Saturday, November 27, 2010
How To Attract Twitter Traffic - Tips to get Twitter Traffic
There are a few rules you can follow to attract more Twitter traffic to your blog each day.
Now with the new Twitter design, your background image is a non issue, which makes a good profile even more important.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Who Visited Your facebook Profile - How Do U Know?
Generally Socialmedia users are trying to expose their views and increase their community for brand promotion or any other usage ( may be personal).
On and average minimum 50 members were visited your profile and you are willing or wanted to communicate with those people then what is the process how do you know....why facebook disabled this feature.
Facebook doesn’t allow people to know who visited your profile or profile pictures etc. In the past there were few applications that did the same job. But, unfortunately facebook has banned them all. It sounds a bit disappointg but that’s the truth.
Hope this feature will come back in facebook applications.....
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Facebook Captured UK's Largest Display Ad Market Share
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| UK's Display Ad Market |
Recently some agencies are released advertising market shares captured by the various social media sites.
ComScore released an overview of the UK online display advertising market for Q3 2010, which not only showed strong gains for the medium as a whole but also lists Facebook as the UK's single largest display ad publisher on the Web. Facebook accounted for 68 billion display ad impression (does not include video ads or house ads), for a 31 percent market share. A distant second was Microsoft Sites (14 billion), followed by eBay (8.8 billion) and Google Sites (8.2 billion). This not only points out how large the Facebook audience is, but also the pervasiveness of advertising on the world's largest social network. And in the face of advertising, users have not abandoned the site on grounds of "intrusion." That's good news for advertisers.
Also according to the comScore findings, the display market overall enjoyed a 34 precent increase in ad impressions over Q3 2009, reaching more than 221 billion display ads. Display advertising is clearly on the rise once again.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Facebook is Not a Killer its a Game Changer
A few days ago, Facebook revamped their messaging product. Before the announcement, I wrote that I was sceptical about whether Facebook’s mail feature would be a “game changer” or “Gmail killer”. After watching the event, it appears their aim is not to revamp traditional email services, but are instead gunning straight for the top: a full-on communications revolution.
It appears that Facebook has realised that email as we know it is slowly becoming irrelevant and that communication is moving away from the static email and more into real-time communication tools like Twitter, Yammer, and a myriad of other real-time services.
Notably, Facebook’s messaging service won’t have typical email features like cc and bcc, as they want to preserve that intimate conversation between two parties, similar to instant messaging. It will feature file upload functionality, and will endeavour to transfer an email conversation to their instant messaging platform if Facebook sees that if you and your friend are online at the same time.
Facebook has created a next-generation communication system that has unified the world of email, SMS and IM, so rather than actively seeking to replace email or ‘kill Gmail’, Facebook is instead showing off what is possible, and putting the “social” back in communication.
You might also be wondering what has become of the much-discussed FB.com URL? Unfortunately, that address will not be available for the public, it’s only for the use of Facebook employees.
Facebook have told press that their new messaging product will roll out to all users over the next few months, so it looks like New Zealand will be scoring the short end of the stick again in another major Facebook feature roll-out.
Don't worry about Twitter follower numbers
Why do we judge the quality of a tweeter by the number of people they have following them? And why do we pay so much attention to our follower numbers? It is such crap, and here are five reasons why.
1. Follower numbers are easily faked.
Here’s how easy:
The follow/follow-back principle (you follow me, so I’ll follow you) is nice in theory – after all, it’s polite to follow someone who follows you - but it’s also a really easy way to quickly boost your follower numbers. I’ve tried it, it works
You can hit certain keywords, hashtags or magic bio words which cause bots to follow you. That’s why I’m followed by Glee and iPhone bots. They’re essentially fake followers
I’m also followed by about 20 work accounts, which is nice, but nearly meaningless. I know a lot of people have multiple accounts, and have those multiple accounts follow them
2. Follower numbers are not engagement numbers.
Are your followers actually hitting your website, buying your products, or using your services (if that’s your goal)? Are you getting retweeted or replies? That’s what counts on social. Measuring tools like Klout are pretty helpful, but still aren’t the be all and end all. Don’t look at a tweeter’s 50,000 followers and think that automatically translates to website UBs and sales – or even intelligent tweets.
