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Real budgets for Social Media Marketing

Nothing on an average Facebook feed lasts more than a minute on top. It’s full of people: talking, sharing links and pictures and stories, taking random quizzes – making their presence felt. Social media has incredible potential in terms of presence – otherwise fulfilled by marketing and PR. Unlike other mediums of marketing, social media’s […]

By avignyata
October 29, 2009
internet, social business networking, social media marketing, social networking, sophisticated cell phones

Skype: the Un-Social Network:

Skype’s new owners might make it the platform it always should have been. On the list of technology companies that inspire speculation and interest disproportionate to their size, Skype has often been near the top. The international success of its Internet-calling service was near-instant. In ebay’s hands, however, Skype never quite achieved its promise. After […]

By avignyata
October 15, 2009
internet, social media marketing, social networking, sophisticated cell phones

Twitter at rescue for micro-bloggers:

Twitter has suddenly become a rage in the social networking world. Starting a blog is easy but putting up a post on it seems difficult. Even more difficult to make sure that people read it and for that it has to be interesting. If you are not a celebrity, it is remotely possible that your […]

By avignyata
October 10, 2009
india, internet, social business networking, social media marketing, social networking

Creating Value on Your Facebook and Twitter Social Networks:

Nowadays it is a fashion statement to be on Facebook or twitter or any other social networking website. So if you’re a Twitterer or a Facebooker, do you have something of value to say or we are just following the herd? Are we doing any value addition so as to help broaden the mindset of […]

By avignyata
October 6, 2009
Search engine optimisation (SEO), social media catalyst, social media marketing, social media measurement, social networking, Strategy

How is social networking advertisement targeted?

Sites focused on shared interests allow advertisers to better target their messages. HIGHER COSTS According to itLinkz figures, advertisers are paying more each time their ads are viewed on his site than on more general social networks. Advertisers are paying double-digit figures for every 1,000 times their ad is viewed. MySpace‘s average charge per 1,000 […]

By avignyata
October 5, 2009
internet, social media marketing, social media measurement, Strategy

Reasons for the more targeted approach to social networking:

One is the sheer popularity of sites such as MySpace and Friendster. As those sites have expanded and become among the Internet’s most trafficked, some users and potential users have grown wary about exposing themselves to so many people. Some users would rather connect with people with whom they share common interests, such as hobbies […]

By avignyata
September 29, 2009
social media catalyst, social media marketing, social networking, Strategy

Limitations on LinkedIn’s Value

1. Linkedin mirrors real world relationships but does not change them. I assume the same is true on Facebook. More to the point, attempts to use LinkedIn to change real world relationships can be counterproductive. There are a few people who seemed as if they were almost professional LinkedIn users. Their names came up constantly […]

By avignyata
September 23, 2009
india, internet, social business networking, social media catalyst, social media marketing, Strategy

Would online social networking strategy work for a corporate business online?

Would all types of audiences be conducive for the idea? It’s a great idea for the corporate industries to pursue, whether they have a product or a service. The goal of any business that is customer-driven wants to generate buzz about their activities. What better way to do that than by engaging in social media […]

By avignyata
September 22, 2009
avignyata, india, internet, social media marketing, Uncategorized

Unique Social Networking Strategy by Sears:

Many companies, both online and offline can appreciate the benefits of networking and how it can clearly benefit their company. In the form of offline, traditional networking, many companies use their Chambers of Commerce such as Bombay chamber of commerce and industry (BCCI) or Federation of Indian chamber of commerce and industry (FICCI), Lunchtime networking […]

By avignyata
September 18, 2009
internet, Search engine optimisation (SEO), social media measurement, social network security

Challenges of Social Network Sites:

Every aspect has two dies, the positive and the negative. Thus there are challenges to social network sites too. We are all getting carried away with the hype and hoopla but we need to have a balanced viewpoint. It’s easy for us to be exuberantly callow. Difficult to Monetize: Even Google, the mammoth and innovative […]