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Some have attributed the success of President Barack Obama’s rise to prominence over early favorite Hillary Clinton in 2008 to the adept way his campaign handled social media. He generated the early buzz through social before the mainstream media and television started realizing he would be able to sneak right past his opponents into prominence. […]
The first day went very differently when the two social networks went public. Facebook stayed steady, bolstered by some strategic investing. It eventually fell dramatically before finding its groove. Today, it is healthy. Twitter got off to a much better start but is already showing signs of weakening. Both may end up in the same […]
When you want to get some pretty good data on using social media for marketing, one of the best people to turn to is Dan Zarrella, Hubspot’s social media scientist. “Mad scientist” may be a better phrase for him, but he’s crazy like a fox when it comes to Twitter. This latest round of insights […]
The hashtag symbol was rarely used in any application other than on a touch tone phone up until it was popularized through social media in the last five years. Now, people make jokes about hashtags, put them on T-shirts, and even try to name their children with hashtags. It’s become quite ridiculous, really. This infographic […]
There are so many ways to publish content on the internet. Images, videos, podcasts, and articles each have tons of choices through which anyone with a computer and WiFi can say whatever it is they want to say to the world. In the world of article and blog posting alone, the venues are extremely plentiful. […]
It’s possible that cats are the most interesting creatures on the internet. It could be because cat people take more pictures than dog people. It could be that cats are just that silly. For whatever reason, cats are big on the internet in general and social media in particular. What makes them tick? In the […]
Holding the unofficial title of “America’s Pastor” brings a lot of perks. It also brings a lot of eyeballs watching your every move, as Rick Warren found out this week with a controversial post he put up on Facebook and Twitter. Social media is permanent when you’re famous. It doesn’t matter how quickly you delete […]
Twitter, which began as a side project in a small but failing start-up seven years ago and grew into one of the world’s largest platforms for public conversation, is about to take its biggest step yet into maturity: selling stock to the public. The company announced on Thursday — in a tweet, one of the […]
After shares of Facebook stock hit an all time high, founder Mark Zuckerberg is ready to tell his competitors that it’s not as bad as they think might. No fear, Mark. No fear. From AllThingsD: Going public ain’t easy. And no tech company CEO of late knows that better than Mark Zuckerberg. Perhaps Twitter, which […]
