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5 Creative Ways to Use Pinterest for Business
As the new #3 social network, Pinterest’s growth is meteoric and previously unheard of. Businesses can’t get there fast enough. But how should they promote their products and services without offending the calm, grazing culture of window-shoppers delighting in gorgeous, lush photographs. It’s a challenge. Here are 5 thoughts to get you off on the right foot. 1. Use Pinterest to... [Read more]
Most Facebook users don’t click on ads
Most people do not click on Facebook ads according to a new survey by CNBC and Associated Press. Figures show 57 per cent of Facebook users never click on or use any of the commercial content on the site, as well as another 26 per cent stating that they rarely do so. This is a blow to the social networking giant as its commercial plan for public flotation is mainly based on users responding to... [Read more]
Twitter delivers to user inboxes
Twitter is taking it to the next level, and has unveiled a new 'weekly email digest' feature that will give users a summary of the biggest stories from their twitter feeds over the course of the week. The new feature comes thanks to the microblogger's acquisition of Summify - a Vancouver start-up that gathered news from a user's social network and compiled the information into daily emails. Users... [Read more]
Thompson out, Levinsohn in at Yahoo
Disgraced Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has stepped down after a paltry four months at the helm and has been replaced by the company's global media head Ross Levinsohn. His abrupt departure comes following a major embarrassment for the flagging internet giant, after 'errors' appeared on Thompson's biography in a regulatory filing - the incident prompted shareholder Daniel Loeb to call for yet another... [Read more]
Five Tips To Grow Fans And Traffic On Pinterest
Though seemingly new, Pinterest has quickly become a major source of buyers. Pinterest is not new. It has been gradually rising in popularity for the last two years. In fact, it is still in beta now despite suddenly landing in the new number 3 spot on the Social Media Network rankings (as of March 2012). It is thanks to this steadily increasing popularity that the volume of traffic both on the... [Read more]
Google’s self-drive car acquires Nevada driving licence
Search giant Google can now get its driverless car out onto the open road as the US state of Nevada has approved the self-driven vehicle licence, the first of its kind in America. Its converted Toyota Prius is the first of its kind and celebrated its new licence by taking a drive down The Strip in Las Vegas, the BBC reported . The Prius 'sees' other traffic thanks to a combination of radar sensors,... [Read more]
Yahoo CEO issues apology after CV scandal
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson apologised to employees after an accusation by investor Daniel Loeb, who alleges Thompson elaborated his CV. "I want you to know how deeply I regret how this issue has affected the company and all of you, we have all been working very hard to move the company forward and this has had the opposite effect. For that, I take full responsibility, and I want to apologise to you."... [Read more]
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Facebook Timeline – Don’t Complain, It’s Good For Business
How can you even begin to keep up with Facebook? As soon as you get used to their last changes, they spring something new on you. The latest is Facebook Timeline – it’s been forced on us without our consent! All fan pages now use the Timeline format. Well, stop your crying because this is a good thing and here’s why. Timeline offers a lot more than the old format did. You can... [Read more]
The Web’s Epic Marketing Battle: Analytics versus Creativity
There is an epic battle being fought on the Internet between the mighty forces of the left-brain ‘analytarians’ (those who worship at the feet of the almighty Google analytics) and the upstart underdog right-brain creatives. Lines have been drawn in all out trench warfare leaving the under-manned creatives scrambling for evidence to back their claims of superior marketing influence... [Read more]