Social media is a bank. And like any bank, you can make deposits or withdrawals. The problem is that too many people jump into social media, starting with a balance of $0.00 and start withdrawing like there’s a run on the bank. Visit my website at www.idontgetit.com! they tweet. Like my Facebook page! they holler. [...]

According to new figures released by a joint survey between Exact Target and CoTweet, Facebook users use the Like option for a brand for one overpowering reason – discounts and special offers. Surveying 1,550 U.S. respondents aged 15 and older from March 2009 to April 2010, the results found that a whopping 40% of consumers [...]

From Twitter, Sphinn, Google Reader, Facebook, Amplify, Buzz and Friendfeed–you name it!–I have been gathering some of my favorite posts. These 5 personal favorite must reads have sparked some really awesome conversations, tweaked long term project plans and challenged a lot of great ideas. From social media, online marketing and project planning to business organization [...]

Planning an event for your group or organization? Spreading the word about your event will be one of the most important tasks to make it a success or bust. Making sure you involve social media in some form to promote your event is a good move any way you look at it.

In Part One, we focused on how to make your brand findable and shareable in social media. A white paper by Gigya validates the shift to, and resulting importance of, social search and its dependence on crowd participation. Online businesses must optimize in order to earn referral traffic from social networks.