging.

Think that Facebook is a passing fad and there’s no need to be on it as an individual, let alone a business? Think again. Mashable cites new research data this morning putting Facebook in the number one spot when it comes to time spent online. Google and Yahoo are close followers, as well as YouTube.

In today’s content and connection-driven world, Facebook is more infiltrating into our lives than ever more. It’s important that as a business or even an individual you have a Facebook profile and that it’s kept updated.

Original article here via Mashable.

Here are some new interesting facts about Twitter from Mashable and Twitter, including how they’re getting 300k new users daily, and how they’re working to make Twitter more prolific and easier to use, as well as well as expanding on the mobile platform.

Twitter Surpasses 145 Million Registered Users. (Mashable)

The Evolving Ecosystem. (Twitter)

via Mashable, and Twitter.

If you’re visiting YourSocialMedia.com, chances are you are already aware of the growing impact that Social Media can have on your business, and its importance as your business grows. Social Media can be a great tool to use when promoting and marketing your business, but it can also be used to keep your finger on the pulse of your business and its influence on your target market, and online in general. Social media monitoring can be used to generate target markets, gather details about how your business is perceived online, and it can help you make important business decisions about where to take your business in the ever-changing online world.

Take a look at this article from Mashable.com about how to successfully monitor social media from a business perspective.

10 Steps for Successful Social Media Monitoring.