http://knowmediablog.com The Communications Tech Blog Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:21:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Via Tech Crunch This is a guest post by Robert J. Moore, the CEO and co-founder of RJMetrics, a on-demand database analytics and business intelligence startup that helps online businesses measure, manage, and monetize better. He was previously a venture capital analyst and currently serves as an advisor to several New ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/10/06/twitter-data-analysis-an-investor%e2%80%99s-perspective/ Via PR 2.0 In 2007-2008, many brands and companies flocked to Second Life to build a virtual presence, which spiked and created a bit of a backlash and ultimately a bit of a retreat in the process. By mid-2009, virtual worlds were realizing a comeback of sorts. In July 2009, virtual ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/08/10/breathing-new-life-into-virtual-worlds/ Via Mashable July 28th, 2009 | by Ben Parr Twitter now has a brand spankin’ new homepage. Of course, if you’re a regular TwitterTwitter user, you’re rarely going to see it because you’re already logged in. But for the 5 billion+ people Twitter has yet to convert, it provides the company’s ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/29/the-goal-of-twitter%e2%80%99s-new-homepage-be-the-world%e2%80%99s-water-cooler/ Via Mashable July 27th, 2009 | by Sharlyn Lauby Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. I admit I’m a Twitter addict. I enjoy the flurry of tweets and the variety of information my followers ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/28/7-secrets-to-tweeting-your-corporate-culture/ Via Mashable July 23rd, 2009 | by Vadim Lavrusik Vadim Lavrusik is a new media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is @lavrusik on Twitter () and blogs at Lavrusik.com. In the current economy, job security has become somewhat of an oxymoron. Which is one reason why maintaining connections ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/24/10-ways-universities-are-engaging-alumni-using-social-media/ Via Mashable July 23rd, 2009 | by Ben Parr We know that Twitter’s rising rapidly in popularity. We also know that a huge number of Twitter users don’t stick around. So what’s a company with a user retention problem to do? Launch a guide to using its own product, ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/24/twitter-launches-a-twitter-101-guide-for-business/ Via INTRASKOPE – INTERNAL COMMUNICATION VIEWPOINT FROM INDIA July 16, 2009 by aniisu Planning to get your organization on the social media map? There are factors which I learnt along the way that is needed to get completely immersed. Read more about the do’s and don’ts of kick-starting your firm’s social media ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/20/how-internal-communicators-can-lead-your-organization%e2%80%99s-social-networking-beginning/ Via Social Media Today.biz The Coming Change in Social Media Business Applications http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/20/the-coming-change-in-social-media-business-applications/ Via Mashable July 7th, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder Analytics company iStrategyLabs has examined the demographics stats from Facebook ()’s Social Ads platform, and they’ve reached some very interesting conclusions. Facebook’s userbase, as a whole, is getting much older very fast. As you can see in the chart below, the overall number ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/20/facebook-users-are-getting-older-much-older/ Via Mashable July 15th, 2009 | by Vadim Lavrusik Vadim Lavrusik is a new media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is @lavrusik on TwitterTwitter and blogs at Lavrusik.com. Instead of focusing their attention on promoting information to mainstream media, some university public affairs offices are using the power ... http://knowmediablog.com/2009/07/20/10-ways-universities-share-information-using-social-media/