June 5,2012ByDAVID VEGA

Tip: Pinterest users

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Tip: Pinterest users - Get the Pinterest's new weekly email digest which will let you know which of your pins was most popular. The newsletter displays a few popular boards, pins from friends, and your most popular pins of the week — a feature that will be useful for brands and marketeers. www.facebook.com/tridence...

May 29,2012ByDAVID VEGA

Facebook Fanpage Removes FBML

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Facebook Removes FBML FBML apps will no longer work on Platform. The "FBML Removal" migration will appear and will be enabled for all apps. It will be possible to disable the migration, thereby re-enabling FBML, until July 5, 2012 when the migration and all FBML endpoints will be removed completely. XMPP Connections must be done over...

May 21,2012ByDAVID VEGA

Google+ a Ghost Town as Brands Decamp for Pinterest…

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Though Traffic From Marketers and Users Is Light, Google Doubles Down on Investment Google+ launched brand pages six months ago, introducing new social lingo, including "hangouts," "circles" and "+1s." But strike up a conversation with a digital marketer these days, and talk of "+1s" has been replaced by that of "pins." Rather than challenge Facebook...

April 3,2012ByDAVID VEGA

How Google Panda 3.3 has effected SEO…blogs de-indexed by Google

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How Google Panda 3.3 has effected SEO ? The last couple of weeks I’ve been blogging quite heavily on social media which I’m a big believer in. Why am I such a big believer you may ask? Well the answer for me is the simple fact that social media is relatively cheap and easy to...

February 23,2012ByDAVID VEGA

Branding And How It Works In The Social Media Age

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To get a better idea of how US consumers are interacting with brands in the social media space, review this graph below: Source: AYTM Market Research...

February 20,2012ByDAVID VEGA

Optimized for Smartphones and other tablets

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61% of cell phone users won’t return to a site that isn’t specially adapted to mobile devices. This figure demonstrates just how important it is that your business be optimized for Smartphones and other tablets. In this report, you’ll find 5 tips for promoting your mobile site purchases. 1) Site must be accessible To improve...

January 15,2012ByDAVID VEGA

Where Social Media Marketing Fits In Your 2012 Budget?

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Regardless of what marketers say about social media, the rubber hits the road at budget time when they have to put their money where their mouth is. For B2B marketers, social media marketing ranks seventh in terms of budget importance trailing old-fashioned postal direct mail according to 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report conducted by Marketing Sherpa and sponsored by...

January 14,2012ByDAVID VEGA

The Definition of Social Business?

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Per request of the Author. We removed the imported shared text blog. http://www.facebook.com/tridence...

December 5,2011ByDAVID VEGA

Native Apps vs. Web Apps, or How About a Hybrid?

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Everyone agrees that apps are great marketing tools for engaging consumers. Now the debate is whether to develop native or web apps. Which is better? Well, it depends. What Are Native Apps, Web Apps, and Hybrid Apps? Native apps are apps that are explicitly developed and stored on a device. Native apps require installation. Web...

December 2,2011ByDAVID VEGA

Need a Social Media Strategy? Start with These Three-Pronged Approaches

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Most nonprofits understand the potential power of social media to connect with both old and new supporters, advocates, and clients. But few nonprofits can articulate the strategy behind the time they spend on blogging, Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. All good communications strategies start with a goal: What are you trying to accomplish via your communications?...