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FaceBook as the new Google? Maybe so. This is going to be fun to watch. Now that Facebook is 400,000,000 strong with over 175,000,000 logging in at least once a day, look for the largest Social media site in the world to start playing even bigger.
Facebook has been looking for some time to launch their own email system. They want to keep you on site for all your communications. Why? Money!
Their data base on users profiles tell them exactly where to place certain ads from online vendors. They know they have a winning formula as the preferred Social Media Platform and they are working to make searching FaceBook faster and easier. With applications for merchants and the expanded use of fanpages, watch as businesses grow as a presence in the FB world.
This is not all bad for the FaceBook purist. Facebook is very protective of their users, break one too many rules and out you go…forever. The idea behind the added vendor functions is money for FB and a convenience factor for the user/consumer. Where the people are, business will follow.
What will Facebook look like next year? 5 years? Who knows but it will be fun to watch.
Posted by Sam Fagan vp of business development at Blueagle Marketing
Building a monster business involving Search Engine Optimization, Social Media and Branded Video Marketing is a time consuming task. A labor of love? Yes! It is a blast making other people’s dreams come true by maximizing their virtual business model.
The challenge for me is attending to my clients’ needs while staying on the edge of an information flow that is literally moving at the speed of thought. Chris Brogan talks about Attention being Currency in today’s business world. Time management is an ever growing issue with folks running at the front of a virtual medium. Chris and people who comment on his blog talk about task / time allotments to stay on track for the day. Attention can be grabbed and priceless time stolen if you don’t have a plan of attack.
I have developed an information stream that works for me. I suggest you develop one for you. All of these tools are free and I prefer those that work in the cloud so they are accessible to me in and out of the office.
I set up an igoogle home page with widgets that suit me best. I use Manymoon calendar and project planner with my Google Apps calendar for my daily tasks and projects. I monitor my RSS feeds from this home page.
As for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, I connect all of them with Hootsuite. The keyword, search and statistics function in Hootsuite make it a valuable tool for monitoring topics and doing research on most any subject. The RSS and Hootsuite keep me awash in an information stream that is more like a torrent than a stream. I grab what I can and shoot what I like over to Evernote for safekeeping and sorting until I set aside the time for more in-depth look into whatever it is that I am looking for.
All in the cloud, all free and all functional to make even the Information ADD business owner somewhat together…..
Posted By Sam Fagan VP of Business Development Blueagle Marketing
Why Blog? This is a question I was asked yesterday and have been asking myself as I learn more and more about social media and how to apply it. The question is often posed, not usually by itself, but in a bundle of "why’s".
Why do I need to Facebook if I use Twitter? Why do I need to use Linked In if I Facebook? What’s Digg anyway? All are excellent questions. In answering this series of questions, I ask a question. ( Don’t ya hate it when somebody answers a question with a question? That’s a topic for another blog entry)
The real question is , " What are you trying to accomplish ? " And of course this one question leads to many others in search of the answer. Are you keeping up or reconnecting with friends and family? Are you building a business? Raising money for a charity? Gathering information on a topic? You have to know your "why" to know your "how" which answers your "why". Got it? Good!
Mashable.com has at least 10 good articles on blogging for starters that might even help you figure out what your reason for participating in any social media platform is as well as which one(s) to choose. Blogging is a bit larger venue for one to showcase knowledge, products, ideas and opinions. It is also a better place for more indepth comments from readers.
I have started blogging for many reasons, to learn, to share, to implement a strategic business tactic and to solicit feedback which I hope someday will come in the form a of a comment below! ( Thanks mom but you don’t have to comment )
That’s my thoughts … what do you think?
Posted by Sam Fagan , VP of Business Development Blueagle Marketing