Where are the Social Media IPOs?

Today is the start of the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford, which I’ve always seen as a midsummer touchpoint for how Silicon Valley’s venture economy is doing headed into its annual August snooze (like July in northern Europe and August along the Mediterranean, the last two weeks of August are widely recognized in Silicon Valley as [...]

Don’t get lost on LOST

The sixth and final season of LOST premiered this Tuesday and with it comes some very important questions that hopefully by the course of this season, will finally be answered. Fans known simply as Losties are probably deciphering at this very moment some of the common questions that linger: what is the Island and its purpose? What [...]

Social Networks – The Personal vs. The Professional

Surely to be taken seriously in the world of Social Media, I must have my own blog, Twitter, and Facebook account, correct? However, as a staff member of a Social Media based company, I find myself in a constant battle between my professional and personal social networking sites. What is an acceptable post? Where [...]

A Social Eye on Celebrity

We can’t help but be fascinated by celebrities. Through the saturation of television, magazines, blogs, what our friends spew out and who knows electronic messages implanted within our brains, we’ve come to love our elite from the Hollywood A class to the obscure D pool who are featured on YouTube. The fascination remains a mystery [...]

Is Social Media Just a Fad?

I think not.
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Parents Unaware of Teens’ Social Media Use

Now, I’ll admit, I’m of an age where a headline like this still makes me go “yeah, duh.” We had just gotten AOL when I was a teenager and my parents were pretty aware of the fact that I was online and I told them what I was doing (I was one of those kind [...]

Study Shows Social Media Activity for Companies May Tie into Sales

According to a new study, released by social media platform Wetpaint and digital consulting firm Altimeter Group found that companies with the highest levels of social media activity on average increased revenues by 18% in the last 12 months, while the least active saw sales drop 6% over that period.
The study of 100 [...]

Churches Embracing Social Media

For most people the idea of “church” is walking into a sunlight, stain-glass cathedrial with a reverent hush and organ music. The idea of the sanctuary being full of laptops, iPhones and blackberries is almost a perpostorious one. But not for Leonard Sweet, a man whose life mission is to bridge the gap between academics [...]

Murphy-Goode’s Top 50 Announced Today for “A Really Goode Job”

The list of candidates for Murphy-Goode Winery’s “A Really Goode Job” Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent narrowed today from nearly 2,000 applicants to a Final 50–hailing from Los Angeles to Mars (Pennsylvania, that is).
The Top 50 job seekers represent an incredible talent pool of social media experts who share a passion for wine. (Their video applications [...]

CMT Awards Backstage – Social Media Style

Hankering to get a taste of the behind-the-scenes of the CMT Music Awards? Nationwide Insurance is giving you a sneak-peek – Social Media style. Through Twitter, Facebook and Flickr, Nationwide will be showing fans tomorrow a view from behind the red curtain. If you’re interested in following all the action live head over to nationwide.com/cmtawards
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