Believe it or not, Twitter celebrates its 8th birthday today! While not everyone was convinced the 140-character social platform would succeed, today’s anniversary certainly proves them wrong. It has now become a place for users to share information, often in real-time, leading to a big change in how we discover Read more…
In the constantly changing world of social media, Facebook isn’t slowing down. The latest changes are designed to make the news feed function more manageable so you never miss the updates you’re interested in the most. Starting tonight you will no longer see the “Top Stories” and “Most Recent” links Read more…
You may have seen some updates in your Facebook sidebar that lists a person and then underneath a friend who has “subscribed” to them. That’s because – you guessed it! – Facebook has added a “subscribe” button to its list of features. This is directly from Facebook’s blog: 1. Choose Read more…
Of course everyone talks about getting involved with social media and how it’s so big these days. But, have you ever seen figures that put that into context? Here is one of the brilliant videos by Erik Qualman on social media and its impact on our lives. Definitely check it Read more…
You may or may not have noticed a recent Facebook issue with regards to notifications. It seems that somehow all the notifications for events and the like were reversed. In other words, if you asked not to receive certain notifications, you received them. And if you asked to receive certain Read more…
Thanks to former Philadelphia Eagles tight end Luther Broughton for tipping us off on this one. While the execs at Facebook have certainly been able to monetize the social media giant, this might be the point where people start to get tweaked. Facebook has unveiled a new advertising opportunity for Read more…
We’ve been telling you that this blog isn’t about us, and it’s not. However, when we get quoted in a story of this size, we like to pass it along. It lets everyone know that from time to time, we know what we are doing. I was quoted in this Read more…
We’ve been aware for some time that Facebook ads can be a great way to effectively get in front of your target audience. You can set it up brilliantly so that it only shows in front of exactly the people you want it to. Apparently, the rest of the world Read more…
Social media giant Facebook has agreed to purchase FB.com for a cool $8.5 million. The domain had been used by the American Farm Bureau Federation. where to apply for a loan The original deal was announced back on November 15th, but financial details were not disclosed at the time. “The Read more…
So there are several big stories floating around regarding Facebook right now. We posted recently on Facebook’s possible IPO in 2012. That wouldn’t seem to dovetail with the other big rumor making the rounds right now: That Facebook is shutting down on March 15th. According to this rumor, Facebook is Read more…