Why Twitter Unfollows Your Friends and What You Can Do About It.

Twitter's Fail Whale Attacks

If you’ve spent any amount of time on Twitter then you’ve experienced the confusion and frustration of when your friends get randomly unfollowed from your account. How did this happen? You’d never unfollow you’re close and dearest friends you’ve never met in real life. There are a few reasons this happens: Twitter’s … Continue reading

Upstream vs. Downstream Social Networks: Content vs. Community

Content is King. Many of us have said this and many of us still do. But we’re running into a problem where there’s so much content. Read/Write Web founder, Richard MacManus, wrote an article recently pointing out that Facebook is becoming overwhelmed with 3rd party content. If you look at … Continue reading

10 Steps to Maximizing Your Brands Facebook Timeline for Pinterest Engagement

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This month’s travel has been a little rough. (Yeah, I know – “Whaaa! Cry me a river. You get to travel the World.”) But I’m still tired. I’m feeling a little extra snarky. And I’m sitting here, missing my family, reading blog feeds and links on Twitter and I’m incredibly bored … Continue reading

Connecting with Fans and Customers by Offering A Little More

Last Friday, I learned about about a Brooklyn band, Riot !n Paris, that is creating personalized songs about people’s social media profiles. Hand in hand with thinking about relevant precursors to Riot !n Paris’ project, two of which I’ve highlighted below, I thought about Mike Masnick of Techdirt’s  sustained (and … Continue reading