One important factor: Lists. Just because someone has a lot of followers, does not mean those followers are ‘subscribed’. You may be on private lists which means you’re being ‘subscribed to’ without actually being followed – and vice versa! Follower numbers do not equal eyeballs to your messages.
Another factor is “speciality” – I don’t know a thing about cars, so if I advised my followers to buy a Mazda, they’d probably laugh at me. Jeremy Clarkson advises you to buy a Mazda, you nod in awe and buy a fricken Mazda. Even if I had more followers than Jeremy Clarkson, which do you think matters to Mazda? It’s not about follower numbers.
3. Investment
This one is simple: The more time you spend on Twitter, and the longer you’ve been on, the more followers you’re bound to have. Some people can’t spend all day on Twitter, so naturally they’ll have fewer followers – unless they’re Carolyn3News – when is that woman going to tweet?
Sometimes it’s about quality, not quantity!
4. Maybe you’re not mainstream flavour
You’re a round peg and Twitter is a square hole. Who really cares? If you tweet heaps and that loses you followers, it’s not the end of the world. Just have fun and be yourself. You’ll never please everyone, and if you lose followers for it, then so be it.
Unless you’re publishing your Foursquare updates to your feed. No one wants to see that shit.
5. Emotional well-being
Obsession with follower numbers is nothing but damaging. Your drive for followers is probably coming from some other unmet need. Want to be famous? Respected? Well-liked? Listened to? Answer that need and you’ll find your obsession with who.unfollowed.me or friendorfollow will die off.
It is not a personal slight if someone you’ve never met thinks your 140 characters shouldn’t appear on a timeline of a social media tool they look at twice a week.
If you only have 100 followers and think that’s somehow a poor reflection on how lovely you are, think again. It’s not. There are some dipshits with thousands of followers out there.
There is nothing wrong with wanting a lot of followers. It’s human nature to want to be popular and liked. Just keep it in context.
And don’t get me started on Facebook friends.
1. Follower numbers are easily faked.
Here’s how easy:
The follow/follow-back principle (you follow me, so I’ll follow you) is nice in theory – after all, it’s polite to follow someone who follows you - but it’s also a really easy way to quickly boost your follower numbers. I’ve tried it, it works
You can hit certain keywords, hashtags or magic bio words which cause bots to follow you. That’s why I’m followed by Glee and iPhone bots. They’re essentially fake followers
I’m also followed by about 20 work accounts, which is nice, but nearly meaningless. I know a lot of people have multiple accounts, and have those multiple accounts follow them
2. Follower numbers are not engagement numbers.
Are your followers actually hitting your website, buying your products, or using your services (if that’s your goal)? Are you getting retweeted or replies? That’s what counts on social. Measuring tools like Klout are pretty helpful, but still aren’t the be all and end all. Don’t look at a tweeter’s 50,000 followers and think that automatically translates to website UBs and sales – or even intelligent tweets.
One important factor: Lists. Just because someone has a lot of followers, does not mean those followers are ‘subscribed’. You may be on private lists which means you’re being ‘subscribed to’ without actually being followed – and vice versa! Follower numbers do not equal eyeballs to your messages.
Another factor is “speciality” – I don’t know a thing about cars, so if I advised my followers to buy a Mazda, they’d probably laugh at me. Jeremy Clarkson advises you to buy a Mazda, you nod in awe and buy a fricken Mazda. Even if I had more followers than Jeremy Clarkson, which do you think matters to Mazda? It’s not about follower numbers.
