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Article first published as Instagram Helping Big Brands Filter, Share, and Promote Their Message on Technorati. One of the things I like about the Signal Conference, put on by Federated Media Group, is that they pack a whole lot of talent into a single day. But just 10 minutes with Kevin Systrom, CEO of Instagram was not enough this time. The […]
Article first written for, and published as There’s a Rypple in the Water: Living Social’s Success with Social HR on Technorati. Social Media for HR Last year we reported SalesForce.com’s acquisition of Rypple, a human resources solution that offers real-time feedback, coaching and recognition within a social network. I was able to learn more about a fresh case study on the software in San […]
Twitter Curation & Presentation Originally published in Business2Community What do Twitter and Pinterest have in common in terms of user experience? Very little. Enter, Twylah. Twylah is a Twitter curation and presentation tool. It enables you to create dynamic landing pages, or “Fan Pages” from your Twitter content. These pages derive from the trending topics you choose, […]
Two Days of People Who Truly “Get” Inbound Marketing With so much happening in the San Francisco Bay Area, it’s only a few times a year that I venture outside of California to catch a good conference. The Inbound Marketing Summit (IMS) in NYC was one of those events compelling enough to lure me in advance […]
Shaking Things Up Until recently, the local buying and selling market was dominated by one behemoth: Craigslist. But San Francisco start-up, Zaarly, is shaking things up a bit. This Craigslist meets Location Based Service (LBS)+ actionable activity web tool is already live in over 200 cities. Zaarly helps you match up a peer-to-peer purchase and sales opportunity with people in your […]
Social Media Tools & Family One day it happened. I received this enigmatic “add me” from my dad on Facebook! But why are older people using this with such regularity? The adoption of Baby Boomers is happening in a way MySpace would have loved to have experienced years ago. According to eMarketer, about 47% of […]