Saturday 16 March 2013

social media - Google News

Google News


03/16/2013 10:04 PM
Social media and Pope Francis - Washington Times

Washington Times

Social media and Pope Francis
Washington Times
The much-publicized papal election and its subsequent social media presence provoked world interest like that generated by the last three U.S. presidential elections. From the huge amount of fascinated coverage coming at me via my TV, computer and ...
In Twitter Era, New Pope Not a Social Media MavenABC News
Habemus @Pontifex: Social Media Greets Its PopeNational Catholic Register
Tech-savvy Catholics reflect on role of new, social media during conclaveThe Catholic Sun
Memeburn
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03/16/2013 08:47 PM
Top 25 Most Popular Celebrities on Chinese Social Media - Mashable

Top 25 Most Popular Celebrities on Chinese Social Media
Mashable
Synthesio, a global social-media monitoring company, created the following infographic as part of its "China Social Media Listening Month." It listened to the top 50 celebrities from Forbes' "The World's Most Powerful Celebrities" list, and monitored ...

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03/16/2013 02:53 PM
Mumbai gets country's first 'Social Media Lab' - The Hindu

Business Standard

Mumbai gets country's first 'Social Media Lab'
The Hindu
The Mumbai police on Saturday inaugurated the country's first 'Social Media Lab' to monitor the happenings on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The police have termed this an important step which will help them keep an eye on issues being discussed ...
Mumbai police starts its social media labNDTV
Trending now: Cops to keep a keen eye on social mediaIndian Express

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03/15/2013 09:20 AM
Giving up social media for Lent will cleanse your soul, Russians told - The Guardian

The Guardian

Giving up social media for Lent will cleanse your soul, Russians told
The Guardian
Russians should take the opportunity of Lent to give up social media and "look at themselves and the world around them with different eyes", he said during a press conference this week. "Giving yourself several hours or 15 minutes of time during Lent ...
Church urges 6-week break from social media: Could you handle it?Today.com

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03/16/2013 03:00 PM
Pros and cons of social media - Fiji Times

Pros and cons of social media
Fiji Times
I started using social media since I was 9 years old and utilize it for entertainment and to broaden my knowledge on issues out there not only in Fiji but the world. Apart from this my family and I also use social media as a way of communicating with ...


03/16/2013 11:07 PM
Hancock County implements social media policy - The Daily Times

The Daily Times

Hancock County implements social media policy
The Daily Times
NEW CUMBERLAND - A new social media policy for Hancock County employees tries to strike a balance between free speech rights and responsibility to the county. The policy, recently approved by Hancock County commissioners and now a part of the ...

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03/16/2013 09:03 AM
Teen sex, alcohol, cameras and social media: a dangerous mix - The Japan Times

Teen sex, alcohol, cameras and social media: a dangerous mix
The Japan Times
Thousands of teenagers have found themselves in social hell after sexually explicit or other humiliating pictures and videos spread through social media like wildfire. The urge to document embarrassing, malicious â€Â" or even potentially criminal ...


03/15/2013 05:41 PM
Giving up social media for Lent - Washington Post

Giving up social media for Lent
Washington Post
Social media have become increasingly intertwined with spirituality. Facebook pages such as “Jesus Daily,” which has received more than 16 million “likes,” offer a form of communal prayer. Smartphone apps are available for prayer books and confessions.
Should You Give Up Social Media for Lent?Technorati

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03/15/2013 10:38 AM
Reuters suspends social media editor charged with hacking - USA TODAY

CBS News

Reuters suspends social media editor charged with hacking
USA TODAY
Reuters suspended social-media editor for the Reuters news agency charged Thursday in federal court with conspiring with the hacker group "Anonymous" to hack into and alter an online Tribune Company news story. The Los Angeles Times reported that ...
Reuters Social Media Editor Accused of Helping Anonymous Has Long, Strange ...Gawker
Reuters social media editor charged with conspiring with hackersCBS News
Reuters social media editor may face jail time for colluding with Anonymous to ...Digital Trends
Yahoo! News (blog) -GigaOM -San Francisco Chronicle
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03/16/2013 02:59 PM
Social Media Response to Delayed Tax Refunds - 1011now

Social Media Response to Delayed Tax Refunds
1011now
One of the largest tax preparers in the country- H&R Block- offers an explanation on its Facebook page, while 'Club 8863' has earned thousands of 'likes' on the social media site. The delay impacts those who filed Form 8863, a student tax credit ...

