SocialMediaNews

Consumers like brands that they can identify with, and it's hard to identify with a business itself unless you can get to know a little bit about it. Social media and online vid...

Emerging Markets May Have Fullest “Digital Life”

A research project that entailed interviews with 50,000 people living in 46 countries has concluded, and some interesting facts about social networking have surfaced as a result...

Why Not Everyone is a Fan of the New Facebook Groups

Some people really like Facebook's new Groups feature. Influential tech blogger Robert Scoble could hardly...

Facebook Top Mobile Social Site In U.S. And Europe

An analysis of mobile activities in Japan, the U.S. and Europe found significant differences among consumers by geography, according to a new report from comScore....

Facebook, Twitter Tally Impressive Gains In Brazil

So as not to mislead anyone, we'll be clear from the start: Facebook's nowhere close to overtaking Orkut in terms of unique visitors in Brazil. But new comScore stats at l...

Facebook is Hardcore (and Other Facebook Trivia)

As you may know, Facebook made three major announcements today: a new Group...

Facebook Makes Three Big Announcements

Facebook made three major announcements today. These include: a way to download your Facebook info, a new dashboard for applications you use, and a new Groups feature. The theme...

Need More Traffic to Your Content? You Might Try a Tool Like This.

You know how Facebook's "like" buttons, retweet buttons, and various other social sharing buttons can help drive traffic to your site? S...

Advertisers Pay Twitter to Get Suggested with Promoted Accounts

Twitter announced today that its launching the anticipated Promoted...

Dick Costolo Appointed CEO Of Twitter

Almost exactly 13 months ago, Dick Costolo joined Twitter as its COO after founding FeedBurner and working at Google. Now he's received a considerable promotion, with Evan...

LinkedIn Rolls Out Career Explorer

LinkedIn has launched a new beta product called Career Explorer, aimed at college graduates. "Students now have the ability to explore different career path...

Feed The Children Launches Facebook And Twitter Campaign

Feed the Children is asking people to help launch a social media campaign for National Hunger Awareness Month via its “Take Action” promotion. People...

Facebook Launches New Features for Photos

Facebook has introduced 3 new features for Photos. These include high resolution images (storing bigger pictures), a new viewer for browsing photos, and a new uploader with bett...

Signs That Blogging is Not Only Alive, But More Critical Than Ever

Every so often, one of those "social media vs. blogs" discussions comes up. Questions like "is social media killing blogging?" gets asked. Time and time agai...

Influence Isn’t Just About Popularity, It’s About Controlling the Conversation

Vocus and Brian Solis partnered to conducted a survey about "What makes an influencer" and...