60 Seconds of Social Media

Just how much do we view and share?

175,000 tweets a minute or just over 2,900 a second, is that a lot? Found this info graphic on Wall Blog, originally came from Social Jump Start, short but sweet look at sharing on the main social networks and gives you an idea of the scale and usage of those that dominate and of those that are trying to catch up.

How much do we share on social media sites

How do You Get MORE Retweets?

5 proven ways from Dan Zarrella

We are always looking for new sources of good info to share, just started reading this blog and thought this info graphic was worth sharing based on the fact that the research seems sound and it is really easy to understand. If you pop on over to the original post on Dan Zarrella’s blog you can check out where the figures came from.

More importantly start to incorporate these ideas into your daily twitter schedule, focus on one or two points until you don’t have to think about them anymore and they just become habit, then move on to some of the others. Twitter like all Social Media is about sharing good content that YOUR audience will engage with but you may as well give yourself a helping hand along the way and use some of these tips.

Social Media Tools

What we have been reading about today…

Not sure if it is just coincidence but all the blog posts we have found useful today seem to be about social media tools and blogging, mainly focused on Facebook and Twitter.  Some of them are a little older than others but there are a lot of different links and reviews on the most popular tools available, some of which you may not be aware of.  The intro paragraph and link for each is below, just try focusing on the tools that you think you will find the most relevant rather than trying to trawl through everything all at once.

Twitter Efficiency Tools from A R Karthick

With recent subscribe function/timeline feature, Facebook seem to jump right into the battle ring with Google+. Yet Twitter continues to be the most important driver of traffic for my personal site and many others too.

Handling Twitter efficiently was one of the most important things for me to do, in order to grow, and establish a network. With the help of many tools out there, the Twitter experience is made a lot more fun and meaningful.

Here are the top 10 Tools/Apps you might want to check out to step up your Twitter game and significantly increase your efficiency (aka performance).

Why Blogging from A R Karthick

Not long ago, blogging was the prime mode of online content creation and distribution. Only recently, it has been tested by emerging platforms. Many people and firms/brands alike everyone jumped into blogging bandwagon, and they found it out as the excellent way to get in touch with people. Blogging isn’t limited and can be utilized and powered for numerous unique motives and for your inspiration.

In recent times, there are too many speculations popping about blogging’s downfall while many blogs accumulated ubiquitously. But has the blog world exploded so heavily that there are, simply put, it’s now clearly congested and hardly have any room for new bloggers? Is blogging heading for drop by the sideline for latest means of user-oriented content management and more importantly social media / social networking? Where do your blogs blend in with the trendy Twitter, Facebook, Google+ et al era? Is blogging, right for you?

These are some of the not-easy-to-answer questions. Still, there are few basic yet prominent things (actually, Top 10 things) you should know about why you should blog, why/when you shouldn’t, and clarify your mind before leap into blogging.

Valuable Twitter Tools from Noupe

It is hard to argue against the value of Twitter these days, especially for businesses and professionals looking to network and stay ahead of the curve. Like the throngs of designers and developers that have flooded this social media outlet’s streams and sapped its API since its inception. And with so many amazing tools available to expand on, and enhance the overall user’s experience, Twitter is becoming even more useful and handy than ever before.

Today we have gathered several valuable resources that can help our readers take their Twitter experience to the next level. To get more out of this powerful business tool than some new followers and potential clientele connections. Hopefully you will find some new apps to dive into through the post, and perhaps even revisit some you had lost touch with. Enjoy!

Valuable Facebook Tools from Noupe

Not long ago we had a post featuring some valuable Twitter tools, and we received requests to do the same kind of post for Facebook. In the interest of giving our readers what they want, and the community content that is useful, this post was born. Today we are presenting a list of tools to enhance your Facebook experience.

Even with Google+ on the virtual horizon, Facebook remains a major social media platform that many users never foresee leaving. So for designers and developers compiling tools for making the most of Facebook will never go out of style. Hopefully in our post today you will find some new tools that will optimize your own Facebook ventures, or those you are preparing for clients.

Customise Your Twitter Pics!

Check out the video below

Came across this video on Mashable about how you can take advantage of the new twitter profile feature that displays recently shared photographs. The tutorial was put together by Jeremiah Warren.

12 Social Media Tools (From Social Media Examiner)

Social media tips from professionals

Thought it was worth sharing an article from Social Media examiner on some of the various tools (Not all of them free) that are available to make your social media and blogging life much much easier. They have broken them down into 5 categories:

  1. Tools to Refine Your Visibility and Engagement
  2. Tools to Measure Specific Social Media Goals
  3. Tools to Get the Job Done
  4. A Useful Tool for Twitter Marketing
  5. Tools to Make Video Blogging Easy

Our pick of the bunch for an easy win was Friend or Follow, very easy to use and allows you to check who you follow but doesn’t follow you back.

 

READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMINER.