By Matt Qualman | February 17, 2012
Danica Patrick has long been a media darling. Some of this stems from her professional driving career and some of it is the result of her often posing in a swimsuit or appearing practically nude in her Go Daddy commercials. And with roughly 500,000 followers on Twitter (@DanicaPatrick), she is firmly planted as a Social Media darling. But will her hype last…
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Posted in celebrity, Featured, YouTube | Tagged Danica, Danica Patrick, Daytona 500
By Erik Qualman | February 17, 2012
Jeremy Lin’s story told in a Linfographic
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Source: Infographic World
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Posted in Case Studies, Featured, Infographic | Tagged Jeremey Lin Infographic, Jeremy Lin Infogrpahic, Linfographic
By Erik Qualman | February 13, 2012
The above comedic Valentine’s Day Facebook Breakup video is a great reminder for all of us just how much social media has changed our lives. It’s also our friendly reminder to not forget Valentine’s Day!
Please find below a great infographic from eHarmony on what is most important in a relationship.
Amazon Kindle: Valentine’s G…
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Posted in Featured, Video | Tagged Valentines Day Facebook Breakup Video
By Erik Qualman | February 10, 2012
I love the below information on e-mail from Boomerang:
Use words like Apply, Opportunity, Demo in the subject line
Avoid words like Join, Speaker, Invite in the subject line
Send marketing emails at 6 am (10:30 am on Wed is also great)
Send personal emails before work or at lunch for best response rate
77% of people expect a response within 2 days
We delete 80% of…
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Posted in email, Featured, Infographic | Tagged best tim send email, email data, email infographic, email statistics
By Erik Qualman | 14 days ago
Super Bowl 2012 Top 10 Ads can be viewed here:
M&M’s Super Bowl Ad: “My Kind of Party”
Kia Super Bowl Ad 2012: “Dream Car”
Doritos Super Bowl Ad 2012: “Man’s Best Friend”
Toyota Camry Super Bowl Ad 2012: “It’s Reinvented”
VW Super Bowl Ad 2012: “Dog Strikes Back”
E*T…
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Posted in Featured, Socialnomics, Video | Tagged 2012 Super Bowl Ads, Best Ads, Commercials, GoDaddy, Super Bowl Ads
By Erik Qualman | 17 days ago
These 4 simple LinkedIn tips should help you land your dream job today rather than tomorrow.
1) Don’t forget your paper resume
Less than 11% of jobseekers include a social media link on their paper resume. Hence, you can stand out from 89% of the field by having a LinkedIn profile that you list on your paper resume. Being fulling transparent you should…
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Posted in Featured, LinkedIn | Tagged Job Seeking Tips, LinkedIn Resume Builder, LinkedIn Tips
By Erik Qualman | 18 days ago
Facebook’s Stock Symbol is FB. 13 other Facebook IPO bits:
Mark Zuckerberg expected to be worth $28 Billion post IPO.
Facebook disclosed they haven’t been able to monetize mobile.
85% of Facebook revenue is from advertising.
Facebook made over $1 Billion in profit in 2011.
Morgan Stanley will take them public.
IPO expected to make over 1,000 m…
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Posted in Facebook, Featured | Tagged Facebook IPO, Facebook Stock, Facebook Stock Symbol
By Erik Qualman | 19 days ago
Pending Facebook IPO – What You Need to Know:
Exchange: Don’t know if it’s NYSE or NASDAQ, in fact Facebook doesn’t even need to disclose when they file
Morgan Stanley will take them public
Expected market cap of $5Billion
Expected to go public this afternoon, but may slip to tomorrow
Buy the time the general public can buy a share th…
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Posted in Facebook, Featured | Tagged Facebook IPO, Facebook IPO Facts, Facebook Stock, Facebook Stock Symbol
By Erik Qualman | 21 days ago
This video from Microsoft takes a quick look at what the future may look like from a mobile and technology perspective. Wouldn’t it be nice to have these devices? Or does it make the world too impersonal?
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Posted in Featured, Mobile, Video | Tagged future of mobile, mobile future, mobile video
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