Category : Social Media

Pinterest The Fastest Growing Site For Referral Traffic; Beats Youtube & LinkedIn

Quinton O'Reilly Social Media February 2, 2012 4 Comments

If you aren’t already on the visual sharing site Pinterest, then consider this another reason (among many others) to sign up to the service. It has experienced the fastest growing site in terms of referral traffic than any other social media site. It’s volume of traffic is so great that if you combined the referral traffic of LinkedIn, Youtube, Google+ and Reddit, it still wouldn’t beat the growth experienced by Pinterest…

Youtube Entertain Possibility Of Introducing Its Own Subscription Service

Quinton O'Reilly Social Media February 1, 2012 2 Comments

Having the video market practically covered, Youtube have turned towards making the company a self sustainable business with its own revenue model. While the majority of it has concentrated on advertising, most notably those banner adverts that appear at the bottom of every video, they are considering the possibility of allowing content…

The ugly side of social media? The woman, the t-shirt and the Tennis final

Lauren Fisher Social Media 2 Comments

Unfortunately, social media isn’t necessarily always a good thing, as we can see negative effects of platforms that allow for mass discussion and communities. But should we really be blaming social media here, or does the responsibility lie elsewhere?

Yahoo! Under Fire After Laying Off High Ranking Flickr Staff

Ciara Fitzpatrick Social Media No Comments

A software developer and ex-Flickr worker Nolan Caudill revealed on his blog on Monday that a number of Flickr customer service representatives have been laid off by its parent company Yahoo!. The news has created fears that this will lead to further cuts for the photo sharing service…

Fresh out of the Facebook hackathon: put your political messages in Times Square

Lauren Fisher Social Media January 31, 2012 1 Comment

If you’re expecting to find a cool app on Facebook, the chances are they’re not going to get much cooler than one that’s been developed by Facebook themselves. And that’s pretty much what you’ve got with their most recent app ’2012 Matters’ which was created out of a 24 hour hackathon consisting of Facebook engineers [...]

Twitter & LinkedIn Ad Revenue Set To Skyrocket For 2014

Quinton O'Reilly Social Media No Comments

With an increasing focus on the development of brands and new and different revenue streams being explored, the big players in social media are set to cement their place online and become sustainable businesses in their own right, and ensure that they will be protected if the bubble ever bursts, Now Bloomberg are reporting that Twitter and LinkedIn are expecting their advertising revenue to increase dramatically over the coming years. …

How social TV is done : 5 great campaigns

Lauren Fisher Social Media 11 Comments

A rundown of 5 of the best social TV campaigns, featuring TV checkins, tagging songs on Shazam and voting for your favourite TV ad to be broadcast on national TV. Social TV is often tipped as the ‘future’ or ‘coming soon’, but these campaigns show that it has well and truly arrived.

LinkedIn 277% More Effective Than All Of Social Media For Business Lead Generation

Quinton O'Reilly Social Media January 30, 2012 5 Comments

We all know that developing social media profiles can be vital in generating leads for businesses, be it B2B or B2C. Therefore a number of different social media channels are being used to develop businesses but which ones should you be concentrating your efforts on…

The future of social networks is in the hands of governments: why this is worrying

Lauren Fisher Social Media No Comments

The future development of social technologies ultimately lies in the hands of the government. While this may seemingly protect users, what we need to see is a new era of collaboration between networks and the governments that both protects users and fosters future growth of these platforms.

Twitter Will Introduce New Analytics Tools Over Next Few Months

Quinton O'Reilly Social Media 3 Comments

Twitter will be unveiling a series of new tools – which will include sophisticated analytical tools – over the next few months. Twitter’s manager for news and journalism Erica Anderson, said that the new analytics tools will help publishers track the reach of tweets sent through the microblogging service…

Twitter Planning To Roll Out New Brand Specific Pages Soon

Quinton O'Reilly Social Media January 29, 2012 4 Comments

Shortly after rumours circulated about Facebook’s introduction of Timeline brand pages at the end of the month, Twitter’s equivalent, which was revealed during the site’s redesign back in December, is rumoured to be appearing over the next few days…

Social media is not the route to happiness. But who said it should be?

Lauren Fisher Social Media 2 Comments

Social media has been accused of making individuals unhappy, with studies showing a link between unhapiness and frequent use of social technologies. But why are we looking for a link between social media and hapiness, when the technology is there to do a lot more than make us happy?

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