How To Use Social Media To Land A Great Job Or Internship [Infographic]
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Create a social media strategy and learn from the biggest names in social media in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Jen Brown (TODAY.com), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. Google’s New Knowledge Graph Is More Informative Than Social
When Google added a social layer to its search bar, it seemed that the company might have gone too far in using social media to enhance its other products. But the search engine’s newest feature, the Knowledge Graph, will use the connections between particular people, places, and things – not friend recommendations – to deliver better search results. The enhancements are already rolling out to English-speaking users in the U.S. for Web, and are optimized for most iOS and Android devices.
LinkedIn vs. Facebook — The Battle for B2B [Infographic]
If you’re marketing to other businesses, it’s becoming evident that LinkedIn is the place to do it. Business decision makers are on the network and more and more deals are getting first leads at the professional social network. The folks at unbounce and bop design have put together a pretty killer list and infographic relating to whether Facebook also offers an opportunity for great B2B marketing.
Viacom Study Reveals Major Interest in “Social TV”
Have you ever heard of the “lean back” connected TV experience? It is the idea that most TV watchers don’t want to have to do anything while they’re watching TV, so digital and interactive elements should be minimalist enough so that a viewer can continue to lean back and relax while consuming this new flow of information. Well, a study by Viacom related to social TV called “Viewers C’s the Moment” has revealed that there may be a shift from a “lean-back to a lean-forward experience.” The study showed that viewers engage in an average of seven types of social TV activities.
Create & Share Video Slideshows In Seconds With Slide.ly [Invites]
There are all sorts of slideshow creation tools out there, from Animoto to Picasa, but Easy Hi is launching a new slideshow creation tool in an attempt to make slideshow creation easier and faster than ever. It’s called Slide.ly and it lets users create video slideshows using pictures from across the web, set to popular music literally in seconds.
Pinterest Raises $100 Million at a $1.5 Billion Valuation
Pinterest has raised $100 million in a round of funding led by Japanese company Rakuten, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, and other angel investors. The goal is to use the funds to help improve Pinterest’s service and continue to attract new users.
How To Use Social Media To Land A Great Job Or Internship [Infographic]
The hiring process for jobs and internships is changing. More and more employers are turning to social media to filter and find the best applicants and a new infographic from Online Colleges sheds some light on how employers are using social media in their hiring process and how job and internship seekers can use sites like Facebook and LinkedIn to their advantage.
Pharrell Launches Social Media Platform for Artists
Pharrell, the singer and drummer of hip-hop group N.E.R.D., is launching a new social media project called “i am Other”, which, judging by the introduction video, is a social network dedicated by being different. The network seems to be aimed at attracting a whole group of indie-styled people of various backgrounds to be different and stick it to the mainstream. It seems like it will be focused on giving a younger generation of really different people an opportunity to rise and show off their talent.
Facebook to Set Final IPO Price | Pinterest Raises $120 Million | States Weigh Social Media Gambling
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Facebook to Set Final IPO Price Later Today (CNN Money)
Facebook’s long road to an initial public offering is coming to an end. Late Thursday, it will fill in one last piece of the puzzle: Its final IPO price. Mashable On Wednesday, Facebook announced that an extra 84 million shares will be added to its stock pool for sale. The extra shares will come entirely from insiders and early investors, according to the AP. Reuters But investors who want Facebook shares when the No. 1 online social network goes public later this week may have lost the opportunity. TD Ameritrade and Fidelity’s brokerage arm both stopped accepting orders of Facebook shares as of Tuesday evening, according to representatives for each of the companies. CNET Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who is simultaneously becoming one of the richer and more reviled people around, wants to set the record straight. Saverin, who is now a citizen of Singapore after renouncing his U.S. citizenship, said his decision has nothing to do with taxes. Forbes All eyes are on Facebook this week in the lead-up to the social network’s initial public offering, but Google did all it could to steal back a little bit of glory on Wednesday. One of the biggest pieces of news was the search company’s addition of “Knowledge Graph” to its core product, a way to find answers without ever clicking a link and leaving the search results page. Read more
‘Zuckerberg: The Musical’ Hits YouTube As Facebook Prepares To Go Public
‘Zuckerberg: The Musical’ tells the story of Facebook, set to the tune of songs from popular musicals like Westside Story, RENT, Phantom Of The Opera and more.
Roundtable: Decoding Taste Through Social Graphs
NEW YORK – Whether users are shopping, browsing, or talking about their interests online, the success of the social graph depends on how well companies can interpret the results and use them to predict behavior, said experts at the APPNATION NYC Mobile + TV 3.0 Summit in SoHo this afternoon.
