Category Archives: Engagement
Are You Really an Elite Reviewer, or just an Online Crybaby?
Written on April 16, 2013 at 8:41 pm, by Andy Gonzalez
Online reviews … what a tangled web of opinions, truths and lies our world has weaved. Businesses have built entire operations around monitoring this monster. At Speak Social, Review Monitoring is one of the many important online services that we offer to brands. On a daily basis, we comb through review after review, thanking Continue Reading »
We have Facebook Graph Search Early, and so can you!
Written on February 15, 2013 at 5:04 pm, by Stephanie Bogus
Facebook Graph Search is here, and it’s AWESOME! The ability to search for absolutely anything (including every photo you ever liked of your friends who like to party) will revolutionize the way we store and use the massive amounts of data gathered online. Although we like to think ourselves an elite group of Social Continue Reading »
As Parents, We Need an Online Dashboard to Monitor the Social Presence of our Children
Written on February 5, 2013 at 8:45 pm, by Andy Gonzalez
The world of Social Media has changed forever – again. That’s right, I know we’ve said it before, but this time I mean FOREVER. What can we credit with this permanent shift in Social thinking? Facebook Graph Search. If you don’t know what Graph Search is all about, I suggest you do a Continue Reading »
I Hate How You Shared This Blog
Written on November 15, 2012 at 10:00 pm, by Andy Gonzalez
No, I’m not talking about you, nice lady that shares articles she likes … I’m talking about YOU! Yes you Mr. Spamtastic. You know what I don’t get about you? There is absolutely no way on God’s green earth that your methods of batching and blasting tweets has ever paid-off for you. Yet, you Continue Reading »
An Accidental Tweet: The Internet’s Version of the Sex Tape
Written on October 24, 2012 at 9:01 pm, by Andy Gonzalez
By this point you must have heard a story or two about a brand or personality tweeting something inappropriate – something they would never want their followers to see or read. From Chrysler – to StubHub’s most recent slip-up – it seems like these things are happening more-and-more. Could it be that Generation Now is Continue Reading »
You May Want a Presence Online, but Does Your Target Audience Have a Reason to Care?
Written on October 15, 2012 at 10:00 pm, by Stephanie Bogus
There is an entire audience of potential consumers seeking information on the internet, and your brand may hold the answers they are searching for; but you must engage in the conversations taking place online to find these opportunities. This isn’t new knowledge. Most brands see the need to target audiences online. Where tragedies lie – Continue Reading »
Facebook Improved Our Internal Communications
Written on September 17, 2012 at 8:32 pm, by Brad Bogus
Find me a company that fully embraces using Social Media to improve communication within its organization. Go ahead, it’s a challenge. I’m betting you won’t find many. The common opinion around Social Media is that it’s distracting, immature and a waste of time. Even company owners that are using Social Media as a part Continue Reading »
Google+ isn’t Dumb Enough, That’s their Problem
Written on August 31, 2012 at 6:57 pm, by Adam Price
I really wanted to love Google+, I really did. I wanted a smarter Social network where people could share relevant information that had substance; where I could finally be among my peers and not have to spend every day ignoring and unfriending people who share useless facts about reality TV shows and partisan politics.Google listened Continue Reading »
We Give Klout +K for Rollout of New Site Features
Written on August 14, 2012 at 5:56 pm, by Ashley Carter
Starting today, and continuing throughout the upcoming weeks, Klout will unveil a redesign of their site accompanied by a new scoring system, and set of features. Though Klout users will be able to see their new Klout scores today, the redesign of the site will be a gradual roll out process. The last few Continue Reading »
Myspace Over Facebook? Really?!?
Written on March 2, 2012 at 7:53 pm, by Stephanie Bogus
When we told Scott, our Head of Development, to look into the new changes to Facebook and build a strategy, we had no idea he would go this far! We all remember fondly our Social roots in Myspace, but a fundamental shift backwards Scott, REALLY?!? REALLY?!? Hopefully this was merely a walk down Continue Reading »
