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A History of Social Media [Video]

Neil Vidyarthi — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:55:07 +0000

The folks over at Grovo have released this cool new video explaining what we’re trying to do with social media, and how we got here. The video covers social media from its trivial to epic, and describes the phenomenon pretty well. May be a nice video to send along to an older family member who “doesn’t get this Facebook mumbo jumbo.”

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How Social Media Has Changed The Relationship Game [Infographic]

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:29:24 +0000

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, now seemed like as good a time as any to take a look into social media’s growing impact on relationships. A fun new infographic takes a look at the role social networks, and specifically Facebook, play in the relationship development from dating to marriage and even (unfortunately) divorce.
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The Perfect Valentine For The Social Media Addict In Your Life

Megan O'Neill — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:57:20 +0000

Does your “significant other” love their social media sites almost as much as they love you? If your boyfriend is addicted to Path, your girlfriend can’t stop tweeting, your husband can’t get enough of Angry Birds or your wife updates her Facebook at any chance she can get, we’ve found the perfect Valentine cards for you.
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“OMG I Have To Tweet This” & Other Sh** A Social Media Manager Says

Megan O'Neill — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:51:39 +0000

Over the past couple months a brand new meme has taken over YouTube (and the world!)—the hilarious ‘Sh** Girls Say’ web series has spawned a deluge of copycats, from ‘Sh** Gay Guys Say’ to ‘Sh** White Girls Say…To Black Girls’, ‘Shit Single Girls Say’ and more. And in recent weeks the tech savvy have gotten in on the fun with ‘Sh** VCs Say’, ‘Sh** Silicon Valley Says’ and now, ‘Sh** a Social Media Community Manager Says.’
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How Well Are Schools Using Social Media? [Infographic]

Devon Glenn — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37:55 +0000

Is social media a distraction for students or an integrated part of college life? This infographic shows how schools have joined their students on sites like Facebook and Twitter to make college campuses even more social.

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Super Bowl XLVI Was The Biggest Social TV Event Ever Recorded…By A Landslide [3 Infographics]

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:45 +0000

Did you watch the Super Bowl last night? If so, did you Tweet or Facebook about it? If you did, you helped make history. According to Bluefin Labs, last night’s game was the biggest social TV event ever recorded. It didn’t only beat last year’s MTV Video Music Awards’ record of 3.1 million social media comments, it crushed the record with a whopping 12.2 million social media comments.
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The Super Bowl Sets a Social Media Record with 10,000 Tweets a Second [STATS]

Neil Vidyarthi — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:14:54 +0000

The closing moments of Super Bowl XLVI, which saw the New York Giants come from behind to edge the New England Patriots 21-17 with a last-minute touchdown, were so dramatic that they set a new tweets per second (TPS) record on Twitter.

The final three minutes of the Super Bowl saw Twitter users firing off tweets at an average of 10,000 per second, which is an all-time peak for a sporting event on the network.

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Lance Armstrong To Share Exclusive Photos & Videos From His Life With Fans On Mobli

Megan O'Neill — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:27:57 +0000

You may remember Mobli as the visual social media platform that Leonardo DiCaprio invested in back in October, that has also attracted big names like Paris Hilton, David Arquette and more. This week, Mobli is adding another big star to their roster, announcing a new partnership with seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.
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KLM Celebrates 1 Million Facebook Fans [Video]

Megan O'Neill — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:09 +0000

Here at Social Times we’re crazy about KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. They’ve taken the social media world by storm over the past couple of years with their original campaigns, stalking passengers via social sites and giving them personalized gifts, putting fans faces on a plane, and even hosting a Guinness World Record breaking in flight dance party in the sky, inspired by a tweet! Today they reached a new milestone—1 million Facebook fans—and they’re celebrating with a Thank You video on YouTube.
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How Will Social Media Impact The 2012 Election? [Infographic]

Megan O'Neill — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:43:14 +0000

The 2008 election proved the importance of social media as a campaign tool, with more people than ever before using sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to find out about the candidates and their platforms. Four years later, with more than double the number of constituents using social networks, the 2012 election is shaping up to be even more social media savvy. MDG Advertising has put together an awesome infographic exploring ‘The Growing Read Of Social Media’s Election Impact.’
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Is Social Recruiting Real? [Video]

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:36:37 +0000

Are recruiters using social media to recruit new talent? The folks at the tweetMyJobs blog say yes, and have produced an intense video with a whole stack of statistics about the current state of social recruiting. As they mention in their blog post, they try to focus on the specifics to deliver an honest appraisal of the current state of things, as opposed to many of the hyped up infographics of late.

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What Happens To Your Digital Life When You Die? [Video]

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:24:09 +0000

On average we will share 415 pieces of content on Facebook each year; we’ll spend an average of about 23 minutes a day on Twitter, tweeting a total of around 15,795 tweets; we’ll check in 563 times on Foursquare, upload 196 hours of video on YouTube, and send countless emails. But have you ever stopped to think about what happens to all that content when you die? An interesting (and morbid) new video infographic from lifeinsurancefinder.com illustrates “What Happens Online When You Die.”
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Social Media Cheat Sheet For Small Businesses [Infographic]

Megan O'Neill — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:27:15 +0000

One in three small businesses are using social media and, as this number grows, a social media presence has become something that customers have come to expect. But for businesses that have yet to dive in to the social media arena, it can be a little bit overwhelming. How do you know which networks you need to build a presence on and how do they work? Flowtown and Column Five have put in the work so you don’t have to – they’ve put together a Social Media Cheat Sheet for small businesses that covers the ins and outs of the social media ecosystem and can help you navigate the major social media sites on the web.
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Notification Control: Set All Your Social Network Email Notifications From One Place

Megan O'Neill — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:27:47 +0000

I don’t know about you, but over the past few months my inbox has been flooded with notifications—”So-and-so is following you on Pinterest,” “What’s-his-name wants to be your friend on Path,” “Bruce Willis is now following you on Twitter!” OK, Bruce Willis isn’t actually on Twitter, but if he was I’m sure he’d be following me. Anyway, dealing with all those notifications can be a pain, but a couple of teen entrepreneurs, Ben Lang and Tim Kendall have taken it upon themselves to make your life easier with Notification Control – a service they put together to let you manage all of your social media email notifications from one place.
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Infographic: How The People Leveraged Social Media To Change Congress’ Mind About SOPA In 1 Day

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:05:01 +0000

Last week some of the web’s most popular sites, from Wikipedia to Reddit, went dark to protest SOPA and PIPA. The protest was enough to stop SOPA in its tracks (at least for the time being), and Visual.ly, the world’s largest database of infographic, has put together a nice visualization of ‘How the People and Social Media Changed Congress’ Mind in One Day.’
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