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digital marketing - Google News

Google News


03/15/2013 08:02 AM
There's No Such Thing As A 'Digital Marketing Strategy' Anymore - Business Insider

Econsultancy (blog)

There's No Such Thing As A 'Digital Marketing Strategy' Anymore
Business Insider
Not long ago, digital marketing was viewed as a discrete, independent element of a company's brand management strategy. "Create a Facebook page" or “tweet more” might have once been line items in a larger marketing plan, but the landscape has ...
55% of businesses plan to increase digital marketing budgets in 2013Econsultancy (blog)
Digital Marketing Loots Revenue At The Expense Of Traditional Marketing ...Dazeinfo
The Oxymoron That Is Digital MarketingBusiness 2 Community
Advertising Specialty Institute (press release)
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03/13/2013 12:17 PM
Gap's 'Lo-Fi' Approach to Digital Marketing - Mashable

Gap's 'Lo-Fi' Approach to Digital Marketing
Mashable
AUSTIN â€Â" Gap isn't a brand that you'd expect to see at SXSW, but it's making a splash during the music portion of the festival, partnering with Tumblr to bring Austin-goers tunes by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the Shout Out Louds and more. (The brand ...


03/15/2013 06:21 AM
10 interesting digital marketing stats we've seen this week - Econsultancy (blog)

Econsultancy (blog)

10 interesting digital marketing stats we've seen this week
Econsultancy (blog)
Here are some of the most interesting digital marketing stats we've seen this week. Stats include tablet traffic, digital marketing budgets in 2013, retail sites in paid search, tablet ad CTRs and Gucci's mobile commerce revenues. For more digital ...


03/13/2013 07:25 AM
Gartner Finds Corporate Websites Still A Higher Digital Marketing Priority For ... - TechCrunch

MediaPost Communications

Gartner Finds Corporate Websites Still A Higher Digital Marketing Priority For ...
TechCrunch
If you thought corporate websites were gathering the equivalent of digital dust as marketers moonlight on social media to lure in the punters, think again. According to a new poll of U.S. marketers conducted by Gartner, corporate websites are ranked as ...
Digital marketing spend increasing, says GartnerZDNet
Digital Marketing Budgets On The RiseMediaPost Communications
Digital marketing budgets expected to rise 9% in 2013VatorNews
BtoB Magazine
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03/13/2013 04:15 AM
Digital marketing and branding: interview with P&G's Roisin Donnelly - The Guardian (blog)

The Guardian (blog)

Digital marketing and branding: interview with P&G's Roisin Donnelly
The Guardian (blog)
Developments in digital mean people can hear from "someone like them" at the click of a button â€Â" and they trust those views above all else. People are looking for brands they can trust and relevant and personalised marketing tailored to their needs.

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03/15/2013 03:10 AM
Adobe Kicks off Summit, Digital Marketing Conference - The Nation

The Nation

Adobe Kicks off Summit, Digital Marketing Conference
The Nation
Adobe Systems Incorporated has opened Adobe Summit, The Digital Marketing Conference. The conference is for more than 4,500 digital marketers and senior leaders representing the world's top brands to learn the latest about marketing trends, share best ...
Axis41 Showcases Nonlinear Approach to Web Design at Adobe SummitMarketWatch (press release)
The best advice from Adobe Summit 2013ITBusiness.ca

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03/14/2013 10:04 AM
Why SMEs should boost their digital marketing strategy now (and how to get ... - Econsultancy (blog)

Econsultancy (blog)

Why SMEs should boost their digital marketing strategy now (and how to get ...
Econsultancy (blog)
In the last year more and more small business owners have adopted new ways of thinking to transform their business strategy with new digital marketing tools, helping them build customer engagement and start to rival the big players. In this blog post ...


