BP Oil Spill is a huge disaster – and BP’s public image is in a huge disaster, too. That’s why BP recently buys the top Google and Yahoo! Search Result for the “oil spill” keyword.
BP’s PR problems are getting bigger and bigger on the world wide web. In social networking sites, there was a face Twitter account created by someone mocking up BP’s PR efforts (in a bad way) and over half million people joined the rally “boycott BP” Facebook page. Continue reading →
China has been very sensitive about the internet these days. And right now, Foursquare has been banned in China because of one thing: users check in to Tiananmen Square.
China is very sensitive when people are talking about the Tiananmen Square because it is the place where a dramatic incident happened on June 4, 1989. And the Chinese Government restricted the discussion about the incident happened at the Tiananmen Square. Continue reading →
Social Media has changed the world. It turned the web to its next level. It changed the way we live, just like when mobile phones invaded our lives. Before, almost every human being has his own mobile phone. And this made business marketers think of a marketing strategy focused on mobile technology. Like in mobile phone carriers, they send advertisements (but they refer it as trivia messages or info messages) to their subscribers. And this marketing strategy has been successful. If the mobile phones invaded our lives successfully, and used it as a good marketing strategy, then social media has bigger potential to be one of the best place for your business.
Why Social Media is Important for Your Business?
There are different sites saying they got a great trick to boost your followers’ count. Some of them are real, but most of them are plain spams. But here in Bend the Web, we are proud to say that we found a great technique to get followers fast. Here’s how:
What you need:
1. A Twitter account
2. Knowledge in English language
The trick:
Many people today who use the Internet, love to make money online, too. And these people loves updating their status updates through Twitter. So that means, many Twitter users are interested in topics like “make money online” or “affiliate marketing” or “online marketing“. And the only thing you need to know to attract them is to tweet those words.
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Last April 4, I published a blog post here about social media addiction. In that post, I asked you if you’re addicted to social media. I also talked about the positive and negative effects of this addiction. And if you still don’t know if you’re addicted to social media, we may help you to answer that.
Here are the 10 Signs of Social Media Addiction:
1. It’s meal time but you’re still in front of Facebook.
2. You don’t want to sleep yet even it’s already 2:00 am because you’re still playing Mafia Wars and FarmVille.
3. You love having many friends in Facebook and followers in Twitter instead if having more friends in real life.
4. You want to chat with your friends via social networking sites or IM services than just visiting them on their houses.
5. You want to adopt a pet not for your home but for your Pet Society or PetVille game.
6. You twittered your accomplishments (like you passed an exam or you got a job) long before your friends and family found out.
7. You know the headlines of your friends’ status updates but not the headlines of TV news.
8. You talk comfortably to people in your chat list even you don’t really know them.
9. In real conversations, you started saying acronyms like L-O-L and O-M-G instead of just laughing out load and saying “Oh my gosh”.
10. Your goal this summer vacation is to have a lot of friends and followers instead of having instead of having quality time with your real friends and family.
Now, ask yourself. Are you addicted to social media?
