Foursquare is loading up on their rules to prevent you Foursquare cheaters (you know who you are!) Great piece on Mashable about how they won’t prevent you from checking in anywhere, but the points associated are another story. Details here: http://mashable.com/2010/04/07/foursquare-cheaters/
Posts Tagged ‘social media’
Cadbury Ireland Facebook Contest Shows Crowdsourcing Drawback: Plagiarized Works
February 26th, 2010
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A week ago Cadbury Chocolates Ireland announced the winner of their Cadbury Apprentice Contest to design a new Cadbury Milk Bar wrapper. All was well and the two top designers got well over 25,000 votes each. On Feb 15, 2010 they picked the winner, Sinead Costello. A lot of people voted for the design, but [...]
3 Buzz Phrases and Search Engine Myths That Need A Bazooka Reality Check
February 25th, 2010
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Adam Ostrow (@Adam Ostrow) said it best on Twitter: You know how politicians often break out the “tax ax“? I think I’m going to coin the “buzzword bazooka“ If ‘pride goes before the fall’, then buzzwords go before pride. If you work with search engines, you should probably know a few languages including HTML (I [...]
Posted in Blog Posts | Tags: 2.0, e-commerce, google, search engines, social CRM, social media, twitter, yahoo
Five Social Media Marketing Stats That Will Blow Your Mind
February 13th, 2010
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This article is great for showing the looming beast on the horizon. It touches more on Facebook than anything but so it should, it is the largest network and probably the most thorough. For those of you out there that are considering such plans in social media, networking or whichever term you use, the statistics [...]
The End Of Advertising Agencies And The Beginning Of The DIY Small Business Owner
February 13th, 2010
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My friends call me a dork for saying “These guys are the next travel agents” to any industry that drops the ball. The fact is travel agencies had it coming. They were expensive, unreliable and worst of all, did something you could do yourself if you were given access to the information. They didn’t own [...]
Social Media Dissent & The Push For 2.0 Suicide
January 14th, 2010
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We’ve all done it, or at least considered it. It’s rebellious. The idea is so…. Rogue. It’s like moving hundreds of miles away. It’s liberation for some, and a major loss for others. The mass defriending, purging or cleansing of your Twitter followers, or Facebook and MySpace friends, and LinkedIn Connections is what I’m talking [...]
Posted in Blog Posts | Tags: 2.0, dissent, facebook, google, linkedin, social media, twitter, web suicide
