Concerned about your Facebook privacy settings? Thinking about deleting your profile?
Well, hold your horses. There’s a new tool that will scan your Facebook profile and alert you to any settings that should be changed in order to protect your privacy.
Just drag the “Scan for Privacy” button to the top of your browser, log in to [...]
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FOURSQUARE MAKES IT EVEN EASIER FOR BUSINESSES TO GET INVOLVED
Today, Foursquare rolled out a series of new tools aimed at compelling more businesses to take advantage of customers checking in at their locations.
Starting today, when you visit a venue’s page on Foursquare you will see a link asking if you are the manager of the business.
If you are, Foursquare makes it easy for you [...]
FACEBOOK HOPES YOU “LIKE” SHARING YOUR INFORMATION WITH THE REST OF THE INTERNET
We heard rumors that Facebook is developing a “Like” button for content created all across the web, but today, the suspicions were confirmed. At Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference today, CEO Mark Zuckerburg made several announcements regarding the new Open Graph API and a new social plugin.
Want to preview the “Like” button that will soon be [...]
FACEBOOK TERMINOLOGY CHANGE IS LIVE, WHETHER YOU “LIKE” IT OR NOT
The latest wave of Facebook changes are live today, officially swapping Page terminology from “Become a Fan” to “Like.” The notification that appears on Facebook Pages announcing the change reiterates that the new action is “much more lightweight, and [hopes] that it will increase the number of connections made across the site.”
While the changes were [...]
TWITTER ADS FINALLY HIT
After years of speculation, Twitter has finally announced its plans to monetize through a new advertising platform within its framework. Beginning today, users will begin seeing paid listings at the top of certain Twitter search result pages, which will be known as “Promoted Tweets.”
Best Buy, Virgin America, and Starbucks are among the first brands signed on [...]
FOURSQUARE CHANGES PREVENT CHEATING MAYORS (AT LEAST THE ONLINE KIND)
Earlier this week, Foursquare announced a new change which will prevent users from cheating by checking into locations when they are not actually present at the said site. Previously, users could check in to locations from the comfort of their homes, and still earn points, badges, mayorships and venue specials, whether or not they were [...]
FACEBOOK HATES “FANS,” “LIKES” MAKING SILLY CHANGES, AND WANTS TO EAT THE REST OF THE INTERNET
According to a document sent by Facebook to its partners, an upcoming change will alter the way users connect with Facebook Pages. Rather than the existing “Become a Fan,” users will click “Like” to opt-in to receive updates from that page. Brands will also collect “Connections” instead of “Fans;” however, this small wording change could create [...]
WHAT IS FOURSQUARE?
MGH’s clients are constantly asking us, “What’s the next big thing in social media? What should I be looking at next?”
Our answer: Foursquare.
Foursquare is what’s considered a location-based social network, meaning that its users connect based on where they are at that current moment.
Users use their mobile phones to “check-in” at certain locations through Foursquare, and [...]
DOWN, BUT NOT OUT
As you’ve probably noticed, we haven’t been posting to this blog as often as we’d like.
It’s not because we don’t love it (because we do). We’ve just been really, really, ridiculously busy (which is a good thing). We’re also working on a slight change of direction for the blog’s content, which will ultimately benefit you, [...]
SPOILER ALERT: SOCIAL MEDIA USE IS ON THE RISE
Nielsen Newswire just released new numbers on people’s use of social media worldwide. In December, the average time spent on a social network by an individual has risen 82% since the same time last year. This number jumps to a startling 143% increase when looking at the United States alone.
This study also notes [...]
FACEBOOK ADDS INSIGHTS TO POST
Facebook stepped up its game last night by adding insights to specific posts on fan pages. The metrics included are total impressions and percent of interaction among those impressions (this includes clicks, likes and comments).
This new feature will make it easier for page admins to track what information is making the largest impact with their [...]
FACEBOOK SCAM HITS HOME
I just got out a very interesting conversation on Facebook – a conversation that I thought I was having with a “friend.” Turns out, this friend’s account was hacked, and by wonderful English used in the conversation, it looks like it fits quite nicely into the mold of a Nigerian phishing scam.
Below is the conversation [...]
