Re-posted from: Bloomberg BusinessWeek By:  Felix Gillette July 15, 2010 http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_30/b4188064364442.htm Natalie Malaszenko has always loved pets. A 31-year-old resident of San Diego, Calif., she has a dog named Sarge and a cat named Leo. Years ago, when she lived in Texas, she took care of cows and horses and even a stray emu. In [...]

Millions of people everyday play social games with and/or against friends and strangers.  This has become extremely popular, but most companies and organizations choose to ignore or don’t know about the great marketing potential that this represents.  Social games are a way for people to interact digitally with your service or brand and instantly share [...]

According to a recent Harris Poll, thirty-three percent of adults online are influenced a great deal or fair amount by reviews on blogs and message boards. Results skew in a similar pattern across different age demographics, with the highest percentage among 18- to 34-year-olds (41%) and a sharp drop off to the lowest percentage among ages [...]

We all know that social media management takes more time than money, in most cases.  Many marketing, communication, and public relations professionals struggle with managing social media platforms while still trying to accomplish other daily tasks.  The big question:  Do we hire an employee to manage social media, or do we hire an agency? This [...]

I just had to re-post this and see what you all thought about it.  What do you think? Only 11% of teens email each day, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told a conference crowd yesterday. “Email is probably going away,” she said. “Going away” is a bit much – email remains an important tool for business [...]

Here are some good articles from the web for your reference: Public Holds Optimism for Internet Tax, Travel Sites Lead Category Growth How to optimize your site for Google in 2010 IKEA Victim of Facebook Hoax Social media war rooms (and why you need one) What do you think about these articles?  Any thoughts on [...]

Just when you thought you could run wild and free with your hair blowing in the wind while writing on Facebook, Twitter, you name it online, Yahoo! had to go and ruin it. Not really. We grammar fanatics/online journalists/bloggers/social media communicators appreciate the structure and rules to language, making everything uniform and stately. We embrace [...]

Facebook is making changes again!  I have always had a theory that the Facebook team makes significant changes every 6 months and this theory is holding true.  So what do today’s changes mean for you and your business? Let’s start with Community Pages.  This is a big move on behalf of Facebook.  Community Pages are [...]

I recently facilitated a presentation/discussion on the business case for digital and social media.  We looked at the challenged faced by agency and industry professionals in working with clients and companies on digital marketing communications initiatives from a small and medium sized company perspective.  With all the power and market reach that digital and social [...]

By:  Chantal Todé February 01 2010 Marketers continue to dedicate greater portions of the marketing budget to social networking and Web-based channels, at the expense of traditional media. That shift was reflected in a recent survey from the CMO Council, which found that 60% of the more than 600 marketers who responded will invest in [...]