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+Scarlett Madison is a mom and a friend. She blogs for a living but really prefers to read more than write. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
I always get a little blown away any time I meet a social media “guru” or “specialist” who isn’t using Empire Avenue. Granted, I wasn’t impressed the first time I gave it a shot in 2011, but since rejoining the site in May of 2012 I’ve learned that it may be the most invaluable tool in the world of social media promotions.
Not much more needs to be said. The people behind this account are wonderful. They bring it all the way around – funny, informative, enlightening, courteous. Check out their Twitter account for some gems.
Our beloved picture editing site, Imgur recently became more of a social bookmarking site for images to be voted on by its community and as it is growing it has now opened its own store for us to support and sport the Imgur logo and brand.
If you are looking to discover something on StumbleUpon this morning, it looks like you may have to wait since it is currently down due to technical difficulties, what they are we are unsure of but wonder if it may be yet another update.
Do you ever wonder which colleges are the most social? How many views for videos are from the college you attend or how much time is spent online from the college you graduated from? Harvard likes up Facebook with over a million likes while Stanford is sending YouTube over 45 million views. What other schools are social and which school prefers what social network?
If you were to ask the average person or even a social media expert to name profitable social networks, they would list some that truly are profitable such as Facebook and a bunch that have yet to achieve true profitability. One that would not get mentioned by many is Tagged.com.
If there’s one thing that irks me about internet marketers, it’s that they seem to like to declare that something’s not working, particularly if it becomes harder. Most of the times when I get into a rant session like I’m about to start, I like to link to the “rantee” in question. In this case, the arguments are so poor and the conclusions are so misleading that I won’t even grant it a link.
The days of the “male dominated world” in western society are all but over. Women are getting better jobs, enjoying more privileges, and changing the world around us all more than they’ve ever done before. It’s no surprise that they are dominating social media and expressing more than men.
Every now and then, we like to take a look at the lighter side of social media. There’s enough quirky things out there, and with all of the seriousness surrounding Facebook, Google+, and Digg in a busy news week, why not start Friday off with some offbeat stuff.
For offbeat, we look to the infographics gurus at Column Five Media. They have a knack for taking social media components and manifesting them (theoretically) into real-life situations. If you haven’t seen the happy little trees of social media, you should. It gives insight into this wacky group of Newport Beach studs.
Those of you who know our editor JD Rucker might remember that he stopped following Twitter users other than people he knew or wanted to follow over two years ago. After skyrocketing to the top 200 in the world, he simply quit adding and started the long process of removing people that either weren’t active, weren’t interesting, or weren’t real people.
Why? Because he was cheating.
