Follow @marcoRecorder Salesforce Marking Cloud has confirmed it is cutting another 200 jobs, after the social media monitoring company shed more than 100 jobs last fall. A Salesforce spokesperson said in an email statement the job losses follow a recent acquisition of another company. "Combining ExactTarget with our existing Marketing Cloud provides synergy, and we … Continue reading Solidarity goes social: a praise to Synthesio
Category: Social media
What’s behind Zuckenberg’s philanthropy?
Follow @marcoRecorder Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to connect five billion more people to the Internet. This is his announcement on 19th August for the formation of Internet.org a partnership with some of the biggest players in the smartphone space, to bring internet connectivity to poor people in the developing world who can't afford … Continue reading What’s behind Zuckenberg’s philanthropy?
10 terms to help you decipher ’social media speak’
Follow @marcoRecorder I'm happy to republish a very interesting piece written by my colleague @AmyJColgan who is a Social Media Analyst at DG COMM in the European Commission. This post was originally published in Waltzing Matilda blog. Social media, like any field, comes with its own vocabulary. I don’t mean RT and PM and YOLO … Continue reading 10 terms to help you decipher ’social media speak’
If Erasmus had a Trailer…
Follow @marcoRecorder "If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen" Desiderius Erasmus As a former Erasmus student, I was moved to see this trailer-like video talking about the Erasmus project. It's a short video for the Welcome at the … Continue reading If Erasmus had a Trailer…
Twitto.be: Belgians on #Twitter ranked by influence
Follow @marcoRecorder Twitto.be is a directory referencing Belgian users of twitter. It was launched in June 2013, and features are progressively rolled out. It was created by Mango Information Systems SPRL, a Belgian company active in social media analysis and monitoring. According to their website, Twitto are currently working on the following features: ranking by … Continue reading Twitto.be: Belgians on #Twitter ranked by influence
About me, about what, about personal about pages?
Follow @marcoRecorder Oh God...Every time I look at my blog, I can't stop crying about my about page. Whenever I look at my site stats I know that the about page is the most visited page. Damnit, I am a communication expert, I have huge experience with analytics, I can totally see that coming but … Continue reading About me, about what, about personal about pages?
Does social networking make us less social?
Follow @marcoRecorder Mike Elgan raised an interesting issue on his Google Plus account recently. See below:Our waiter at a side walk restaurant in Florence last night (I don't recall his name, sadly), believes that social networks are making us all less social. He said that over his years as a waiter, people have become more obsessed … Continue reading Does social networking make us less social?
A social media analyst’s visit to Israel
I'm off to Israel and Jordan this week. As a social media analyst and a Middle-East enthusiast (although my Arabic classes did not bring me very far on the lingustic level) I made some research about what to know about social meda in Israel. Much credit should be given to Danish diplomat Karen Melchior who … Continue reading A social media analyst’s visit to Israel
Fostering Social Communication through Social Media and 2.0 Strategies
In the last decade social media and 2.0 technologies have deeply shaped the way people get informed and communicate with each other. If the first phase of the Internet phenomenon enormously expanded the communication horizons, the 2.0 environment has set new models of communication that have not only a further impact on the enlargement of … Continue reading Fostering Social Communication through Social Media and 2.0 Strategies
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