This is a good post that compares Facebook Groups with Facebook Fan Pages and provides insight into which might be best for your specific needs:
http://mashable.com/2009/05/27/facebook-page-vs-group/
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Social Media Monitoring
This site contains great information on the monitoring of social media results:
http://www.socialmediamonitoring.ca/
http://www.socialmediamonitoring.ca/
B2B social media blog
This multi-author blog does a good job of addressing social media in a B2B environment:
http://socialmediab2b.com/
http://socialmediab2b.com/
Graco uses social media to recall a product
Check out this Christian Science Monitor article to see how Graco used social media to help recall its strollers:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/2010/0121/Moms-a-Twitter-over-Graco-s-stroller-recall-response
http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/2010/0121/Moms-a-Twitter-over-Graco-s-stroller-recall-response
Facebook's guidelines for sweepstakes, contests, competitions, etc.
Facebook has developed a set of guidelines that address the area of "promotions," which focus primarily on such things as sweepstakes, contests, and competitions.
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/02/23/6-tips-for-running-promotions-within-facebooks-guidelines/
http://www.facebook.com/promotions_guidelines.php
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/02/23/6-tips-for-running-promotions-within-facebooks-guidelines/
http://www.facebook.com/promotions_guidelines.php
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Google's Buzz
Google's newest asnwer to Facebook is Buzz:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8506148.stm
http://www.google.com/buzz
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8506148.stm
http://www.google.com/buzz
Ping's list of supported networks
This is Ping's list of supported social networks. You can use Ping to update all of them at once.
http://ping.fm/networks/
http://ping.fm/networks/
Monday, February 8, 2010
Excellent social media examples
Here are some excellent examples of how companies use social media:
http://www.thesocialorganization.com/social-media-examples.html
http://www.thesocialorganization.com/social-media-examples.html
Traveler's Survey on social media in the workplace
This Travelers Insurance survey indicates that two-thirds companies either do not have a socila media policy in place, or do not have a social media policy that their employees know about.
http://investor.travelers.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=177842&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1325061&highlight=
http://investor.travelers.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=177842&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1325061&highlight=
Social media and banking
This blog post talks about social media's use in the financial services industry:
http://socialmediabanking.blogspot.com/2009/11/social-media-related-regulatory.html
http://socialmediabanking.blogspot.com/2009/11/social-media-related-regulatory.html
Social media for healthcare & financial services
This blog post identifies some social media venues for healthcare & financial services firms.
http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/2010/02/08/despite-regulation-cool-things-are-brewing-in-healthcare-and-finance/
http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/2010/02/08/despite-regulation-cool-things-are-brewing-in-healthcare-and-finance/
Friday, February 5, 2010
A "Tweet" plan?
Here's an interesting idea ... a "Tweet" plan:
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/8-simply-steps-to-growing-a-quality-twitter-following/
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/8-simply-steps-to-growing-a-quality-twitter-following/
How Dunkin' Donuts uses fan photos
This is an interesting post about Dunkin' Donuts' use of fan photos:
http://www.clickz.com/3636383
http://www.clickz.com/3636383
Bloggng trends
Interesting post on trends in blogging:
http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/2010/02/04/are-you-going-overboard-with-social-studies/
http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/2010/02/04/are-you-going-overboard-with-social-studies/
How to listen with Twitter
This is a good overview of how to follow comments about your product, service, or company on Tiwtter:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_simple_twitter_listening_tips_every_marketer.php
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_simple_twitter_listening_tips_every_marketer.php
Social media & story telling
This is an interesting post on using social media to tell customers' stories:
http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/2010/02/04/live-from-social-media-week-3-secrets-to-social-storytelling/
http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/2010/02/04/live-from-social-media-week-3-secrets-to-social-storytelling/
IBM's social media guidelines
IBM's social media guidelines:
http://www.ibm.com/blogs/zz/en/guidelines.html
http://www.ibm.com/blogs/zz/en/guidelines.html
"Millenials" use of social media
Here is some interesting data on "millenials" use of various forms of social media:
http://pewresearch.org/millennials/
http://pewresearch.org/millennials/
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Company social media policies
According to this post, most companies don't have a social media policy ... perhaps they need one?
http://mashable.com/2010/02/03/social-networking-policy/
http://mashable.com/2010/02/03/social-networking-policy/
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