Although there are plenty of posts we read on Facebook that would prompt us to push the “dislike” button, don’t do it. If you see a “dislike” on Facebook, know that it’s spammers trying to use it to scam users. Clicking the “dislike” takes you to a page that asks you to copy and paste Javascript code into the address bar. And if you do that, WHAM, malicious code. Dislike indeed.
One little, two little, ten million monsters! How does Lady Gaga do it? She now has more than 10 million Twitter followers. The mega-star is outshining all others on social media, having now hit 10 million fans on Facebook and one billion views on YouTube. I guess a star is born this way.
This is a good tip for Monday morning, after the weekend. Want to prevent the infamous tagged photo from showing up in all of your friends’ facebook news feeds? Go to your profile privacy page on facebook. Modify the setting next to “Photos Tagged of You.” Select the option which says “Customize…” and a box will pop up. Select the option “Only Me” and then “None of My Networks” if you would like to keep all tagged photos private. That’s it. Oh yes, and when someone points a cell phone at you with a beer bottle in hand…or worse…step away.
Can you spare a Tweet? Ben & Jerry’s is advocating using your “spare Twitter characters” to support free trade. It’s an interesting twist and really won’t cost you a dime.
I really like this article about avoiding voicemail. And here I was on my high horse, telling people not to do direct mail. But this guy has me beaten … don’t even try the old telephone tether. I have to agree. After paper mail, voice mail is about the last thing I check. It’s inefficient and pretty much can’t be archived. Yup, voicemail is definitely in the same category as Yellow Pages and fax machines. Dump it.
Seems while you were building your farm on Farmville, someone else was building a secret profile of you. Are you really shocked? Facebook is the great American database. It’s a goldmine for marketers both good and not so good. Not surprising at all, really.
As a new Nissan Leaf owner, I find the story of the EV1 fascinating. GM made the electric car in the late 1990s and leased it to users in a few Western states. While customer reaction to the EV1 was positive, GM believed that electric cars occupied an unprofitable niche of the automobile market as they were only able to lease 800 units in face of production costs of $1 billion over four years. So, you know what they did? They repossessed the cars and crushed them. That’s right, scrap heap. Ouch. As a result, enthusiastic environmentalists went over to Toyota. Ouch again.
One of my favorite Facebook memes was by a writer friend of mine who simply started a song lyric and had his friends complete it. (For example, “Just a small towm girl…) Almost all his friends jumped in with their own endings. If you have a business facebook page, why not do somethin similar? Ask a question or start a sentence. Or, try a “fill in the blank,” as in ” __ out of ___ women suffer from fear of heights.” Try it. You just might start something interesting.
Has anyone seen Nestle’s social media film shorts called, “A Moment with Heidi?” Awkward, for lack of a better word. The clips are supposed to be zany (I believe that’s why the goat gets blown up). But they’re just strained and hardly foster the open conversation sought after on social media. Just my opinion, of course.
For all of us who have ever been humiliated by someone posting class photos on facebook, I find this interesting. Here are tips for making those class photos better looking. However, it cannot do anything about the bothersome date that usually appears somewhere on the photo. Or, those Farrah Fawcett curls that are a dead giveaway. Ugh. I’m feeling intensely old.
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