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Crisis in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen Infographic : Real-Time Reporting via Twitter

By: on 02/03/2011

Sysomos analyzed 52 million Twitter users, and discovered that only 14,642, or 0.027%, identified their location as Egypt, Yemen or Tunisia. Of these people, 88.1% were from Egypt, 9.5% from Tunisia and 2.13% from Yemen.

The infographic below shows a summary of the 14,642 Twitter users in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen. From January 16-23 there were over 122,000 tweets in 6 days (January 24-30) there were over 1.3 million!Read more »

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Saturday Night Live PR Play

By: on 01/31/2011

Live! From New York! It’s Mark Zuckerberg! Will the real Mark Zuckerberg please stand up?

Oscar nominated, Jesse Eisenberg for his portrayal of Zuckerberg in “The Social Network” collaborated with Saturday Night Live comedian, Adam Samberg jokingly mocked Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook being valued at $50 billion dollars, the trademark t-shirt and jacket, and the inventor of “poking”. Mark Zuckerberg came on stage and continued the fun… Read more »

Life in the Social Media Fast Lane by The Buyer Group

By: on 01/27/2011

Are you so addicted to computers that you find yourself typing in your password into your bank ATM? If so, you’re not alone.

If it feels as though time accelerated in 2010, that’s because it did. Social conversation started with a trickle until it swelled into the tsunami we know today. For every hour spent online, Internet users in the U.S. are spending 13.5 minutes using social media. 46 percent of… Read more »

Facebook COO Gives 3 PR Success Tips for Women

By: on 01/21/2011

In Facebook you can “like” a post, you can even “like” a video on YouTube, but in the world of female employees, as success increases, likability decreases.

Why aren’t more women making it to the top? What messages do women need to tell themselves, the peers, our daughters?

Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg shares her “likes” and “dislikes” for women and success at the TED Women conferenceRead more »

Check-in to Foursquare for Online PR

By: on 10/11/2010

Business looking to improve their online reputation are integrating social networks such as Foursquare into their PR strategy. With minimal set-up and initial investment; there are many Foursquare tactics that can work in your favor.

For example, your business can set up a ‘Mayor Special’ to reward the person who visits your business the most. Offer an incentive that creates competition; like a 15% discount or small freebie. Another… Read more »