Posted by Anand Kahaly in Facebook on March 14, 2013  |  0 Comments More from this author  |  Website  |  Follow Anand Kahaly on: Twitter |

You may think social media use for business is just another platform to advertise. It isn't. At least not in the way we traditionally think of advertising. There was a time a business owner only had a choice between radio, TV, or print advertising. Those days are gone and companies now have the ability to truly connect with their customers in four easy steps.

Through social media, consumers have an avenue to voice complaints as well as to share praise. They become engaged with you. Your FaceBook "Fan" page is the means to emotionally connect business to consumer; positioning you as the trusted expert in whatever your industry or field is. With over 150 million visitors using FaceBook per month there is no other medium with which you can do this so rapidly and effectively.

It's not about friends, the new "F"-word is "Fan”. A business whose "Fan" page makes offer after offer instead of interacting and engaging will find they have little to no consumer interaction and will experience a hard time gaining "Likes".

Posted by Jaime in General on March 03, 2012  |  0 Comments More from this author  |  Website  |  Follow Jaime on: Facebook |

Over the last few years social media has gone from just something that bloggers talk about to something that businesses are utilizing to leverage the web, converting would be clients into happy customers. And while many businesses are now embracing the web and social media, there are a few companies that stand out from the rest when it comes to businesses that are Social Media All Stars. So just who are these social media stars and what are they doing that most other businesses are not?

Posted by Christine Kane in Twitter on October 28, 2011  |  0 Comments More from this author  |  Website

Wondering why some people have many followers and others don’t? Want to increase your influence on Twitter and other social media? There’s one simple trick. Find your niche. What’s a niche? A niche is your specialty. No one wants to read about your day-to-day activities (unless you’re a celebrity) so what do you post to Twitter? What do people want to hear? Add a comment

Posted by Thomas in General on March 02, 2011  |  0 Comments More from this author  |    |  Follow Thomas on: Twitter |

Social media is no longer limited to status updates and posting photos from a friend’s birthday party it has become a much more complex tool in society. Social media has become one of the most influential factors in grassroots socio-political mobilization across the globe. The January 25 revolution in Egypt gained a major foothold with the application of social media tools like Facebook and Twitter. From the outset, individuals have used it to demand more governmental transparency and mobilize allies.

Posted by Anand Kahaly in Twitter on January 23, 2011  |  0 Comments More from this author  |  Website  |  Follow Anand Kahaly on: Twitter |

A new Twitter worm has been posting links using goo.gl on Twitter user's accounts without their knowledge. goo.gl is Google's url shortner and equivalent to tinyurl or bit.ly. The malicious link points to a rogue website that asks the user to install a fake anti-virus solution called Security Shield. Don't install Security Shield. This so called Security Shield anti-virus solution is a malware.

Posted by Anand Kahaly in Twitter on January 02, 2011  |  0 Comments More from this author  |  Website  |  Follow Anand Kahaly on: Twitter |

Feedback is an important part of business today. You need to know what your customers think about the software/service you provide so that you can improve your software/service. If you have a blog/site you need to understand your readers and need to know what they feel about your blog/site. You need to understand your customer in order to serve them better. The best way to ask a question to your customers is  through polls. Nobody is going to write a 250 words feedback for you. Polls are the easiest way to get customer feedback with just few clicks. Twtpoll allows you to create polls and tweet it to your Twitter profile. You can even share the poll in your facebook profile, myspace, orkut prfile, google buzz, LinkedIn profile etc. You can also create surveys with Twtpoll.You have an option of branding your polls as well.

Posted by Anand Kahaly in Facebook on August 30, 2010  |  0 Comments More from this author  |  Website  |  Follow Anand Kahaly on: Twitter |

I guess everybody reading this knows, who Mark Zuckerberg is. If not, let me tell you. He is the CEO of world's largest social networking site Facebook. Facebook is also the second most visited site in the world. Mark Zuckerberg recently became unblockable on Facebook. This is not because of some goofed up code in Facebook. It is actually an automated system that comes into play when too many users try to block one user.