I have always been a fan of Formspring, having previously written about the Q&A site in January, so I am very pleased to see this milestone in their growth. There have been a few new additions to the platform since my last post, including a Celeb Q&A feature and the ability to ask all your followers a question at once. Formspring’s continuing more...
Look out Facebook, Google + has officially launched today and I don’t get excited easily, but I really think Google+ is going to make Facebook sweat buckets, here are my reasons why: 1. Google currently gets over 1 billion search impressions a month, so the people are there. 2. Google + will be added directly to your Gmail, Google docs, GoogleMaps, more...
Procter & Gamble have added online stores for six of their brands to Facebook, including Tide, Gillette, Olay, Gain, CoverGirl, Luvs and Febreze. Interestingly, the goal of the stores is not actually sales but to gain insight about their consumers, which is probably why P&G choose brands with different target audiences. Here’s more more...
Experian Hitwise have recently published some very interesting data about what we all already knew: that Facebook fans are invaluable. According to their website, Experian Hitwise are a leading global online competitive intelligence service, their stats are quite impressive, they count over 100,00 clients in more than 65 countries, and I am assuming more...
I am not sure whether it’s my impeccable timing or whether this kind of bad publicity is a regular thing for airlines, but today Delta Airlines is in the midst of a mild social brand storm. I opened Reddit today to find Delta’s name near the top of the page, a link titled “TIL Delta Airlines screwed up my baggage, then urinated on more...
I’ve been flying quite a bit recently and it usually ends up being quite a nightmare. To start off, I’ve built up a fear of flying over the last 2 years or so, I never minded it before, but after traveling with someone who had the anxiety, it quickly spread to me. Also, I’ve been missing a lot of flights and having flights cancelled more...
The reported rivalry between Facebook and Google has been over saturated in the last couple of months by many a social media news outlet. It seems like almost every new feature Google puts forth is reported as a rivalry against Facebook and vice versa. But are the two companies actually rivals? Schmidt has famously admitted that one of his greatest more...
Socialnomics publish a variety of interesting content pertaining to social media, but their most successful and popular project probably has to be the Social Media Revolution videos. If you haven’t seen these videos, you are truly missing out, they’re a great compilation of relevant social media stats set to some good music. To give a more...
There has been a lot of negative stuff online today, so I thought it may be a good idea to post about something a bit more positive and light-hearted. The “negative” I am referring to is all the coverage of the Vancouver riots. I don’t think that I am alone when I say that they were terribly embarrassing for many Canadians, especially more...
Facebook’s New “Comment Ads”
- 0 comment(s)Facebook is currently playing around with a new ad format, which would allow visitors to Facebook to comment on an ad. The idea would work in much the same way as commenting does throughout the rest of the site, the new ad would have a similar layout to a post made by one of your friends. Advertisers can attach media to their ad, e.g. a photo or a more...