Category: Social Media News

Valued Opinions highlights use of social media in online market research

Valued Opinions has uncovered the opportunities for online market research via the use social media. The online market research industry has been exponentially growing over the past 10 years and companies recognise the need to gain opinions quicker in order to hold market position in an ever competitive environment. Online

Gist Brings Dynamic Social Profiles to Gmail

Gist, an online service that helps people build stronger professional relationships, today announced the release of an all-new extension for Firefox, which delivers the largest, most dynamic set of professional profiles available today to every Gmail user. Gist for Firefox puts the power of your network at your fingertips right

Social Media News

Popular IFA winners at inaugural social media in financial services awards

The old adage that ‘people buy people’ was well and truly proved at the industry’s first Social Media in Financial Services Awards last week with three popular winners being announced for: Social Media IFA/Financial Adviser of the Year 2010 Social Media Provider/Supplier of the Year 2010 Financial Services Twitter Personality

The Brainchild Group Creates Social Media Press Release Service

The Brainchild Group, a renowned Social Media and SEO agency, is pleased to announce the launch of a revolutionary press release writing service that brings news and Social Media together as one. The Brainchild Group is consistently called upon to wordsmith SEO and Social Media friendly press releases for clients

User Community Driving Web Innovation with SiteJazzer

A little over a month after the launch of SiteJazzer, Harbinger Knowledge Products announced a series of enhancements to the online software service. SiteJazzer is an online software service that enables web marketers and ad agencies to quickly and inexpensively create exciting web elements to jazz up their websites. It

Best Practice In Social Media By IFAs And Providers To Be Recognised With New Awards

IFA and Financial Planners’ Social Networking site IFA Life announced three awards today which will be presented at the Social Media in Financial Services Conference on November 4th  2010. As Social Media becomes a mainstream networking, marketing and communication tool within Financial Services, IFA Life is recognising those who exhibit

Premier Inn Introduces UK’s First Twitter Concierge Service

Premier Inn has announced it will be introducing an innovative Twitter-based ‘virtual’ concierge service for its guests, shaking up the traditional hotel concierge. Not only is this revolutionary take on the concierge concept a UK first, but Premier Inn is also becoming the first budget hotel chain to offer a

IFA Life launches new jobs and careers site

In response to growing demand from IFAs and financial services recruiters, IFA Life today announces the launch of IFA Life Jobs and Careers at http://www.ifalifejobs.com. The site features traditional online job advertising by recruiters, agencies and individual IFA firms, but in an industry first will utilise many cutting edge social

An Innovation in Social Shopping

Camelot Venture Group announced today the launch of a new service to consumers called WANT. With WANT, consumers have a brand new way to share lists of products they desire with friends and families via email or by pushing their WANTs out to Facebook. The unique aspect is that WANTers

Unlimited Social Media Websites with IntelBuilder Website Platform

Vesta Digital (http://www.vestadigital.com) is proud to announce that IntelBuilder website platform now offers an ability to create unlimited social media websites for one flat monthly fee. IntelBuilder Website Platform integrates all aspects of online marketing tools and brings them into one powerful web based application. Online Marketing with Social Media

IFA Life LAUNCHES FIRST OF THREE iPhone APPs

Social networking site IFA Life has launched the first of three iPhone Apps to great enthusiasm from IFAs. The App enables both IFA Life members and non members to receive the latest content from the popular IFA Life website direct to their iPhone or iPod Touch. Philip Calvert, Founder of

Social Media Marketing Interactive Launches to Help Small Business Owners

Recognizing that social networks like Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter have enormous reach, SMMInteractive was launched to help the small business owner advertise effectively on these platforms. For a fraction of what it costs to advertise a business in traditional media, a small business owner can reach a highly targeted

Vocus Webinar with @BrianSolis: The Influencer Poll

“Influence is the subject of some of important conversations lately,” wrote Brian Solis in a post titled, What Makes an Influencer (http://www.briansolis.com/2010/08/what-makes-an-influencer/)? “Each time we surface questions, answers and new thinking that starts to reshape the landscape for how businesses view, define, and embrace influence.” This is an important question

CitySocialising named in 10 European Tech companies to watch

CitySocialising the UK’s leading Socialising Network that bridges the gap between online and offline networking has this week been named as one of the 10 European technology companies to watch. The list which was compiled for The Telegraph by Brent Hoberman (co-founder of Lastminute.com) and Rogan Angelini-Hurll named the top

The New Business Model for All, Social Networking Sites at SocialGO

The future of social media dictates that every website will eventually become a social networking site. Both businesses and individuals will follow in the footsteps of the media and offer some kind of social network component to market themselves and their services, if they aren’t doing so already, according to

UK tech brands embrace social media, but aren’t being social

A benchmark study released today by Wildfire reveals that while 90% of technology companies have a presence on two or more social networks, a significant majority are just not being social and are failing to use these channels to engage in a two-way dialogue with customers and followers. The results

Two New Ways for Consumers to Find IFAs

IFA Life, the social networking site for IFAs and financial planners has launched two new tools to help consumers find, connect with and refer IFAs. With over 5,000 registered on the site and a strong presence on the Internet, increasing numbers of consumers are finding social networking site IFA Life