03/14/2013 12:25 PM
Sekunjalo subsidiary buys digital marketing agency - BDlive

Sekunjalo subsidiary buys digital marketing agency
BDlive
JSE-listed Sekunjalo Investments on Thursday said its subsidiary Saratoga Software had bought a majority stake in digital marketing agency World Wide Creative for an undisclosed sum. Sekunjalo Technology Solutions Group CEO Andrew Connold said ...

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03/14/2013 03:35 AM
Digital Marketing Institute to create 30 jobs - Irish Times

Irish Times

Digital Marketing Institute to create 30 jobs
Irish Times
The Digital Marketing Institute is to create 30 new jobs this year, the education company said today. The company will add 10 new people to its staff with the opening of a new London office, and will hire a further 20 people over the course of the year ...
Pictured: Ian Dodson, Digital Marketing Institute Digital Marketing Institute ...TechCentral.ie
30 new jobs to be created at the Digital Marketing InstituteSiliconrepublic.com

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03/14/2013 04:24 AM
41% Marketers Save Money From Digital Marketing Strategy Than Traditional ... - Dazeinfo

41% Marketers Save Money From Digital Marketing Strategy Than Traditional ...
Dazeinfo
As marketers increase use in digital technologies, traditional media undergoes a huge suffering. Traditional mass media once offered marketers the most advantages to reach their audiences in a wider scale, but now the situations now have basically ...


mobile marketing - Google News

Google News


03/15/2013 04:36 PM
Wine Industry Raises its Glass to Mobile Marketing - Mobile Marketing Watch

Wine Industry Raises its Glass to Mobile Marketing
Mobile Marketing Watch
Wine Industry Raises its Glass to Mobile Marketing Wine Industry Raises its Glass to Mobile Marketing Underscoring the diversity of industries exploring the promotional power of mobile marketing, Snipp Interactive has lifted the curtain on its new ...


03/15/2013 08:28 PM
Conti to unveil updated mobile marketing trailer - Tire Business

Conti to unveil updated mobile marketing trailer
Tire Business
FORT MILL, S.C. (March 15, 2013) â€Â" Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. will unveil the new trailer to be used in its mobile marketing tour, "Conti360 Tour," during at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky., March 21-23. For the fifth ...

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03/15/2013 04:23 PM
GalaxyS4 'Heavier, Fatter, Less Refined' Than Apple's iPhone 5 - Mobile Marketing Watch

Mobile Marketing Watch

GalaxyS4 'Heavier, Fatter, Less Refined' Than Apple's iPhone 5
Mobile Marketing Watch
Galaxy S4 Heavier Fatter Less Refined Than Apples iPhone 5 300x198 GalaxyS4 Heavier, Fatter, Fewer than 24 hours after Samsung lifted the curtain on its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, analysts from around the tech world are weighing in on ...
Samsung outspends Apple in mobile marketing, advertisingTelecompaper (subscription)
Hey, Remember How Awesome The iPhone Is?All Things Digital
HTC: Samsung spent money on marketing, not innovationCNET
Mobile Magazine -Indiatimes.com -Screen Digest (press release)
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03/15/2013 11:04 AM
MMA NY Forum Early Bird Registration Ends Today - Mobile Marketing Watch

MMA NY Forum Early Bird Registration Ends Today
Mobile Marketing Watch
MMA NY Forum Early Bird Registration Ends Today 300x63 MMA NY Forum Early Bird Registration Ends Late last month, the Mobile Marketing Association announced that it will present its New York Forum: Mobile's Role in the Path to Purchase earlier than ...


03/15/2013 12:11 AM
Cabela's Counting on Mobile Marketing for 'It's In Your Nature' Campaign - Mobile Marketing Watch

Mobile Marketing Watch

Cabela's Counting on Mobile Marketing for 'It's In Your Nature' Campaign
Mobile Marketing Watch
Cabelas Using Mobile Marketing for It's In Your Nature Campaign 300x200 Cabelas Counting on Mobile Marketing Earlier this week, Cabela's excited investors when its shares spiked better than 10% after the company indicated that it expects to top Wall ...


