Study: Google+ sharing to surpass Facebook by 2016

Talk of Google+ as a ghosttown may soon be proven wrong as a study predict the network will surpass Facebook in social sharing by 2016. 

By Wendy Parish • July 2, 2013

Twitter Starts Highlighting Websites That Embed Tweets

Twitter is a cool platform, but it's got some problems. It's just so cluttered, you know? There's so much content, and it's so text-based, it's pretty hard to get people excited about scrolling through that hectic Twitter timeline. But Twitter gets it. And I think that's w...

By Alex Nowicki • July 1, 2013

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10 Quick Tips for Getting More Business Value Out of Twitter

Social media, especially Twitter, requires a lot of effort in order to extract business value. But with over 200 million active users, the probability that your prospects, leads, and customers are using the Twitter is high. This means conversations that could drive business value are ha...

By Alex Nowicki • July 1, 2013

How to leverage the voice of the customer online

These 3 brands are taking advantage of consumers' response to help build and maintain customer engagement. 

By Wendy Parish • July 1, 2013

Toyota video trading views for meal donations to Sandy victims

So far the cause marketing campaign has raised 892,000 meals; a meal is promised each time someone views Toyota's video "Meals Per Hour" video. 

By Wendy Parish • June 28, 2013

Facebook to block ads near offensive material

Partially in response to a public outcry of the misogynistic material appearing on Facebook, the social network is doing a sweep to block ads from offensive pages. 

By Wendy Parish • June 28, 2013

Vine takes beating after Instagram Video launch

Vine shares on Twitter have dropped by nearly 70% in the one week Instagram Video has been live. 

By Wendy Parish • June 28, 2013

New York Times Rolls Out Annoying Ad Format, and Other Stories You Missed Today

Lots going on today in the world of marketing and beyond. If you haven’t been on Facebook for the past day or so you may not have seen the roughly four trillion posts about the latest good news: The Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to

June 27, 2013

Study: 78% of Facebook fans are already brand customers

A study from social intelligence company Syncapse set out to discover why people become fans of brands on Facebook. 

By Wendy Parish • June 27, 2013

Brazil unrest causes marketers to rethink social media

Protests and civil unrest cause brands and business owners to tread lightly on social media. 

By Wendy Parish • June 27, 2013

How to get repinned more often on Pinterest

Discover 8 different data-backed ways to get more repins on Pinterest. 

By Wendy Parish • June 27, 2013

Hyatt Hotels teams up with Postagram to make holiday postcards easy

The hotel chain has teamed up with Postagram to allow guests to send postcards to loved ones while on the road. 

By Wendy Parish • June 27, 2013

Brands Show Support for Decision on DOMA, and Other Stories You Missed Today

Poor dolphins. Apparently they're choking to death on fish! Stay strong, Flipper. Those fish spines'll gitcha. Aside from disheartening dolphin news, a bunch of other stuff went down today, so take a moment to get caught up below.

June 26, 2013

Why gay marriage is a victory for marketers, too

Digital marketers purchased promoted Tweets around the #gaymarriage hashtag. 

By Wendy Parish • June 26, 2013

The 3 best alternatives to Google Reader

FEATURE: When Google Reader goes away for good on July 1, you'll be glad you learned about these alternatives. 

By Wendy Parish • June 26, 2013

Startup developing Pinterest for online videos

London-based Rockpack is developing a video curation product that will capitalize on the "Pinterestization" of the Internet. 

By Wendy Parish • June 26, 2013

Unruly cashing in on Vine popularity with new services

Video analytics company Unruly has created a service package to help brands leveragee social video app Vine. 

By Wendy Parish • June 26, 2013

ESRB helping mobile apps comply with Children's Online Privacy Protection

Updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection (Coppa) go into affect July 1. 

By Wendy Parish • June 25, 2013

Report: Facebook developing mobile news reader

For the past year, Facebook has been working on a news reader geared for mobile that will resemble Flipboard. 

By Wendy Parish • June 25, 2013

TubeMogul gives online video a TV-esque ad planning tool

BrandPoint from TubeMogul delivers an ad planning tool that can predict everything from GRPs to demographic ratings to anticipated CPMs.

By Wendy Parish • June 25, 2013

'No Pintimidation' site designed to cure Pinterest-induced stress

Pinterest users have developed stress from the unrealistic perfection items on the site encourage, and now Planet Fitness has developed an antidote. 

By Wendy Parish • June 24, 2013

Facebook admits 6M users' data was compromised

Facebook announced it discovered a programming bug that exposed users' emails and telephone numbers. 

By Wendy Parish • June 21, 2013

How Xerox uses content to transform brand image

Xerox's content creation is helping the brand's image transition from a product-based company to a services-based company. 

By Wendy Parish • June 21, 2013

Facebook Reveals a New Way to Share 15 Second Videos on Instagram

Today, Facebook and Instagram announced video on Instagram for iPhone and Android. Now, users can record and share 15 seconds of mobile video with basic editing features, including 13 new visual filters exclusively to video.

June 20, 2013

Facebook Launches Video on Instagram, Giving Twitter a Run for Its Money

Twitter beware. During today's much-anticipated Facebook announcement, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom took the stage and announced 'Video on Instagram' -- a new feature that is sure to give Twitter's Vine a run for its money. According to Systrom, video on Instagram is "the same Instagram we al...

June 20, 2013