Category: Social Media News

69% of UK businesses to appoint social media or community managers this year

As social media usage spikes, businesses are turning to social media or community managers to make the most out of emerging marketing channels • 28% already have a social media or community manager in place and a further 41% expect to appoint one in the next 12 months• 73% of businesses are

TemplateZone Ships Social Page Builder for Facebook

TemplateZone today announced the availability of Social Page Builder, the first of three web based tools under the High Impact Designer (http://www.highimpactdesigner.com) platform. Social Page Builder is a comprehensive set of online tools to create professional Facebook Page Designs and automatically publish them. These uncommonly easy, professional tools allow small

Emailvision Takes Online Marketing Global and Social

Emailvision, the world leader in software as a service (SaaS) for email marketing, announces the launch of Campaign Commander Email and Mobile Edition 7.5. The latest version of Emailvision’s flagship product introduces significant new product capabilities that help online marketers boost the relevancy and customer engagement from subscribers, followers, and

Kenshoo Social Now Available Globally

Kenshoo (http://www.kenshoo.com), a global leader in digital marketing software, today announced the public release of Kenshoo Social (http://www.kenshoo.com/social) following an exclusive beta period in which leading marketers and agencies secured more than 24 billion targeted advertising impressions on Facebook(R) through the Kenshoo platform. Kenshoo Social is an enterprise technology designed

The Five Rules of Social Media Etiquette

Leading family law firm Bross Bennett is warning just how damaging digital communications can be if used incorrectly, with detrimental effects going further than recipients and online communities, and right into courts of law. Only this week a US court has slashed maintenance payments to an ex-wife because of her

Content is the fuel of the web

AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), in partnership with Nielsen, today released results of a new research study revealing online content is the connective tissue for Internet users with 27 million pieces of content shared on a daily basis. Results also show 53% of time spent on the Internet is directly attributable

Twitter Links Japanese Resident to Wisconsin-Based Clean Water Charity

While Japanese resident Kuniaki Suzuki lives 150 miles from the epicenter of the March 11th earthquake, leaving him relatively unaffected by most of the destruction, his post-earthquake Twitter post led him to CannedWater4kids. “One day after the earthquake, Lisa Thomas replied to my tweet on Twitter,” said Suzuki. “At that

Social communities and search favoured by IT chiefs to aid purchasing decisions

Research from Wildfire PR shows UK IT decision makers are turning to social communities and search engines before online news sources and industry press when making IT purchasing decisions. Social networks and online communities (58%) were ranked top by IT decision makers when asked which information sources are most useful

Today’s Admin Launches Interactive Social Media, Marketing and Business Blog

Jennifer Rai, CEO & Founder of Today’s Admin, LLC, announces the launch of her new website, http://dailyBLOGMA.com. Starting with an impressive list of over 200 industry-leading authors already submitting content to the site, Daily Blogma is coming out of the gates with great momentum. Stamford, Connecticut (PRWEB) March 27, 2011

IBM Introduces Cloud-Based Social Media Analytics Capabilities for Marketers

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today launched two new, cloud-based solutions designed to help marketers gain real-time, actionable insight from data available across social media channels. The new solutions expand IBM’s business analytics capabilities by enabling organizations to develop faster, more precise social media marketing programs that support their brand’s total online

Social Network for Entrepreneurs Provides Small Business Help

Small Business Bonfire, an online community providing help and support for entrepreneurs and small business owners, launched recently at http://www.smallbusinessbonfire.com. The community, founded by Alyssa Gregory, focuses on collaboration between small business owners. The Small Business Bonfire challenges entrepreneurs to identify what is not working for their businesses and to

‘Twitter for business’ – United Planet launches microblog for the Intranet

United Planet has launched ‘140’, a microblog designed to provide the Intranet and Enterprise Portal market with a ‘Twitter for Business’ App that will enable companies to pick up on the current social media trend and introduce the benefits of a 140 character-based instant messaging service to companies of all

Crowdfunding website gives start-ups investment from general public

A new crowdfunding website that makes it possible for the general public  to buy shares in start-up and growing businesses was launched today.  Crowdcube is the first crowdfunding website in the world to offer people equity in exchange for their investment. It aims to make access to finance easier for