Category Archives for Social Media

Culture 2.0: Facebook as Cultural Storytelling

For any current, former or recent grads who might be reading out there in cyberspace, the words “elective credits” most likely bring a smile to your face.  After all, most of your 4 (or 5…6…7……….) years of college probably consisted of coursework that was already decided for you by whichever school you attended. Whether you [...]

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CULTURE 2.0- Rise of the Machines: Does Technology Unite or Divide?

While reading an article published by TechnologyReview.com back in July, I couldn’t help but think of two things.  The first was the topic of my own graduate thesis, that sought to understand the impacts stemming from surveillance and other police-department technologies upon the daily experiences of police officers in a large metropolitan district.  The second [...]

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Using Social Media in a Global Business

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For some companies, rules completely restricting Internet access and social media in the office is a must. However, working for a global advertising agency, if you restrict our access to the Internet or social media at work, even for a moment, it’s comparable to removing an appendage. In my role at HMA, I use social [...]

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16 Free Social Media Listening Tools

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Communication is 50% listening and 50% talking. Most masters of communication are often better at listening than they are at talking. There are a rare few that can equally master both. I’m certainly no rarity. I still manage to stumble over my words when I speak, but I can proudly say that I’ve become quite the [...]

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Grow Socially with a Spring Cleaning

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178 is the number. According to an Altimeter Group study, this is the average number of social media accounts that exist across large companies. And that number is only expected to increase as more social media tools become available and individual business units, and even locations, clamor for their own personalized piece of the pie. How [...]

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Super Bowls Ads Before the Super Bowl?

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Patience is a virtue. My dad always lectured me on this as I have none. I preach this to my children as, like me, they have little. My husband has a lot of patience (he does have to live with me). Are we turning into a nation with no patience? Is this good or is this bad?  [...]

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How B2B Companies Should Respond to Facebook Changes

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With all the recent changes to Facebook’s platform, B2B companies and marketers are facing challenges in communicating with users on the social network. While the territory is still rather uncharted, creativity, engagement and a more effective use of Facebook can help your company respond to the changes. Be creative. With the proposed implementation of Facebook’s [...]

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Google+ For Anyone But Google Apps Users

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After 12 weeks into its field trial, Google announced Tuesday that anyone can sign up for Google+, no invitation required. It also unveiled a slew of new features, such as search and mobile hangouts (Giddy up on the iOS app update, please!). In addition, Google Hangouts received a major boost with screen-sharing, sharing sketchpads, Google [...]

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How to Combat Social Network Overload

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Remember for a glimmer of time when you could only access “The Facebook” with a .edu email address? Back then the social network had nowhere near the capabilities it possesses today. Not only do we now have Facebook, but Foursquare, Twitter, Tumblr and Google+ too. In addition to a list of social networks that seems [...]

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