3. Investment
This one is simple: The more time you spend on Twitter, and the longer you’ve been on, the more followers you’re bound to have. Some people can’t spend all day on Twitter, so naturally they’ll have fewer followers – unless they’re Carolyn3News – when is that woman going to tweet?
Sometimes it’s about quality, not quantity!
4. Maybe you’re not mainstream flavour
You’re a round peg and Twitter is a square hole. Who really cares? If you tweet heaps and that loses you followers, it’s not the end of the world. Just have fun and be yourself. You’ll never please everyone, and if you lose followers for it, then so be it.
Unless you’re publishing your Foursquare updates to your feed. No one wants to see that shit.
5. Emotional well-being
Obsession with follower numbers is nothing but damaging. Your drive for followers is probably coming from some other unmet need. Want to be famous? Respected? Well-liked? Listened to? Answer that need and you’ll find your obsession with who.unfollowed.me or friendorfollow will die off.
It is not a personal slight if someone you’ve never met thinks your 140 characters shouldn’t appear on a timeline of a social media tool they look at twice a week.
If you only have 100 followers and think that’s somehow a poor reflection on how lovely you are, think again. It’s not. There are some dipshits with thousands of followers out there.
There is nothing wrong with wanting a lot of followers. It’s human nature to want to be popular and liked. Just keep it in context.
And don’t get me started on Facebook friends.
Don’t believe everything in Social Media
Social media craz is so m uch now a days and that too business promotions and sensitive topics are also prticipated and began thier race in the business angle. Youngsters or teenagers are already registered and communicate their conversations and sharing funky thnings.....
How much we can trust the socialmedia information?
Is it real?
Any harm to us?
How to use social media effectively?
Can we trust with whom we are chating?
I don’t usually like to preach about social media, but in this case I feel the issue at hands warrants something of a public service announcement.
Most social media evangelists out there describe it as a bit of a “party”. Now let me ask you: how many of your average party-goers do you immediately trust? Indeed, how many of them would you ask for advice on medication? Chris Pirillo has pointed out something quite alarming, that people have taken the idea of social media is a place of inherent trust, and if that’s true then we need to reprogram that thought. I don’t think “party” is quite the correct term.
Social media is more of an ‘open market’. Why? Well, as those who go to their local Sunday market will attest: you can see everything laid out on the table, nothing to hide. If you see a rotten apple, you move on to the next store. It might not be a cool or hip term, but it is the correct one.
So let’s go back to the medication scenario. When people respond to such questions, please make sure you know who they are, and if they are qualified to give advice. Just because they follow or friend you doesn’t mean their answers are right the right one. Just because they have the lowest prices for their apples does not mean they aren’t rotten. I am not saying don’t trust anyone just choose your stores wisely.
How much do you trust the people you are talking to on social media platforms?
How much we can trust the socialmedia information?
Is it real?
Any harm to us?
How to use social media effectively?
Can we trust with whom we are chating?
I don’t usually like to preach about social media, but in this case I feel the issue at hands warrants something of a public service announcement.
Most social media evangelists out there describe it as a bit of a “party”. Now let me ask you: how many of your average party-goers do you immediately trust? Indeed, how many of them would you ask for advice on medication? Chris Pirillo has pointed out something quite alarming, that people have taken the idea of social media is a place of inherent trust, and if that’s true then we need to reprogram that thought. I don’t think “party” is quite the correct term.
Social media is more of an ‘open market’. Why? Well, as those who go to their local Sunday market will attest: you can see everything laid out on the table, nothing to hide. If you see a rotten apple, you move on to the next store. It might not be a cool or hip term, but it is the correct one.
So let’s go back to the medication scenario. When people respond to such questions, please make sure you know who they are, and if they are qualified to give advice. Just because they follow or friend you doesn’t mean their answers are right the right one. Just because they have the lowest prices for their apples does not mean they aren’t rotten. I am not saying don’t trust anyone just choose your stores wisely.
How much do you trust the people you are talking to on social media platforms?
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