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10 Useful Social Media Articles of Mid June 2010

Article Last Updated: 17^th Jun 2010
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Social Media on June 17, 2010 | View Comments

Roundup of 10 useful Social Media articles of Mid June 2010.

10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy
"Your business needs a killer social media strategy. In order to tap the potential of this fabulous marketing tool, you’ll want to first determine if social media can meet your goals and objectives. If you’re still figuring out your marketing plan for 2010, consider the following 10 reasons why a social media strategy may be well worth the effort."
tags: socialmedia, articles
How to Audit Your Social Media Efforts: 20+ Questions to Ask Yourself
"When you audit your social presence, you will be able to make better business decisions when it comes to social media. You will be able to gather enough data from your own campaigns to help you improve your online marketing."
tags: socialmedia, articles
Era of The Social Media Dubeshag
"Douchebag kicks it up a notch. It is so negative and mean that I thought we needed something nice. We needed a social media term of endearment of some sort to make up for our transgressions."
tags: socialmedia, pr, articles
10 Reasons why brands fail on Twitter / Social Media
"Life for brands on Twitter is tough for sure but not “un achievable” a target, or so do I prefer to believe. And I can substantiate my stand."
tags: socialmedia, twitter, articles
Andy’s Answers: Measuring the ROI of your social media programs | SmartBlog On Social Media
"One of the brightest minds in tracking and measurement is Olivier Blanchard. We were lucky enough to have him join us at our last Word of Mouth Supergenius event, where he shared a bunch of practical ways he coaches brands on how to determine the ROI of their programs."
tags: ROI, socialmedia, articles
What PR Pros Need to Know About Foursquare
"I just don’t feel the need to compete for badges and mayorships — and not enough contacts in my personal network use it to make it a useful communication tool. However, I am intrigued by its marketing and PR potential."
tags: socialmedia, pr, articles
5 Easy Steps to a Winning Social Media Plan | Social Media Examiner
"But how do you make it all work together? You want to reach potential clients and establish your authority online, but what’s your plan?"
tags: socialmedia, articles
The Starbucks Mistake: Five Ways Foursquare Advertising is Getting Less Interesting
"Starbucks’ current program on Foursquare may kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (or at least demonstrate how that goose may die a slow, lingering death of neglect). I believe (and I’m curious if you agree) that Starbucks’ ubiquity combined with the offer’s difficult redemption is decreasing attention for Foursquare’s other offers."
tags: socialmedia, articles, geolocation
The Social Media Style Guide: 8 Steps to Creating a Brand Persona
"Anyone who has ever worked in corporate marketing, advertising, and branding is more than familiar with a brand style guide. It’s how we ensured that the brand was represented as intended through marketing aesthetics and messaging – including detailed usage instructions on font, style, color, language, placement, positioning, etc."
tags: socialmedia, articles
25 Reasons To Love Social Media
Social Media is now the trend. While the majority of brands and companies are just starting to get into the phenomenon, others still ignore the power of social media because they are afraid of how to handle the impact if they get negative feedback.
tags: socialmedia, articles, lists

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Best Social Media Enabled Smartphones of 2010

Article Last Updated: 3^rd Jun 2010
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Gadgets, Social Media on May 18, 2010 | View Comments

best social media smartphones

This is a showdown of most powerful social media enabled Smartphones which will dominate the social media scene of 2010-2011. These are the phones which will make you ultimate social media addict. Nope, iPhone is not included in this list, because it already has way too much exposure. Now it is time to give the contenders a chance to show their faces.

The elements that are mostly factor for choosing these phones are

Processor power range from 600 MHz and above
Android Platform ( with the exception of Blackberry and Symbian)
Social media engagement and multi tasking
Overall performance
Platform engagement such as twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Friendster, flickr

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How to Make Use of Friends List to Tighten Facebook Privacy

Article Last Updated: 17^th May 2010
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Articles, Social Media on May 14, 2010 | View Comments

Facebook lately turning up the buzz due to many privacy issues. They even rolled out new features almost every week. Even though it is really tough to stay in line with Facebook’s updated changes on privacy, It could be managed by making use of the “Friends List” feature. I’m not going to talk a lot, rather I would do a pictorial (Pictured Tutorial) instead.

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Every Tips You Ever Need to Know About Google Buzz

Article Last Updated: 23^rd Apr 2010
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Social Media on February 11, 2010 | View Comments

You felt left out. Alone.

You are at the Dark corner of your �room and confused about Buzz. But willing to try it out?

Understood! I’m here! I’ll show you everything you need to Rock on Google Buzz (more…)

Tired of Waving? Get Google Wave Desktop Client – Waver

Article Last Updated: 23^rd Oct 2009
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Social Media, Software on October 23, 2009 | View Comments

Waver

Google Wave is a great way to communicate and collaborate (Yeah you know that already, right). But I also know most of you already being tired of experiencing the slowness of Google Wave in the browser. About time this Adobe AIR Tool called “Waver” came out to aid you on this “Waving“.

So what is Waver Anyway?

Waver is a nifty piece of Desktop Application for Google Wave which is similar TweetDeck or Twhirl. While TweetDeck or Twhirl is for Twitter, Waver is designed for Google Wave.
Savvy?

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Easy steps to Facebook Connect Comment Box [How to]

Article Last Updated: 5^th Oct 2009
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Development, Social Media on October 5, 2009 | View Comments

Facebook connect is getting popular day by day. Not to mention the huge user base Facebook has developed along the time. It was a pretty much a hassle to go through the Facebook connect implementation for a website. Very recently Facebook opened up a new dimension and easiness of implementing Facebook Connect to any website. Lets take a look how easily you can implement Facebook connect comment box to your site.

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