Social Media and Social Good

In the spirit of Halloween, I pondered upon the question, “What keeps most brands from embracing the social media?” Image: Net Marketing Strategy  Below is an infographic which is based from the survey conducted by Shoutlet. The top most fear by most social media professionals is the fear of getting their corporate social accounts getting hacked wherein 86% of the respondents shared.   What about you, what is your top…

With more than 800 million active users, don’t we all want to be a Facebook Marketing Expert? Well good news! Facebook’s will have its ever Marketing Bootcamp which consists of 6 online webinars from November 1st to 16th. It kicks off this Tuesday, Nov 1 at 12.30pm ET so be sure to sign up now. Topics for the said bootcamp are the following: November 1 – November 16 Nov 1,…

We only love the game where we’re good at. Just a little over a week ago when Klout has rolled out more Achievements. The changes has definitely got me become more active and interested in the influence scoring system. I started to give out more +K’s to people whom I think has influenced me in specific topics, mainly because my ability to give out +K’s has increased from 5 to…

Guest posting has become one of the most effective ways to promote your blog and gain exposure from blogs that have bigger audiences. Through Triberr, I announced that I accept guest posts from anyone who wants to gain some exposure, get their post retweeted by 60 other members of the two tribes I’m a member of and get their post promoted through my social networking accounts. I immediately got a…

If you’ve ever had a message you want to communicate, then you know that you want your message to be easily understood. If a message can’t be understood, then it’s just a clanging gong, and will be ignored. But did you know that how you express your information affects how people understand it?  That’s what media Philosopher Marshall Mcluhan believed when he wrote his famous line “The medium is the…