New Media Resources
NetVibes.com
NetVibes is the new social media coordinator that lets people control all social media accounts from one screen. Similar to HootSuite and TweetDeck, NetVibes is “the fastest way to track your real-time Web”. One can do everything from checking email to updating Facebook and Twitter accounts and reading RSS feeds. It updates literally every second with what is going on around you so that you don’t miss anything from news to friends. Through the management of dashboards, NetVibes helps track what people talk about (or trend) through all social media and news feeds. One can create several dashboards and customized exactly where to get the information wanted. It is like a Google version for social media. Want to know what people are saying about the latest news trends going on right now? NetVibes will tell you what happened and exactly who is talking about it. This resource will be very useful for advertisers trying to know how consumers are accepting new trends and campaigns.
Top 5 Funniest Wedding Videos on YouTube
For a little fun, here are the top 5 best and most popular videos on YouTube from the craziest weddings of the year. Based on popularity, you can relax and put your dancing shoes one. Enjoy!
5. Mammothian Surprise Gorup Wedding Reception Dance
4. Aaron & Teri
3. Rina & Nick's Wedding - CRAZY First Dance
2. Wedding first dance With surprise Jack Johnson Michael Jackson
1. The one and famous: JK Wedding Entrance Dancen
Advertising Through Smart phones is the new medium
With the Smartphone industry growing more and more by the day, and the booming development of phone applications, it is important for advertisers to keep close track of where the true dollar is going. Advertising is the number one source of income for many of these mobile applications, and sometimes the purposes for the application. The article below talks about the Top 5 Mobile Advertising trends to watch for since they are the new medium of advertising for the new generation. Everything from simple text messages to online videos being watched through cell phones is new innovative ways to create promotional campaigns targeting people at all times.
http://mashable.com/2010/08/19/mobile-advertising-trends/
Spring Clean Your Cluttered Twitter Account
After getting addicted to Twitter because of this class, I have found myself following hundreds of people and companies that tweet every five minutes. But are they really important? Or are they really following me? I find myself skipping through many tweets every time I log in because I don’t really care what they have to say, or many just tweet advertisements. Until today that is. I found this article on Mashable.com about how to “spring-clean” my twitter account in order to receive and be updated on information that you actually want to read about. Check out the link below that takes you to the article.
HootSuite – The Social Media Dashboard
I am sure many people already use this application to manage their numerous social media accounts. The site is easy to use and update statuses to more than one account at the same time. There are some features that HootSuite also provides that no other suites like this can. Features such as monitoring mentions, spread messages, tracks of results, task assignation and update scheduling. These features can help advertising teams manage different accounts without the need of meetings. For example, HootSuite can help manage and track campaigns done based on Social Media, as well as delegate tasks and updates throughout the team. Say you are in charged on managing a celebrity’s social media accounts for Public Relation purposes? This site can help out keep everything with record as well as track how much the celebrity is being talked about and what are people saying. HootSuite is a whole new interface that helps track and update more than plain social media if used in the business world.
TweetDeck Desktop Application
Tired of spending the first hour of your online session updating your Social Media accounts? Usually, typing the same status on all the different portals and talking to the same people in each one. With this nifty small application you have all your social media accounts at one click on your desktop. TweetDeck is an application that updates your status on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace etc. all at the same time. You can upload and attach pictures from you desktop, accept and request friends, look at profiles, send messages, etc. All of this and more is done from one simple desktop application rather than going to different sites on your web browser. The application also helps you choose which accounts to update and control.
KidLinkz.com
Social media has taken over the world, and nowadays-even kids are seeing the benefits of having an online connection with their friends. KidLinkz.com is a new facebook-like atmosphere that lets children connect with their classmates and friends in a secure place to talk about school and events. The site interface is the form of a journal, which can be edited and let kids connect with others without broadcasting their messages to the mainstream. Academics are a big part in children’s life; therefore KidLinkz.com connects young students with their classmates in order to share ideas about homework and assignments, taking the classroom into a different atmosphere. The most important feature of this site is its security feature. Parents should have no worries in letting their kids log into this social media site, rather it trains them so they can experience the most popular social media sites later in their lives.
DoMyStuff.com
This is the best social media tool I have ever seen. Pay people to do your chores for you? Perfect. You can even exchange tasks with other people. DoMyStuff.com is a new social media site where one can pay other people to complete all that dirty work for you. You don’t like doing your laundry but prefer walking dogs? You can exchange chores with others. The website is easy to use, and also a great way to make money. People can offer monetary benefits for people to do their work. You can go on the site input your zip code for a list of chores and dirty work in your area. Too busy to do your own work? This is the site that will hook you up with an assistant that will help you get the side jobs done.
Yelp.com
Want to know what is the coolest place in your town? Where are the cool people are hanging out and having fun? Yelp.com will tell you. Yelp is a new host site of reviews from places in any area and city to let people know what others are talking about. What to know where the nice Mexican restaurants are in your area? This site can help you with prices, reviews and comparisons between restaurants. The site also has a list of categories to choose from nightlife to public services and real estate. All businesses rated by real people for real consumers.Yelp.com also has a smart-phone application letting you review or read reviews at any time and any place before going to it.
Wix.com
The new generation of Web Design is here. With Web 2.0 and interactive Flash sites being the new attraction and entertainment online, the bar has been raised to a new level. For new entrepreneurs trying to compete with big companies, fan sites or simply for fun, now anyone can create those fancy websites with objects bouncing around and cool sounds everywhere. Wix.com is a new tool that lets you create and host a site about anything in your mind and show off your skills for free. From skilled photographers trying to showcase their work, to musicians trying to get recognized, Wix.com is a tool that lets you show the world what you are into. Even if you are a senior in college trying to get a job, why not show companies what you are capable of through a site!
It is very simple to use and it gives you everything form templates to follow, to blank canvases to start form scratch. Wix.com can help those small shops enter the world of online advertising and make their business grow with a few simple clicks. It provides you with a host name and if you upgrade, you can use Google AdWords to become bigger and more recognized. Check out the simple and entertaining demo at and get started today: http://www.wix.com/how-to/Getting-Started
