And now a quick look at what experts think the future will bring to social media: Harvard pulls out its crystal ball and predicts six social media trends of 2010. [Harvard Business] Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur goes ultra lo-fi and introduces 30 ideas likely to be on Twitter’s forecast. [Mashable] The powers that be [...]
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Social Media can and should play an important role for any brand as part of its overall interactive strategy. At Wicked, we stay in-the-know with all the latest happenings on the Social Web, including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn and more. Here under the Social Media tab on The Wicked Blog we will pass on to you the very latest news, tips you can use and social media marketing and social media monitoring initiatives that have worked for our clients and others. So take a look below, and in the spirit of social media, join the conversation.
Our friend Jason Calacanis (@jason) had the always entertaining and passionate Gary Vaynerchuck (@garyvee) on his “This Week in Startups” show last Friday. Gary was there to talk about his new book Crush It and took calls and answered tweets from TWIST viewers looking for his insight on entrepreneurship. If you’re not familiar with Gary, [...]
Keep reading Gary Vaynerchuk On This Week In Startups With Jason CalacanisNew users continue to flock to Twitter every day, including a number of major brands, but many businesses still seem to be avoiding the popular social media service.
Keep reading Study Finds 1 In 5 Tweets Are About BrandsWhile everyone from Martha Stewart (@Marthastewart) to Neil Diamond (@NeilDiamond) may have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon, several industry reports have pointed out that one surprising demographic in particular isn’t busy tweeting the day away: Teens. The news that teens aren’t hip to Twitter has been circulating for months now, with studies showing that only [...]
Keep reading Are Teens Warming Up To Twitter?Call it efficient. Call it multi-tasking. Either way, twittering while driving, i.e., textweeting, has become quite the addictive habit in recent months.
Keep reading Tweeting While Driving Proves To Be Risky BusinessThere seems to be no stopping the growth of social media, but some organizations— and even government branches— are looking at ways to quash usage.
Keep reading As Social Media Booms, Some Look To BanRealistically speaking, 09/09/09 indicates little importance, as the average person would most likely wake up and go to work today and not think a thing about it. Yet the date holds an inexplicably curious nature.
Keep reading The Rare Occurrence of 09/09/09Energy drink fans looking to get their hands on an icy cold, refreshing Krystal Blitz Energy Drink are in luck this week thanks to a social media campaign designed and executed by Wicked PR. The weeklong initiative requires guests to stay tuned to Krystal’s Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube pages to discover specific web addresses [...]
Keep reading Wicked PR Launches Social Media Campaign For Krystal Blitz Energy DrinkFacebook announced last week that it will be changing its privacy settings so that members have the option for posts to be visible to everyone or visible only to a certain group.
Keep reading Facebook’s Response to Twitter May Leave Some Users ExposedPitchEngine recently announced that their free service will no longer include publishing media releases to Google News.
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