There was a time when a friend was truly a friend, and “to like” something meant you really did. That was before Facebook.
On Facebook these words don’t have quite the same meaning they do off Facebook. You have your friends, and then you have your Facebook friends. Yes, they can be the same, but whenever you can “add a friend” by clicking a button there’s going to be the tendency to loosen your standards, especially with something so public where having lots of friends makes you look popular and cool. (My 15-year old niece has 749 friends) Now the question is: Do they Like you? (more…)
In a first-ever survey from the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project that exclusively examines Twitter users, it was found that only 8% percent of American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. It is an online activity that is particularly popular with young adults, minorities, and those who live in cities. Full report.
Social media accelerated the protest-to-revolution lifecycle. Now some in Egypt seem to be turning to social media to accelerate the lifecycle from revolution to a return to normalcy.
Back during the height of the protests in Egypt, Fast Company wrote about how social media was accelerating the pace of revolution. Now it looks like activists in Egypt are turning to social media to accelerate the next phase of revolution: the return to normalcy. A video was posted to YouTube Thursday called “From Egypt with Love,” which seems to be trying to encourage tourists, and possibly business people as well, to look at the Middle East with fresh eyes.
One of the podcasts that inspired me to create this one (back in Feb ’06) was “Internet Business Mastery with Sterling & Jay.” Today, Internet Business Mastery is the #1 internet business and marketing podcast on iTunes…and, for good reason. These guys not only know what they’re talking about, they also present it in a fun, relaxed, and honest way. Have a listen and you’ll see what I mean. Right click to download.
David’s landmark book was a wake up call to the new realities of marketing and PR. Today, with several more books under his belt (and popular blog), he’s become a sought after international speaker sharing his message with the likes of Google, Microsoft and Cisco. In this interview, David shares how he went from blogger to best-selling author with a quarter of a million copies sold in 25 languages. He also talks about his latest book and how businesses need to think differently to keep pace with the ever evolving media landscape. Go to the interview.
“Social media, most notably Facebook and Twitter, have featured prominently in recent years as tools of the opposition in insurrections against entrenched regimes, accustomed to controlling what their citizens know through an iron-tight grip on their country’s newspapers and television.” Full article.
There was a time when a friend was truly a friend, and “to like” something meant you really did. That was before Facebook.
