The King of Twitter
The King of Twitter is apparently Ashton Kutcher according to Oprah Winfrey. He is on Oprah Live today if you want to get the scoop. A few months ago I started following him to learn how celebrities are using Twitter. Since the mainstream media has been writing about this face, his followers have increased and so have other celebrities joining Twitter. What makes this attractive to their fans is the fact that they get the inside scoop on what’s going on from the celebrities themselves. The paparattzzi might just go out of business....
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I poked around on facebook’s Marketplace and found something really interesting. facebook Marketplace is the equivalent of Kijiji or Craig’s list with a little twist.It’s the place to buy, sell and give things to people YOU KNOW. It is powered by Oodle, more listings, smarter classifieds. It’s got the usual UI similarities like box to post whatever is for sale. There is a Browse section for the existing categories. Recent Listings or View all listings. There are a number of other tabs for Selling it Sell for a...
read morefacebook Page update
This afternoon I was in the middle of an interactive session and was having trouble with updates on the Virtual EyeSee Facebook Page. During that time I had noticed a few tweets about changes coming to the Facebook Pages. So here’s the scoop on the changes. In the past it looked like this It now looks like this. The new UI looks very much like a profile but it’s for a business. The Facebook Pages is great for leveraging the real connections between friends on Facebook. The Fans become brand advocates. The posts on the Page will...
read moreWhiteHouse.gov makeover
January 20th 2009 is a historical day, it’s the inauguration of President Barack Obama. People showed up in record numbers and had to be turned away, people watched the coverage through whatever media was available to them. There is a lot of excitement at a global level. True to his word his team have worked non stop since the election to transition his new media strategy and develop it into that of a New Media President. Barack Obama.com is still alive and has regular updates. It’s unclear as to the future of that site. Post...
read moreBarack Obama’s Facebook strategy
With an unlimited budget you can have a very solid web and social media strategy. Here is an analysis of one of the many social networks and how it was customized towards the audience on this site. Facebook Applications There were many Facebook applications e.g. Barack Obama supporters, Barack Obama for President, Barack Obama fan, Barack Obama – Yes, We Can, Obamagrams,Obamarama ….. Some were developed by his campaign team and the rest by others because they have a lot of time on their hands. A custom FB application called...
read moreTwitter over capacity
I logged onto Twitter to catch up on the tweets from last night. I came across this image Twitter over capacity!!! So just wondering if it’s a server or two that are down or that Twitter can’t keep up with it’s every growing popularity. A few days ago they were attacked by a Phising scam and a few popular accounts were hacked. I did notice that there were delays yesterday in the delivery of posts. So do be patient with them it looks like they have had a touch few days. There are a number of places where you can...
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