Tag: Social Media

  • 05 Mar

    American Idol and Social Media

    Things are looking up after last night’s episode of American Idol. The talent is slowly starting to shine through. Viewers voted and four contestants were sent packing. John Park, Jermaine Sellers, Michelle Delamor, and Harley Vaughn were eliminated from the competition. So what does American Idol and social media have to do with each other? This […]
  • 19 Feb

    The Time is Now.

    One of the top ten trends for 2010 is real-time web and it is expected to get even bigger and more essential to our online experience. It is being used in social networking, search, and news sites. It is the exploding number of live social activities online, from tweets to status updates on Facebook to […]
  • 27 Jan

    Are you LinkedIn?

    Social networking sites are on the raise.  Now that it has become essential to stay connected to not only friends and family but also business partners and associates, LinkedIn offers the best means for doing so. With over 55 million registered users worldwide, it allows you to maintain a list of contact details of people you know and […]
  • 17 Dec

    The age of HD video is here.

    Just like the next guy I am infatuated with new technologies. The new fad of the portable HD camera like Kodak Zi8 or a FlipCam is just unbelievable. Video cameras are no longer used just for documenting family events anymore. If you go to YouTube these days, you will find a ton of these videos. […]
  • 02 Dec

    Facebook Taps Yahoo

    Scoops Here. With Facebook reaching 350 million users, their Connect platform has now been competing in potable identity moving beyond the best of them i.e.  Google, Twitter and MySpace. Facebook  is getting a massive new partner for its Connect platform: Yahoo. Being the #2 search engine, this is not a bad gig. Yahoo announced today that it will be rolling out Facebook […]
  • 17 Nov

    Scoops on YouTube Direct

    Scoops Here. Who but Scoops to give you the SM version of the latest reports out there! This just in…YouTube is taking citizen journalism to the next level with YouTube Direct! Now anyone can be like Scoops on YouTube Direct with their iReport-style which they describe as “a new tool that allows media organizations to request, review […]
  • 04 Nov

    Organizing via Twitter Lists

      Scoops Here. Twitter Lists are novel concept to most socialmedialites out there, however many organizations can use this tool to help simplify its collective voice as well as provide a slew of other benefits.  In essence, Twitter Lists is now what we would call groups so you can assemble the types of people you […]
  • 30 Oct

    Social Media–Phase II???

    ADAM here: On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to speak about the importance of Social Media and Web Presence at the South Shore Chamber of Commerce Expo with Lisa Morrissey. We shook things up a bit — instead of sharing my usual pearls of wisdom for an hour, we broke into a Town Hall format. […]
  • 20 Oct

    It is never to late to start Tweeting, Twitting, Tweetie…

    Scoops Here. If you feel like social media is too beyond you, take some advice from Bill Cosby. Although not his thing, at least he tries. Mr. Cosby decided to dip his feet in the water by promoting “The Cosnarati,” a socially conscious hip-hop group he hopes will guide young people to do good with their lives. […]
  • 16 Oct

    Losing… : < (

    There is nothing we hate worse than losing. (Ok, maybe not getting the opportunity to fairly compete when you are well suited to do so.) Reason being we only compete when we have at least a 70% chance of winning. We understand losing is a part of life and especially in our industry, but why give […]