A chat with the co-founder of FriendFeed from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Today came word that Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, is buying the microblogging service FriendFeed. This is interesting on a couple of levels. First, it provides further proof that Twitter — the microblogging platform that has taken the world by storm […]
Top three trends in social media distribution
While the majority of traffic still comes through search engines, that’s all poised to change with these three trends: connecting your content to existing social networks, distributing content through advertising networks, building relationships with contests.
YouTube’s new Reporters’ Center
Regular readers know that Socialmedia.biz covers not just social media but also citizen media — and it’s all melding together anyway into one giant conversational media ecosystem, right? So I was gladdened to hear that Google and YouTube have taken another tentative step forward into the realm of citizen journalism with Monday’s launch of the […]
How one company uses Web 2.0 tools to run and promote their business
Everyone wants to be more efficient, productive, and successful, and knowing what steps to take is key. Here’s the run down on some awesome time and cost-saving techniques that will help you run your business.
Twitter’s hype is different than Second Life’s
Image via CrunchBase One of my favorite clients, Fabrice Grinda, believes that Twitter is all hype. Call it Twitter Skepticism — the kind of unwarranted hype associated with Second Life. I consider this a fine challenge, so I left a comment — well, I left an entire rant, and didn’t even get into talking about […]