By Jim Symcox on Sep 20, 2010 in Facebook, Facebook Places, Social Media | 0 Comments
Facebook Places is now in the UK and other social networks that are location based must be very worried. One of the first was Gowalla although it seems as though more people know one of its rivals, Foursquare. Foursquare allows users to notify it when they arrive at a location and they can accumulate visits [...]
By Jim Symcox on Jun 24, 2008 in blog marketing, blog strategy, blogger, blogging, Facebook, Internet Riches | 0 Comments
Everyone knows that social media sites like MySpace, Bebo and Facebook collect a large number of people to their sites. And lots of Internet marketers claim to be making vast amounts of money from them. This Social Media Article from the New York Times shows that the social media sites themselves are not making as [...]
By Jim Symcox on Dec 19, 2006 in blogcritics, Darwinian Web, del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, Furl, MySpace, reddit, Second Life, Web 2.0, Web 3.0 | 1 Comment
Web 2.0 and social media covers sites such as blogcritics, del.icio.us, Digg, Furl, reddit, MySpace, Facebook, Second Life and many others that allow social interactions that go beyond email. And for social media to work for business it needs to have: Transparency Honest relationships Relevant and appropriate content Dispassionate observations for news So Why Scrap [...]