Social Networking

Employees on Social Networks: To Be or Not To Be…

by Jason Falls · January 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by Ann Davlin who works at MotoCMS – an advanced Flash CMS and Flash templates provider.

It’s not a secret that many recruiters and business owners use social networking sites to screen prospective employees. According to the survey of 300 hiring professionals conducted by Reppler the most popular online resources for time wasting are Facebook (76%), Twitter (53%) and Linkedin (48%). It probably means that the whole (online and offline) business world considers it necessary to take social networks activity into account and use it for corporate objectives. But there are not so many employers who enable their employees to use these social networks at the working time if they are not engaged in corporate social accounts maintenance: In 2009 Robert Half Technology proclaimed that:

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10 Better Ideas Than Looking at a Top 10 List for Advice

by Andrew Hanelly · January 10, 2012

Top 10 lists are like new year’s resolutions. They seem great at first, but they quickly make you feel bored, hopeless, and like you’ve wasted your time.

And that’s usually because they are filled with things you know you should do but can’t commit to doing. They’re too aspirational. Too shoot-for-the-moon-y.

Which is why I’ve kept this one bare-bones, tactical, and hopefully useful for you beyond the 4 days it typically takes us to crash and burn through our empty new year promises.

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Facebook Snakes and Ladders [Infographic]

by Mark Smiciklas · September 14, 2011

Over the last couple of years strategies for using Facebook to connect with your audience, market your business and manage your brand have evolved beyond simply posting content to your wall.

Here’s an old school look at the Dos and Don’ts of managing your organization or brand’s Facebook page.

Roll the dice and see where you land – and please feel free to drop by the comments and let me know your thoughts on what squares you would add.

Permanent link to this post (81 words, 1 image, estimated 19 secs reading time)

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Lessons Learned from a Twitter Robot

by Andrew Hanelly · August 9, 2011

A robot didn’t write this post.

But if technology continues at the current pace, a future with bot-authored posts may not be too far off on the horizon.

Depressing? Definitely. Crazy? Maybe not. Automation is alive and well in the world of social media and the debate rages on whether social media automation defeats the purpose of social media altogether.

An oversimplified summary of the argument: (Some) people advocate for the humanization of brands while (some) brands automate their advocacy toward people.

In the battle of automation versus humanization there’s no clear hero and no clear villain. (It can be as confusing and frustrating as that sentence above was to read).

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10 Things I Hate About You (As a Blogger)

by Andrew Hanelly · May 17, 2011

You broke my heart. So you leave me no choice: I have to break up with you.

Don’t get me wrong; it was fun while it lasted. You were always making me smile with your clever headlines and funny captions. And I’ll never forget all the times you thoughtfully gave me advice.

I thought we were a match made in heaven. I thought we’d be together forever. But you ruined everything. You took advantage of me. You weren’t faithful. You shattered my heart.

And now I have to dump you.

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Twitter Users And Receptivity

by Tom Webster · February 2, 2011

I spotted an interesting data point in the recent report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, entitled “The Social Side Of The Internet.” The basic findings of the report – that Internet users are more social – may perhaps come as no surprise, but I love to look for little “spicy meatballs” in data like these – the interesting, dramatic disparities that you might not have guessed. Here’s one: Twitter users are far more likely to have discovered groups on the Internet, and spent more time on group activities, than are users of social networking sites in general, as the following table illustrates:

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How the Champion San Francisco Giants Scored with Social Media

by Adam Helweh · December 16, 2010

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the corporate offices of the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. Tucked away inside AT&T Park, it is the homebase of the Giant’s organization and their director of social media, Bryan Srabian. I sat down with Bryan and Cory O’Brien from Swirl Integrated Marketing to discuss how they worked together to integrate social media for the first time during the exciting 2010 MLB season. You can listen to the 30 minute interview is below.