Users of real-time communication giant, Twitter, experienced connectivity and access issues yesterday. Although there were no “fail whales” to be seen, page load errors for Twitter.com were common for a good portion of the afternoon yesterday. The issues started around 4:00 p.m. Eastern as messages about President Obama’s second inauguration began to fill twitter streams …
Articles by Michelle Stinson Ross
Last Monday, Jan. 14th, social media marketing passionistas gathered from around the globe to discuss how to use Google’s Hangouts on Air. This week the guest expert warming her buns in the hot seat was the lovely Debbie Horovitch (@Sparkle_Agency). Debbie created Sparkle & Shine after 15 years working with Toronto advertising agencies as a Media Manager …
What does it take to be a pioneer, a change agent, a success in business today? Do Mark Zuckerberg and other innovators like him have some special formula? Author Ekaterina Walter explores the secrets to success in Think Like Zuck: The Five Business Secrets of Facebook’s Improbably Brilliant CEO Mark Zuckerberg. From the book description: If …
Just in time for spring to thaw the bitter Canadian cold, SEJ will be taking the show on the road to the Great White North. Yours Truly will be team teaching a social media workshop and taking the podium twice for Search Marketing Expo, SMX Toronto. There will be lots of great learning opportunities going on …
Yesterday Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, unveiled the next big step in the social network’s development. Soon Facebook users will be able the search within the walled garden for things their friends like, places they’ve been, and pictures they’ve posted. Currently users can add themselves to a wait list to get this first iteration of search, …
The mysterious announcement that Facebook promised to make is a mystery no more. During a live media event at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, CA, Mark Zuckerberg introduced the beta version of what they are calling Graph Search. Over the years Facebook has accumulated 1 billion users, 240 billion photos, and 1 trillion connections. The …
Ekaterina Walter is a social innovator at Intel. A recognized business and marketing thought leader , she is a speaker and a regular contributor to Mashable, Fast Company, Huffington Post, and other leading-edge print and online publications. Walter has been featured in Forbes and BusinessReviewUSA and was named among 25 Women Who Rock Social Media …
Last week Facebook sent out an invitation to the press to “Come See What We Are Building.” The invitation gave no clues as to what the press would be coming to see only when and where to be to see it. The event is scheduled for tomorrow, and speculations have been running wild about what …
Yesterday, the Google+ Help Page alerted its G+ followers that Hangouts on Air have a new look. The Hangout is a feature of the growing Google Plus network. You can start a hangout at will from your profile, your business page, or by clicking the hangout icon in the left margin of G+. You can …
We first alerted you to the coming iteration of the new NEW Myspace last fall when the preview video was first released. At the time all you could do was watch the super cool video and leave your email address in hopes of getting an invite to Justin Timberlake’s hot media party. So far only …
