The launch of Facebook Timeline has been a controversial one, as many users have resisted the “forced” compliance with the new layout. But for business owners, Facebook Timeline may actually be a positive change for the way their brands are promoted. Consider the following ideas for using Facebook Timeline for business pages.
So, you signed up on Google+…what now? You may be ready for some Google Plus tips and shortcuts. Here are the latest I have discovered.
Google is constantly adding new services in an attempt to compete with emerging technologies, and social networking is no exception. Now, the search engine giant is rolling out Google+1 (also known as Google Plus), which aims to give the most significant social networking tool for businesses – the Facebook “Like” button – a serious run for it’s money. If you haven’t yet tried Google Plus, now may be the time to do so.
It’s no secret that today’s business owners are always looking for new ways to manage costs. Often, a company’s marketing/advertising budget is the first to feel the strain. Fortunately, there is a practical – and, practically free – way to scale back on marketing costs, and it reaches a far wider audience than traditional advertising methods. What is it? Social networking!
Just a year after its initial release, Google has announced its plans to discontinue development on Google Wave. Looks like it didn’t really catch on after all, and we will now be “waving” goodbye to it (had to do it, sorry). Why didn’t it gain popularity as expected?
1-800-Flowers.com has become one of the first e-tailers to open a storefront on the social media monster Facebook. Now any Facebook user can browse and purchase from 1-800-Flowers Facebook page and if you become a “fan” of the page you receive secret discount codes. All of this allows Facebook users to do all of their flower shopping without leaving Facebook.
So… the Wave is coming. But what is it, and how is it going to benefit us? In the showing of the developer’s preview demo, Wave seems to have much promise and it’s quite an impressive app. There are so many features and possibilities it’s mind boggling. You can check out the one and a half hour demo to learn more. That’s right. 1.5 hours of Google Wave. OR you can check out the 10-minute abridged version on YouTube.
What is it?
To sum it up, Google Wave is a powerful open-source communication and collaboration tool. Its creators, Lars and Jes Rasmussen (who also developed Google Maps), wanted to create a new powerful technology that could be used within a browser. When e-mail was first created, there were no web 2.0 apps like blogs, collaboration tools, social networking, and so on. So Google’s question is “what would e-mail look like if it were invented today?”. The answer: Google Wave – a tool that combines the power of just about every web 2.0 app you can imagine and packs it into a powerful collaboration tool.
Now, for the feature break-down.
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