Posts Tagged ‘Beyond Social Media’
Social Media Website Traffic Referrals Statistics [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses the findings of a Shareaholic report that illustrates the relative traffic volume sent to websites from top social media sites.
Read More@MagicRecs: Twitter Marketing Tool [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses Twitter’s experimental @MagicRecs Twitter account that makes recommendations of accounts for you to follow based on behavior of your own network on the social media site.
Read MoreDrug Warnings In Commercials Increase Sales [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses a recent study published in the journal Psychological Science, that indicates that the side effect warnings that are required to be included in drug commercials actually increase sales of the pharmaceutical in question.
Read MoreNetflix Pirate-Sources Programming Decisions [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses how Netflix uses sites like The Pirate Bay to identify what video content is popular in a market they are about to enter and to serve as a source of leads.
Read MoreMobilesitting [VIDEO]
David Erickson the results of a Harris Interactive survey showing the ages of children parents have distracted via mobile devices.
Read MoreDiGiorno Sends Detroit Lions WR Nate Burleson Free Pizza…To Keep Him Safe [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses DiGornio’s humorous capitalization of an earned social media opportunity arising from Detroit Lions’ wide receiver Nate Burleson’s broken arm.
Read MoreTwitter & Comcast To Offer Social Remote Control [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses the partnership between Twitter and Comcast that will result in a social media remote control button that lets you change your television channel from a tweet or DVR an upcoming episode.
Read MoreTwitter Opens The Direct Message Spam Floodgates [VIDEO]
David Erickson rants about Twiter’s new “Feature,” the ability of any of your Twitter followers to direct message you, thereby opening up the floodgates to DM spam without providing users with any spam filtering tools.
Read MoreForced Page Reloads [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses the maddening practice of forced page reloads on media websites and usability problems the tactic presents.
Read MoreGoogle Helpouts = Freelance Expertise [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses Google Helpouts, which will enable individuals to charge for offering their expertise via video conferencing technology.
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