If you are a business this is just getting into the whole idea of social media and online business promotion you are undoubtedly confused by many of the terms and acronyms that populate the market. Here is Forescene’s guide to social networking.
App: abbreviation for application and is a small program that performs a specific task [...]
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Glossary of Social Media Terms
May 1st, 2010 in Social Media
Social Media Influence Products
April 22nd, 2010 in Social Media, Web Trends
Once the big guns realize that there is money in something you can guarantee it’s made the big time. So with two of America’s iconic retail brands using social media to develop their products, corporate boards have obviously been won over as to the relevance of the platform.
Two months ago, Dunkin Donuts launched a competition [...]
Tags: Social Media
E-Commerce – Which Social Media Advertising Works
April 3rd, 2010 in Social Media, Web Marketing
As social networks increase in popularity continues unabated, more advertisers are looking at how they can promote their products successfully on the vast pool of consumers. A study conducted by Psychster Inc and Allrecipes to find out what forms of advertising worked best for sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace.
The format of ads that the [...]
Marketing to Fashion Victims
March 29th, 2010 in Social Media, Web Marketing
If the uber skinny and bella stylish are using it, then it has to be making a fashion statement. For those who thought that social media and geolocation sites like Foresquare were all about pizza and fries, some of the big names in the fashion industry have been using it to great effect during New [...]
When Social Networking Goes Bad – Pasquale Manfredi
March 18th, 2010 in Social Media
Social Networking is a common enough phenomenon these days and Forescene designers always advise users to keep it simple and avoid controversy when engaging with your clients online. There have been a number of incidents worldwide where users have been caught out commenting on their employers or loosing insurance policies due to photos they have [...]
Twitter @Anywhere
March 18th, 2010 in Social Media
Opinions of Twitter vary depending on who you talk to but if you are one of those how find it useful in maintaining contact the micro blog site have just announced another development that should get is fans drooling.
The new platform called @Anywhere now allows third party users to add a plug-in so you can [...]
CNN See Facebook as The Main Competition
March 13th, 2010 in News, Social Media
Jon Klein, the President of CNN says that his fears are not of competition from the two million Fox viewers but from the 200 million members on Facebook. He believes that the social network platform is more of a threat than traditional broadcasting sources.
These comments come after a recent survey for Hitwise that showed the [...]
Marketing – Raising the Issue
March 9th, 2010 in Social Media, Web Marketing
At the Oscar Awards on Sunday night Ric O’Barry, one of the people involved in the award winning film documentary “The Cove” held up a sign saying “Text Dolphin to 44144.” Afraid to be seen taking sides in the issue the camera’s cut away to the audience but the shot was long enough for people [...]
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How to Build Your Customer List
March 6th, 2010 in Consumers, Social Media
So you have your website, you blog and write regular interesting, content rich articles and included colorful eye-catching pictures. How do you go about increasing the numbers of customers attracted to your site because all there is at present are family and friends?
To ensure you have a growing army of interested followers in your website [...]
Geo Tagging for Small Businesses
February 22nd, 2010 in Business Website, Mobile, Social Media, Web Trends
Small local businesses can help increase their profiles with very little cost and effort by looking into geo tagging. The latest in Internet marketing tool allows companies to place their details on platforms, which in turn keep customers aware of local service provision.
All of these websites offer real time updates straight to cell phones and [...]
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