03/15/2013 11:21 AM
Hulu Names New Acting CEO - Mobile Marketing Watch

Mobile Marketing Watch

Hulu Names New Acting CEO
Mobile Marketing Watch
Legal · Mobile Spam · Privacy · mHealth · Mobile Advertising · Mobile Advertising Campaigns · Mobile Marketing · Agencies · Casino Mobile Apps · Idle Screen Marketing · LBS · Licensing · Marketing Strategy · Mobile Analytics · Mobile Apps · Mobile ...

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03/15/2013 04:23 PM
Intuit, PayPal, and Square Face Off on European Mobile Payments - Mobile Marketing Watch

Mobile Marketing Watch

Intuit, PayPal, and Square Face Off on European Mobile Payments
Mobile Marketing Watch
In professional wrestling terms, Europe is the battle ground for a new triple-threat match among the three biggest names in mobile payments â€Â" PayPal, Intuit, and Square. As the mobile payment market heats up across the pond, Intuit has finally launched ...

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03/15/2013 07:40 AM
Redbox Instant Hits The Main'stream' - Mobile Marketing Watch

Redbox Instant Hits The Main'stream'
Mobile Marketing Watch
Legal · Mobile Spam · Privacy · mHealth · Mobile Advertising · Mobile Advertising Campaigns · Mobile Marketing · Agencies · Casino Mobile Apps · Idle Screen Marketing · LBS · Licensing · Marketing Strategy · Mobile Analytics · Mobile Apps · Mobile ...

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03/15/2013 11:38 AM
Facebook Getting Into The Hashtag Business? - Mobile Marketing Watch

Mobile Marketing Watch

Facebook Getting Into The Hashtag Business?
Mobile Marketing Watch
Legal · Mobile Spam · Privacy · mHealth · Mobile Advertising · Mobile Advertising Campaigns · Mobile Marketing · Agencies · Casino Mobile Apps · Idle Screen Marketing · LBS · Licensing · Marketing Strategy · Mobile Analytics · Mobile Apps · Mobile ...
Get Ready, Twitter - Facebook Is Eyeing HashtagsCMSWire
Facebook #marketing might use #hashtags to segment social chatterBrafton
Marketers Cheer Facebook's Reported Hashtag AdoptionAdweek
Fiercemobilecontent
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03/15/2013 07:20 AM
Twitter, Square Visionary Recounts His Entrepreneurial Roots - Mobile Marketing Watch

Mobile Marketing Watch

Twitter, Square Visionary Recounts His Entrepreneurial Roots
Mobile Marketing Watch
Twitter Square Visionary Recounts His Entrepreneurial Roots 300x200 Twitter, Square Visionary Recounts His Entrepreneurial Roots This Sunday on 60 Minutes, the visionary behind microblogging juggernaut Twitter and mobile payments giant Square ...

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search marketing - Google News

Google News


03/15/2013 05:16 AM
6 Things Online Marketers Are Doing Right! - Search Engine Watch

6 Things Online Marketers Are Doing Right!
Search Engine Watch
we-are-awesome Why can't we look at search marketing from the perspective of encouragement? So many industry blog posts focus on the negative (e.g., "10 things You're Doing Wrong With Your Link Building" or "The 5 Worst SEO Mistakes You Can Make." ...


03/14/2013 04:09 AM
What Else Are You Telling Google When You Hit the Search Button? - ClickZ

EcommerceBytes

What Else Are You Telling Google When You Hit the Search Button?
ClickZ
Paid search is an incredibly effective marketing channel because the user explicitly tells the advertiser what she is looking for. The searcher's query is matched to an advertiser's keyword, enabling that advertiser to deliver a specific response to ...
eBay Says Much Paid Search on Google and Bing Is IneffectiveEcommerceBytes
AdWords “Ineffective” Says eBay, Google “Meta-Pause Analysis” Contradicts ...Search Engine Land
eBay study says Google ads 'ineffective'Wired.co.uk
Business 2 Community -BBC News -Internet Marketing News
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03/15/2013 10:03 AM
#SocialChat Discusses Pinterest Marketing - Search Engine Journal

#SocialChat Discusses Pinterest Marketing
Search Engine Journal
On Monday, March 11th, Daniel Maloney (@DanielPMaloney), CEO of PinLeague took a turn in the hot seat to discuss the finer points of Pinterest marketing. Maloney's pedigree includes time spent at both AOL and Google. Following are his comments about ...


