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[vid] Great Documentary on Facebook

[vid] Great Documentary on Facebook

Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by .

This is a great BBC documentary on the juggernaut that is Facebook. It does a good job to dispel the myth that was created by the popular movie — The Social Network and helps us to understand a lot more about how the company is evolving. It tells the story of the company from its [...]

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The New Facebook Timeline (How to Activate it Now)

The New Facebook Timeline (How to Activate it Now)

Posted on 25. Sep, 2011 by .

What is it? On Sept 29, Facebook will release a new interface for your profile page called “timeline”. As the name suggests, this will display your entire life as a timeline. It will show updates, checkins, photos, videos and almost everything you have posted on Facebook all the way to your…well, birth! Here’s a video [...]

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How to Make a Great Facebook Fan Page – Five Essential Tips

How to Make a Great Facebook Fan Page – Five Essential Tips

Posted on 21. May, 2011 by .

Facebook is awesome. Its hard to deny that. I use it (like most people) to connect with friends and family near and far. But I also use it for my business connections and for networking. Its a good idea to keep these two groups separate. Here’s a blog post I wrote some time back about [...]

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Just How Massive is Google? [inforgraphic]

Just How Massive is Google? [inforgraphic]

Posted on 12. Oct, 2010 by .

I love info graphics. They give you a vastly different perspective on common data. This one shows just what a behemoth Google is… Infographic by computer school.org

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Can Facebook’s Growth Surpass China’s Population? What Do You Think?

Can Facebook’s Growth Surpass China’s Population? What Do You Think?

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by .

On a recent blog post, Mark Zuckerberg – the founder of Facebook announced that they have reached 400 million users after just 6 years. To put that number into perspective…only China and India has a greater population than Facebook! Take a look at this great infographic created by Pingdom:

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Why I Need To Start “UnFriending” People On Facebook

Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by .

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, “UnFriend” is the word of the year for 2009. And I am going to need to use it this year. With the growth of social networking, I am finding it increasingly difficult to separate business connections and personal connections. As social networking continues to grow, I’m sure many [...]

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Official Twitter Buttons Released

Posted on 27. Dec, 2009 by .

Attention Twitter users. If you click on the “Goodies” button on the footer of your Twitter page, you will notice that some new “goodies” has just been added. Twitter has finally released official “follow me” buttons to add to your blog, Facebook or MySpace page. Go ahead, check it out.

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How To Use HootSuite & Ping.FM to Publish Your WordPress Blog To All Your Social Media Sites

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by .

Let Me Set The Scene… I love blogging. But, I don’t want to spend time updating all my social media sites every time I write on my blog. I just want to focus on my blog and create awesome content. But what’s the point of great content if people don’t find my blog? Argh! The [...]

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How To Use Ping.FM To Update Multiple Social Media Accounts and Become a Social Media Ninja!

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by .

About Ping.FM Chances are you have more than 1 social media presence and that number will keep growing. Twitter and Facebook are most likely. You may also have a blog or Tumblr site. Perhaps you’re into photography and have a Flickr or PhotoBucket account. If you’re a social media Ninja like me, then you may [...]

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Social Media Addicts Association (S.M.A.A.) Meeting

Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by .

Funny Video: I do wonder if it helped Sony sell any more laptops or if it had the opposite effect? What do you think?

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Google Real Time Search and Tiger Woods

Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by .

Since December 7th, Google has been in the process of rolling out its real-time search feature globally on all English pages. How does this work? You search for a keyword or location and a dynamic scrolling area will appear among your search results. This area delivers relevant results will be displayed. This search is made [...]

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Facebook Marketing Case Study: Ikea

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by .

Here’s an interesting and recent case study of a traditional brick and mortar company using social media as a new marketing medium in an innovative way. In this case, some bright spark at an ad agency designed a way for Ikea to use their existing inventory and an existing feature in Facebook – photo tagging [...]

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WordPress Tip: How To Post to Facebook Pages Instead of Profile Pages

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by .

There are many WordPress plugins that allow you to post an update to social media sites. But when it comes to Facebook, its a little tricky. That’s because you can have a Facebook Profile page and a Facebook Public Profile page a.k.a. Facebook Fan Pages. Because your Facebook “Friends” are different from your “Fans” – [...]

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Want Invites for Google Wave?

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by .

I have received some invitations to use Google Wave. Its really an awesome communication tool. Maybe a bit ahead of its time but its definitely something that we will evolve to using at some point as our default communication tool. I would love to send you an invite but I only have limited invites. And [...]

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