A January study by the industrious folks at Digitals shows that 55% of people just aren’t comfortable with giving their credit card information via a social media site. This included even secure transactions by a known brand. Why? Perhaps because of all the scammers pushing their junk on Facebook, those actually wanting to do legit … Read more
Last year Myspace was pretty much considered dead, and was sold from NewsCorp to advertising network SpecificMedia. According to a recent press release, MySpace is now growing once again, and has added one million new member since December, making approximately 40,000 per day. The new site is a partnership between SpecificMedia and none other than … Read more
Twitter can consistently be one of the greatest methods of getting people to click on links. While there are tons of spammers who use twitter, and that causes a serious noise problem when getting followers, there are tons of great ways to still get people to “listen” to you on twitter. Simply put, Twitter, despite … Read more
Publish or vanish. The New Year will be bringing with it an understanding of the necessary shift that is critical for businesses. Becoming an internet publisher will become top priority and will bypass website creation. What Does This Mean? By using content marketing, a business provides high quality information for the customer and in return, … Read more
Market researchers StrongMail recently reported the results of a marketing survey which shows that 92 percent of businesses contacted indicated that they plan to increase or at least not decrease their marketing spending in 2012. Given the economy is showing some signs of life after a few dark years, this might not come as a … Read more
Stumbleupon is making a play for more users by revamping its color scheme, debuting a new logo, a new “Channels” feature and improving the effectiveness of its stumble feature by adding a new “Stumblebar,” the crux of its business model. Stumbleupon was an early leader in the area of web content flagging social media services. … Read more
In an effort to mitigate the difficulties involved in switching to a new online reservation system, Virgin America has been making good use of social media. In fact, they have sent out more than 11,000 direct messages via Twitter to customers upset about problems encountered during the transition. Prior to the switch they sent out … Read more
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