03/08/2013 07:15 AM
Search Marketing Integration Starts With Your Sales Team - Search Engine Watch

Search Marketing Integration Starts With Your Sales Team
Search Engine Watch
Marketing Sales SEO The sales world is changing. Buyers are no longer interested in speaking with “always be closing” aggressive “sales” reps, or even consultative approaches with never ending questions. Buyers are looking for individuals who ...
Content Marketing For SEO [Infographic]Business 2 Community
Marketing Website Reveals Killer off Page SEO StrategySBWire (press release)

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03/15/2013 04:02 AM
Google: Half of mobile conversions happen within the hour - BizReport

Marketing Pilgrim

Google: Half of mobile conversions happen within the hour
BizReport
Research by Google and Nielsen provides mobile marketers with key insights into when and why people use mobile search and the actions taken as a result of this use. by Helen Leggatt. creating-moments-that-matter-infographic_infographics_sm.jpg ...
Google research reveals mobile as most critical marketing channelVertical Leap News (press release)
Mobile Searchers Do It At NightMarketing Pilgrim (blog)
Mobile consumers search often, and not just when they're on the goInternetRetailer.com
Nett Magazine Online
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03/13/2013 12:10 PM
10 Ways to Integrate Vine into your Social Media Marketing Strategy - Search Engine Journal

Search Engine Journal

10 Ways to Integrate Vine into your Social Media Marketing Strategy
Search Engine Journal
Do a local Google search and find a magician that you can hire to shoot Vine videos with. Why magic? Users will expect nothing less when it comes to this Video-sharing platform. The app uses quick cuts and looping that can work well with magicians and ...


03/13/2013 05:16 AM
Psst, Microsoft! Bashing Competitors Isn't a Marketing Strategy - Search Engine Watch

Psst, Microsoft! Bashing Competitors Isn't a Marketing Strategy
Search Engine Watch
The purpose of the Scroogled campaign isn't to convince you Microsoft is the better search and email alternative. It's to make you afraid of how good Google really is. But is Microsoft "scroogling" itself by pushing a campaign focused on Google instead ...


03/08/2013 11:44 AM
On International Women's Day, Marketers Share Challenges & Reasons to ... - Search Engine Watch

On International Women's Day, Marketers Share Challenges & Reasons to ...
Search Engine Watch
Many women are helping to shape the marketing world by sharing their insights and expertise on sites like Search Engine Watch and at conferences such as the SES Conference & Expo. To celebrate International Women's Day, some of the smartest women ...

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03/11/2013 01:30 AM
SEO & Content Marketing: Two Sides of the Same Coin - Search Engine Watch

PR Web

SEO & Content Marketing: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Search Engine Watch
Quality content seems to be the main edifice on which any SEO campaign can gain a deep-rooted search presence. You share quality content with the groups, circles, or people you're connected with on various social media platforms. If that content is ...
Switch Your Search Style for Better ResultsBusiness 2 Community
SEMrush Announces New Features Released for February 2013PR Newswire (press release)
SEO 1 Medical Offers Doctors and Physicians Risk Free Medical Marketing ...DigitalJournal.com (press release)

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03/15/2013 01:30 PM
Don't Fail: 8 Critical Steps For Your Marketing Plan - Search Engine People (blog)

Search Engine People (blog)

Don't Fail: 8 Critical Steps For Your Marketing Plan
Search Engine People (blog)
marketing-plan. Many businesses fail in one very critical area; marketing or lack of it. In fact, most banks will ask a new start up for a Business Plan, but dedicate only a page or two to the marketing of your business.