Posts Tagged ‘Lists’

Top 10 Inception Trailer Parodies

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Inception TitleInception is the word on the tip of everyone’s tongues these days. If you haven’t seen Inception yet then you can’t wait until you do, and if you have seen it then you probably can’t wait to head to the theater and see it again. But while you are waiting to see Inception on the big screen you can experience it on the web, in trailer parody form, again and again and again. We aren’t sure exactly what it is about this trailer that inspired so many people to create parodies – maybe the fact that it was one of the most dramatic trailers for one of the most anticipated films in a long time – but we’ve put together a collection of the top 10 trailer Inception spoofs to whet your whistle.
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7 Great Social Media Optimization Tips For Your Website

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Social Media OptimizationThese days, as more and more consumers are logging onto sites like Facebook and Twitter, it has become increasingly important to incorporate social media into your website and marketing plan. However, not many companies and brands are aware of how to use social media tools correctly. The following tips are designed not only to provide you with ideas about how to bring social media to your website, but also to optimize the effectiveness of your site’s social features.
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5 Social Music Sites That Let You Tune Into Your Friends' Tastes

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MUSICICONIf you like music, then you probably want to be able to stream it online, listen to your friends’ favorites, and share your favorites with friends. I have been looking for social music sites like these for the past few years, and have come up with a list of 5 streaming music sites that have great social features. Enjoy the list and please leave us a comment below about your favorite social music sites.
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7 Features That Should Be In Every Social Game

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crowdTo be known as a “social game”, games need to have a number of elements that encourage player engagement amongst friends. Players need to be able to interact with their real world friends in many ways: they want to compete, cooperate, show off to and taunt friends. To better understand the ‘social’ in social games, we put together a list of the 7 elements that should be included in every social game.
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10 Tips For Advertisers To Go Viral On YouTube

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Evian Roller BabiesWhen it comes to advertising with videos on YouTube most companies are going about it entirely the wrong way. A lot of advertisers are stuck in the 30-secong television ad mentality and don’t know a thing about creating a promotional video that will go viral on the web. YouTube’s Hunter Walk gave a presentation to advertisers at Cannes and emphasized the importance of creating strong YouTube advertisements. He offered up a lot of great tips for advertisers and we’ve compiled them, along with some great viral advertising examples, to help your company create great advertisements for YouTube.
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4 Reasons Why Indaba Music is Dominating Socially-Driven Music Collaboration Online

indabaIt’s been over a decade since the first ever online musical collaboration took place, pioneering an entirely new way for musicians to create and share their work. Since then numerous companies have started offering services that allow artists from all over the world to collaborate with each other without having to physically share the same recording space. Sites like Tune Rooms, MixMatchMusic, Kompoz, Virtual Recording Studio and Indaba Music have enabled musicians to record and upload their own tracks, share them with other musicians, and mix entire songs together online. With over 60 000 unique monthly visitors, and endorsements by high profile musicians including Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, Indaba Music has emerged as the dominant player in this market by a large margin. So what makes Indaba Music different? Let’s take a look at 4 major reasons why Indaba Music is shredding the competition. Read more

Four Ways to Hedge Against Twitter Platform Instability

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-Twitter Logo-Tom Johansmeyer is the Senior Content Director at enter:marketing. He also blogs for Cigar Reader, of which he is co-founder, Gadling, and Luxist.
The “fail whale” just isn’t cute any more. Back in the middle of 2008, it took the edge off, but those days of end-user kindness are distinctly in the past. Now, more people are using Twitter – and they are using it more aggressively. For those of us in the social media marketing world, Twitter has become a particularly important tool in helping our clients communicate and gain visibility. When the microblogging service isn’t available, we notice.
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