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Don’t be That Company on Facebook

May 21, 2013 by Michelle Key

spacer When you receive a new follower on Facebook, you’re being allowed into someone’s social space. You have, in essence, been invited to the party. How you behave will dictate whether you are invited back next time, which in Facebook currency means whether your followers will stay followers, and whether they will interact with you and share your content with others.

Just like no one wants to invite “That Guy” to the party, no one wants to interact with “That Company” on Facebook.

Marketing on social media – and on Facebook in particular – sits more in the realm of public relations, truth be told.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Online Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: B2C marketing, Facebook, Online Marketing, Social Media

Friday Trivia: Saying Goodbye to Google Reader

March 29, 2013 by Michelle Key

Welcome to SEO Advantage’s Friday Trivia feature, where we discuss, dissect and comment on the internet and marketing, and how the two intertwine.

We recently learned that Google Reader will be going dark on July 1st, but do you know what year it was created?

  1. 2001
  2. 2003
  3. 2005

Answer: C

Although Google Reader has gained prominence in the RSS world, it’s actually among the newer feed readers. The service was first launched in 2005, and will have been in operation for not quite eight years when it goes away this July. In those years it became one of the top RSS readers in existence, offering a clean, easy-to-organize method for viewing news and blogs.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Friday Trivia, Online Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: B2C marketing, Facebook, google, Online Marketing, Social Media

Study Declares LinkedIn the King – or Does it?

February 28, 2013 by Michelle Key

Thanks to a new study released by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, blogs around the internet are declaring LinkedIn the new king of the social media mountain. Not only does this draw some unrealistic conclusions from the data, but it also ignores some of the more potent, useful information found in the study.

Most articles are citing tspacer he data visualized in the image to the left, which would seem to indicate LinkedIn is rapidly overtaking other social networks for business use, but with any study of this nature you have to look at the sample.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Online Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: B2B marketing, B2C marketing, Online Marketing, Social Media

Friday Trivia: Social Network Usage

February 15, 2013 by Michelle Key

Welcome to SEO Advantage’s Friday Trivia feature, where we discuss, dissect and comment on the internet and marketing, and how the two intertwine.

PEW Internet has just released their 2012 statistics for social network usage. You should definitely check out the expanded demographics, but first, see if you can guess which networks are used the most among adults. Some of the answers may surprise you.

Question:Can you put these social networks in order based on overall usage?

Instagram
Tumblr
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
LinkedIn

Answer:

Facebook – Unsurprisingly, Facebook is the biggest social network there is. A whopping 67% of adults surveyed reported using Facebook.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Friday Trivia, Online Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: Facebook, images, LinkedIn, Online Marketing, Social Media, Twitter

Instagram TOS Debacle Spawns a New Website

February 13, 2013 by Stone Reuning

spacer Remember back in December when Instagram changed their terms of service and gained the ire of the internet at large? For a while there it looked like that particular storm had passed.  However, The Verge is reporting that in the aftermath of Instagram’s PR misstep, a new website has emerged, and it looks like one that will provide a powerful service to the online community.

Docracy has launched it’s new Terms of Service Tracker. This easy-to-use website has already started tracking changes in TOS text across the internet. At present,  the site has noted changes to 996 website terms of service documents.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Online Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: B2C marketing, Facebook, Social Media
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