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The Small Tweets Roll One Million Apps

by Shabbir Akhtar on 13. Jul, 2011 in Twitter

The bird is tweeting, but way up above the sky. Twitter released a new blogpost. The micro-blogging network shared the fact in the post that there are one million registered third party apps in its platform now. The news came into report at a time, when a number of social media analysts have been becoming [...]

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Social Media And Brand Loyalty

by Shabbir Akhtar on 12. Jul, 2011 in Facebook, Twitter, social media marketing

Socialcast published a new infographic, which is based on a survey on Fortune 500 companies. The topic of the survey is how brands are conceiving social media. The infograph shows that other than Facebook and Twitter, podcasting and blogging also serve leveraging brands as using these, companies can reach out to customers swiftly.
The major benefits [...]

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Which Social Media Platforms Are Best For Your Business

by Shabbir Akhtar on 05. Jul, 2011 in Facebook, Infographic, Twitter, social media marketing

CMO.com is a website that provides insights on online marketing as well as newest happenings in the realm of social media. In February 2010, they issued the first CMO’s “Guide To The Social Media Landscape”. This year, in they have released the updated version of the guide.
The updated guide had four sections, which are: customer [...]

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Over 200 Mn Tweets Posted Every Day On Twitter

by Shabbir Akhtar on 01. Jul, 2011 in Twitter

Twitter released a new post in its official blog on reaching the milestone of getting 200 million tweets a day. In 2009, just two million tweets happened to be uploaded on Twitter per day. Last year the number was 65 million. Twitter wrote in the post that each day, Twitter users write a 10 million [...]

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Twitter Launches Initiative To Reach Out To Journalists, Facebook Answers With A Helpful Note

by Shabbir Akhtar on 30. Jun, 2011 in Facebook, Twitter

Twitter has launched a new guide for journalists titled Twitter for Newsrooms (#TfN). Various media houses and professionals use Twitters to source stories stay connected with their audience. #TfN new tool will systematize their efforts. In the official page of #TfN Twitter announces, “We want to make our tools easier to use so you can [...]

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Promoted Tweets Coming Soon To Your Twitter Timeline

by Shabbir Akhtar on 25. Jun, 2011 in Twitter

The promoted tweets could soon be placed in a user’s timeline by Twitter. As of now, the pattern of paid for tweets’ appearance is similar to that of search engine marketing. These tweets appear in accordance with searches by users. But after the change of placement, they will appear in the stream of tweets which [...]

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When Is It The Best Time To Post On Twitter And Facebook?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 24. Jun, 2011 in Facebook, Infographic, Twitter, social media marketing

A new infographic has been released by Kissmetrics, ‘The Science of Social Timing’. It relates timing with happenings on social networking sites. Kissmetrics mentioned in their blog that this the first installment of a series on timing and social web.
There are some important carry offs from the infographic:

For tweeing, the apt time is 5PM [...]

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Twitter’s Self-Service Ad-Buying Solution Coming Soon

by Shabbir Akhtar on 10. Jun, 2011 in Twitter, social media marketing

Twitter is going to roll out its own automated ad buying platform, according to a report from Mashable. Presently, if marketers want to buy Twitter ads, then they will have to fill up a form. The form then will go to Twitter’s sales team. After this, Twitter’s sales representatives get in touch with the advertiser. [...]

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Online Sharing Dominated By Facebook: ShareThis

by Shabbir Akhtar on 07. Jun, 2011 in Facebook, Social Media Tools, Twitter

The more the web is evolving, the more prominent is becoming sharing. In fact, it won’t be a hyperbole to say that the future of web lies in sharing. TechCrunch reported that in order to determine how much impact sharing is in the present time, ShareThis conducted a study in collaboration with StarCom MediaVest Group [...]

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Indian Consumers Using Social Media For Customer Service

by Shabbir Akhtar on 06. Jun, 2011 in Facebook, Twitter

Ovum, a research firm, has reported of the widespread use of social media for customer services by consumers. According to the report, in India, 40 percent consumers are getting customer support facilities through social networking channels while in the US and UK, only 12 percent customers use social media for a [...]

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