What is up with all of the poorly targeted advertising on my social newsfeeds? Some days it feels like I am seeing more ads than posts from my friends and colleagues! I had such high hopes for digital advertising. You would think that the digital environment with participatory engagement, democratization of video content and non-linear […]
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Facebook is banking on it. Social engagement that drives sharing and personal recommendations to directly drive sales. While there are app templates for in-network e-commerce, such as Tab Juice, social commerce refers to the direct and measurable …
[View the story "Gift some Karma via Facebook..." on Storify] Facebook purchases a mobile commerce platform that makes social gifting a breeze via their mobile app. You can even customize colors or exchange your gift via the app. Watch Facebook make more moves within social commerce. Storified by Jared Hendler· Mon, May 21 2012 09:18:06 […]
Google has often competed in markets it had no long term interest in participating in, just for the sake of drawing attention to or advancing a specific area for the overall benefit of search. That is not the case here. Personal data is sorely nee…
Connecting with long-lost high school buddies is nice. We reconnect virtually as familiar faces bring back a flood of memories. In most cases we will never see these people in real-life again. Families and friends are drawn closer via virtual wall…
With the rise of Google+ and your ability to sort your friends into as many categories (circles) as you would like, it’s the ultimate privacy setting as you can elect who sees what on a post by post basis! How are Facebook and Twitter to compete? …
In the early days, there is no shortage of conjecture. Remember how Facebook, Twitter and MySpace started? They were very different early on. Some say Google+ is more of a threat to Twitter than Facebook….and maybe Tumblr too. Given the power of…
They have the best algorithm, many of us have made money on their stock on multiple occasions throughout the years, they truly want to make a difference in the world, and they aren’t evil – but is the darling of search about to get it’s ass kicked…
As we look to build our own personal brands, we have quickly realized the danger of full transparency – especially without the likes of some very personalized privacy settings. With many an HR department screening candidates via Twitter and FB, so…
Make no mistake, the current new Twitter rollout is a big change. Big enough to succeed in ways that Orkut, Buzz and Google Wave could not. (I won’t review the feature set here as there are plenty of those available. Take a look at the links at th…
