Pope to priests: Give us this day our daily blog

The leader of the Catholic Church has announced to his leaders and priests that they should be actively involved with the digital era and has called for a strong pastoral presence online.

Filed under: Blogging, Internet, Social Networking, Catholic Church, Digital Era

Marketers moving DM budgets to social media

Among today’s marketers, social media marketing is becoming more and more important, with many diverting portions of their direct marketing budgets towards the online channel, according to a new survey of 1,068 marketing professionals around the globe.

Filed under: Online Marketing, Social Networking, Direct Marketing, Social Media Marketing

How To Marketing – With Twitter

How To Market With TwitterEveryone’s buzzing about social media these days and Twitter is just one of the Social Media tools that you can use to market your business. So, in this How To Marketing article, we’re going to show you a couple of great tips that you can use to market with Twitter in your business.

Filed under: Odds & Sodds, Social Networking, Marketing, Relationships, Twitter

Enhance Your Facebook Fan Page

Facebook fan pages are a great way to jump in on the social networks. You can create a profile for your brand and your employees, customers and friends can become fans of your brand. When you have a new product, an event or any announcement you can use your Facebook fan page to send an alert to all your fans. Beyond the normal features that come with a fan page, there are a variety of applications you can add to the fan page to make it more fun and more search-engine friendly.

Filed under: Blogging, Social Networking, Facebook, Fan Page, SEO

Twitter’s great white hype

My brother Gregg and his wife Angella live on a mountainside in Fish Hoek overlooking the main swimming beach. On a balmy summer’s day their lounge window frames an idyllic picture: a stretch of white beach lining an azure coastline littered with bathers, surfers and tourists.

Filed under: Social Networking, False Bay, Great White, Shark Attack, South Africa, Twitter

Seven facebook taboos

There are the people that make you want to get on Facebook everyday — aka the people you stalk daily. And then there are the people that make you want to get off Facebook, deactivate your account, and revive your old Myspace page (just kidding… unless your a pedophile). Stay away from committing these 7 Facebook taboos and you’ll be sure to keep all your friends.

Filed under: Social Networking, Facebook, Protocol

Facebook Marketing Tips: Make the Most of Your Fan Page

If you haven’t already integrated Facebook into your online marketing mix by creating a fan page, consider the most recent staggering Facebook statistics:

Filed under: Blogging, Online Marketing, Social Networking

Product Reviews Welcome on Mobile; Shunned on SocNets

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of mobile-commerce shoppers say they would make more purchases from their mobile devices if it were easier to find products from trusted retailers, according to a recent survey by ChoiceStream, which examined – among other things – the role of product recommendations in online shopping.

Filed under: E-commerce, Social Networking, ChoiceStream, Mobile Commerce, Online Shopping, Social Networks

Social Engagement Marketing

I’m going to get you involved in a few of my pet hobbies, including tracking the social media market. I will update this thread when I find new data, but wanted you to contribute as well, so if you have info that you think should be included, please post and I’ll update this introduction.

Filed under: Online Marketing, Social Networking, Marketing, Social Engagement, Social Media, Tracking

Social networking site breach exposes most popularly used passwords

An analysis of more than 32 million exposed passwords revealed “123456″ as the most commonly used security code when logging into online accounts.

Filed under: Internet Security, Social Networking, Internet Security, Passwords, Social Media