Socialnomics

Four Ideas For Engaging Facebook Apps.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Timeline for Brands has launched. With this new launch, apps are the new tabs. Interestingly enough, most brands are still treating apps like tabs. The issue with this however, is that apps are far more noticeable and can make or break the clean, put together look of a Facebook Timeline. If your brand is stil… Read the rest

Does New Ad Agency Wi-Fi Campaign Exploit Homeless?

A recent promotional campaign by a Manhattan ad agency at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Arts and Tech Festival in Austin, Texas that merges marketing and technology is drawing more than a tad of criticism. For those not up to speed on the story, 13 homeless individuals in Austin were essentially transformed into walking Wi-Fi aerials after being given free M… Read the rest

Six Things You Didn’t Know About SMS Marketing

You probably send and receive SMS text messages every day. You also have probably heard about the success of mobile apps and maybe your plans for 2012 include building your own app too. But as a marketer, you may not have considered that SMS is one of the best forms of mobile marketing. With nearly every mobile phone on Earth capable of receiving a text message, S… Read the rest

NBA All-Star Game 2012: Social Media on Steroids

Although the NBA All-Star game will have a large broadcast audience (215 countries), it is Social Media that will have the enormous reach.  For example in China, last year the NBA had 1 million following them on Social Media, this year they already have 41 million (thanks Jeremy Lin!).  Putting their total reach on Twitter at roughly 200 million followers.  … Read the rest