As we enter a new decade it’s a good time for a balance about social media evolution and their impact on the economy. I started this blog at the beginning of the decade when social media were starting to become broadly adopted right to focus on what I thought was going to have a greater…
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Intro Since the beginning of the digital era it was already evident to me everything was going to become unpredictable, while in constant evolution, and everything would have impacted economies, everywhere, both in places where digital is already broadly adopted and in places where it has not hit the road yet. And I believe the digital…
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I am sure you noticed that also: it seems that with this economy (check the recently published World Economic Report 2011 by Financial Times), while worldwide financial markets suggest to pursue a modern “gold rush”, it looks like companies are rather pursuing some kind of “social rush”. Never like in these months businesses are talking…
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I gathered some interesting data about the UK around social media adoption, mobile usage and online visits, that demonstrate how your Social Media strategy can drive sales. I am sure this analysis can be applicable to every country – and what is already happening in the UK will happen in other European Countries It’s just…
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Since I started using the Internet in the 90’s, something that I always liked about it was the availability of information. In fact, I am curious by nature and having almost no limits to what I can find when I am surfing the net still remains one of the best things of the Internet, along…
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It seems Google+ and Facebook have started some sort of “cold war”, with Google preventing a former employee (now with Facebook) to add more people to his circles, and Facebook blocking Google+ ads on its social network, while media and social media experts start showing their preference by publishing either too positive or too negative…
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There’s no day you open a news website or a printed newspaper and you do not find any article about social media or social networks. And increasingly, there are no talks with friends where you don’t mention the word “Facebook”, whether it’s about an event, a birthday or a photo album or some other gossip…
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While waiting for Google+ business pages (and not only) to be officially open (after they let some brands get in, then blocked them, then re-opened again), I thought it was good to have a look at what happened with Facebook’s most famous fan pages.Especially since we all know this “social networks battle” is not just…
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I have been playing with Google Plus for about a week and read many comments and discussions about it. I also posted some comments myself. I believe there are a few reasons why Google+ may fail, and I am really concerned about privacy: 1- Google Plus’ beta testing is lasting for too long. Invites do…
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As you will recall, at the beginning of last week, while Google was creating the buzz around its forthcoming Google+, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook was going to announce something awesome next week. Mashable, one of the most followed news portals around new tech and social media, yesterday announced the “awesome” news was about the integration…
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