Social Media, Marketing, and Tech News with a Sprinkle of Cannabis
At first glance, Twitter resembles a stock exchange trading floor: Everyone is shouting. When you come to understand the platform you realize people are listening, it’s just that you don’t notice them in all the noise. If you are selling to other businesses, you need to be big on Twitter because this is the social […]
Written By: Uchenna Ani-Okoye When Twitter was originally released, it gained popularity and notability around the world very quickly, racking up millions of users. Sometimes described as the SMS of the World Wide Web, Twitter is a social media site that allows people to engage with one another by micro-blogging. It can be used for a […]
By Japs Buidon Many marketers are now leveraging Periscope, a live streaming video app by Twitter, into their social media marketing efforts. Learn why should too. It’s no surprise as to why marketers are now tapping Periscope as a part of their marketing efforts. Periscope allows real-time, authentic, and more personal connections between different brands […]
By Michael Akinlaby With 42% of Twitter’s users following brands, Twitter is a great place to build brand ambassadors, drive traffic and convert sales. Instead of starting all the way from the scratch, you can tap into the fan base of your competitors. Your established competitors have spent years building their army of ambassadors and customers […]
As a follow-up to my previous column, allow me to further explain the difference between conventional (and mostly ineffective) forms of social media versus the successful use of this resource. For one group, social media is the digital equivalent of a hand mirror; a tool for self-indulgent and hypnotic obsession, in which a business owner […]
Just this month, Toyota launched a campaign that gives people the chance to do something kind for others, using something as simple as their selfie. The campaign #Selflessie encourages people to snap and post a “selfless selfie.” Through Jan. 4th, every single selfie hashtagged on Instagram with #Selflessie will trigger a $50 donation from Toyota […]
Measuring Lifestyle Magazines with the eValue Score Social media analytics company Engagement Labs recently ranked the top men’s and women’s lifestyle magazines based on social media performance. The company’s eValue score delivers intelligent brand data for social media networks including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. A score is assigned between 0-100, and is comprised of the aggregate of three subscores […]
As published to Huffington Post In March of this year, a group of social media enthusiasts and developers of the@Crowdfire Twitter Premier League set out to challenge one another to see who could amass the greatest number of Twitter followers in a given period of time. Growth hacker Karan Thakkar won this challenge, growing a […]