Be Smart with Facebook

Facebook is hurting your identity to employers. People are posting stupid stuff on their Facebook and they get fired for it. People think Facebook can be private through their settings. There are so many ways to see your Facebook with the private setting on. Even if you have the private setting, does not mean you … Continue reading →

New Twitter layout to roll out to all users by May 28th

Twitter announced today that on May 28th all profiles will be switched to the new design they announced in April. For those who haven’t seen it yet, here’s what my profile looks like And here’s what it looks like when I try out the new layout: Side by side: And here’s the new design next … Continue reading →

Don’t Kill the (Facebook) Messenger

Let’s be honest, we are in the midst of an era where our lives are so dependent on applications, or apps for short. Case in point, a majority of the wired generation–myself included–are so “Apple’d” that our handheld devices might as well be our oxygen tank. Due to the increasingly hectic lifestyle, it is almost important to … Continue reading →

Facebook and Voting

  While online this morning, I came across an article about Facebook adding an “I’m a Voter” button on their mobile app. This is a way for major industries to get the youth involved in voting more. When they go on their social network they can now hit the ” I’m a Voter” button and … Continue reading →

Social Media Use in Law Enforcement

Police Turn to Social Media to Fight Crime, Dispel Rumors When I first read the title of this article, “Police Turn to Social Media to Fight Crime, Dispel Rumors”, I was captivated by it due to the recent banning of social media websites in countries such as Turkey and Ukraine. The prime ministers of these … Continue reading →

New Gender Options on Facebook

If you are a Facebook user in the United States, you now have many other gender options besides just “male” and “female”. Facebook worked with many different advocacy groups to come up with the new gender categories, some of which include “transgender”, “cisgender”, “intersex”, and “neither”. According to the former vice president of GLAAD, Allison … Continue reading →

Mondelez starts “global strategic partnership” with Facebook.

Mondelez Inks 52-Country Ad Deal With Facebook Mondelez International, operating in the food processing industry and raking in more than $35 billion in annual sales, recently signed a contract that “put Facebook at ‘the core of our media investment plans’.” The snack food powerhouse deals with major international brands like Oreo, Nabisco, and Cadbury among … Continue reading →

Car Brands Missing out by Not Using Social Media as a Sales Tool

While searching the internet for a social media article I found one that caught my eye. The article that I found is called Car Brands Missing Out By Not Using Social Media As Sales Tool by Sarah Vizard. Essentially this article is about how car brands such as Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Honda and such are just not … Continue reading →

Social Media and Televised Award Shows

When searching online for an article about social media, I came across this one article that caught my attention. Can Social Networking Accurately Predict Oscar Winners? by Dorothy Pomerantz. According to the article, they believe that the buzz on social networks about movies and celebrities in general can help predict the winners for this years Oscars. … Continue reading →

Group 3 – Social Branding Workshop

Social Branding Workshop Fuad Panjali, Erik Ellingson, Chris Stevens, Julia Reagan, Megan Kremer, Jessica De Nova Introduction: In today’s marketing strategy, it is critical to incorporate and utilize social media platforms so you can interact and gain user input. It seems like every couple of weeks there is a new platform coming out that people … Continue reading →