Filed under: Weekend Digest | Tags: Facebook, fan page, location, plan, Social Media, spring cleaning, trend
News on the social media highway travels in the fast lane and still surpasses the speed limit.
Here to help you catch-up are our favorite finds from around the web for the week (3/28 – 4/3):
Amanda’s pick: Reputation Is Dead: It’s Time To Overlook Our Indiscretions, TechCrunch
As social media evolves, control over our online reputation is slipping through our fingers faster and faster. With just one click, anyone can post a YouTube video (Domino’s anyone?) or a tweet that smears a company or an individual. In this post, Michael Arrington argues that soon enough, no one will care about that photo of you funneling at a trashy college party.
Eric‘s pick: What would Facebook’s location-based feature mean for Fan Pages?, 451 Heat
Location-based services are the hottest trend in social media right now. When Facebook implements these services, as the company announced last week, it could mean some big opportunities for businesses. 451 Heat explores a few possibilities.
Lauren‘s pick: Titles, Tags & Tweets: the Role of Search in Social Media Marketing
Cross-promoting your content on social media platforms is important, but should be executed with SEO strategy in mind. Todd Defren of PR Squared gives us some tips.
Mariam’s pick: An 8-step plan for social media spring cleaning, Social Media Today
Take a moment to tidy-up and enhance your online connections. Social Media Today gives you a guide of how to reconnect and get the most out of your LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook connections while encouraging you to ditch the blogs you don’t read for fresh content.
Mark’s pick: Know Your 5 or Social Media Might Eat You Alive, Fast Company
Organizations need to know how to target their potential customers. This article breaks down your potential audience into five categories, which you should know inside and out to maximize your community’s engagement. Also key: make it easy for people to find you. But you knew that already, didn’t you?
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