After years of refusing to build one, the social network is finally going to give us a way to express something other than a “Like.” Brace yourselves: the Facebook “Dislike” button is coming. Despite previously saying the social network wasn’t planning to build a “dislike” button, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during a Tuesday Q&A session that his company has indeed been working on one. “I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years,” Zuckerberg said. “Today is a … [Read more...]
Consider building your businesses around your domain name.
In June, Shaun McGowan’s business, Beep.com.au, was turning over $60 million. Five months later the company has grown by 60%, now exceeding $100 million in turnover, through one simple change – the domain name. McGowan purchased a new, premium domain name CarLoans.com.au in June and since then the business’s click throughs have increased, its marketing spend has reduced and turnover has increased by $40 million. Speaking to SmartCompany,McGowan says the change has made a “massive” … [Read more...]
Social Makeup of Social Media Income
Out of sheer curiosity, the great team at Compete used their demographic data to craft a mini-infographic showing the income breakdown across 6 of the top social sites. The US Browser Population is lined beneath each data-set for further comparison and context. Of these properties, LinkedIn shows the most notable emphasis towards a specific demographic, individuals earning 60k and above. Pinterest shows a slightly higher representation among higher income demographics and Tumblr shows the … [Read more...]
5 WAYS TO OWN YOUR PERSONAL BRAND ONLINE
2. OWN YOUR SOCIAL PROFILES Facebook, Linkedin, Google Plus, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram the list goes on. Owning your social profiles means filling out your bio completely, having a professional profile picture, and most importantly securing any vanity URLS these platforms provide such as Facebook.com/yourname or your Twitter handle. It’s also a good idea to stay up to date on new platforms being released so you can be one step ahead of your competition in securing your name. If you’re … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Own Your Personal Brand Online
Believe it or not, your name is a brand and in today’s world where most first impressions are made online, you better believe that owning your name is more important that it’s ever been. Let’s face it, if you’re applying for a job, you will be "Google'd". Your social profiles will be checked, and any compromising photos or negative press found can and will be used against you. Don’t make it that easy for recruiters to dismiss you, since they’re already looking for any reason to make their … [Read more...]
what is Facebook?
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Facebook to buy Instagram
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PayPal Launches Free ‘Send Money’ App On Facebook
PayPal and Facebook just got a little cozier with the launch of Send Money, an application on the social network that does what its name sounds like, and without transaction fees for users. Send Money enables Facebook users to send their friends ecards with money, or just money, with the only restrictions being PayPal’s regular limits and the fact that there are fees for international transactions. PayPal director of global communications Anuj Nayar told Mashable, “This is another way to … [Read more...]
Facebook Timeline
Facebook said that Timeline would be on the way for everyone sometime in the coming weeks… which is great and all, for everyone else. If you are like me then you are likely the type of person who likes their new and shiny things right now. Enabling Timeline a bit early isn’t too difficult — but it’s not at all straight forward, either. You see, Facebook is enabling Timeline early for open graph developers. You, too, can be an open graph developer — even if you’re just looking to … [Read more...]