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+JD Rucker is Editor at Soshable, a Social Media Marketing Blog. Find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
There’s good and bad about speaking engagements in Vegas. The good part is that the city is ideal with plenty of hotel rooms and conference space to make anyone comfortable and productive. The bad part is that it’s Las “Stays In” Vegas and attendees are often distracted from the business at hand.
I’m what you might call an Apple Hipster. I was using the Macintosh and Apple IIe before they were cool. The various companies that I’ve worked for over the last decade and a half converted me to be a PC guy, but definitely not by choice. That’s why it was a surprise to those who know me when I bought a G1, the first official Android phone, back in 2008.
The buildup to the Facebook IPO scheduled for a week from now has been anything but boring. Even the boring parts are being blown up in ways that make them exciting, such as the media’s fascination with Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie during his IPO roadshow. Long-term investors are starting to get the jitters based upon declarations of “innovation before profits” coming from Facebook’s upper management. Is the table being set for a roller coaster ride after their initial public offering?
Yes.
After an amended version of CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, passed in the House, the White House reiterated their plan to veto the bill “in its current form” if it reaches the President’s desk. It isn’t that they do not like the concept of the bill, but they are more supportive of a bill by Joe Lieberman that is a lighter version
When an investment potential like Facebook comes along, there are always going to be alarmists. We’re not one of those.
There are, however, some minor disturbing trends happening at three public social media companies that may pose a threat to the success of Facebook’s IPO. A month before it’s scheduled to be offered, Yelp, Zynga, and Groupon are all performing poorly and trending down.
Rumors and speculation are often a bad thing in social media, particularly for sites like Digg that have shown the resilience to continue to fight back despite rumors for years of their demise. Today’s batch of rumors hit a little closer to home for many users, but they also open the doors for a future consideration.
Can someone finally buy the shell of Digg and turn it into something great again?
There are few things that can stop productivity like distractions, particularly if they’re fun or exciting. Those who use social media for business are well-aware that shiny new play toys bounce in front of us almost every day. As Gold Five in Star Wars said before being taken out by Darth Vader, we have to remember to “stay on target” or we’ll get stuck in some strange land with no hope of escape.
As we discuss the ways that social media can be used instead of press releases as a superior method of putting out a brand message, one of the most enjoyable components of the technique is being able to add a flash of creativity and personality to the campaign in ways that press releases simply cannot. It’s the hippo in the room. It’s the fun stuff.
If the goal is to get attention or exposure on Pinterest, there’s one thing to consider with your pictures: go vertical.
Every day those of us on Pinterest play around with the site and see amazing pictures, clever hairstyles, and words of wisdom throughout. One component that has not been as present as it is on other social networks is the message against injustice or oppression that has highlighted most of the other social networks.
