Category Archives: Social Media
FredRanger_Videocast_12 | Why you should be active on Google+ and on the social web
The importance of being active in the social web and why seriously consider Google+ for your online presence.
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The web isn’t social. You are.
Here are my top 5 reasons why you should consider being more active on the social web.
1 – You Will Be More Employable
Being a manager myself I can confirm that the first thing we all do when we receive a resume is to go check this person’s online profile or “brand”. If I can’t find you, I will be less likely to hire you.
2 – You Will Make Better Choices
You will be able to connect with experts, professionals or just friends to help and give you advices when you have a decision to make.
3 – You Will Learn So Much (For FREE!)
I basically learned all the things I know about photography through interactions I’ve had with people in online communities. You can do the same with any topics.
4 – You Will Be Informed First
Remember when we used to get the news from… the news? well those days are over my friends. Being active on the social web will enable you to discover whats happening anywhere in the world in real-time.
5 – It Will Change The Way You Interact Offline Too
You will become more curious in your day to day life. Connecting with another human being is one of the greatest feeling we can experiment as “social animals”.
Remember the web isn’t social. You are.
What are the reasons why you are (or not) active on the social web? How does it impact your life?
Videocast_06 | Sharing a cool blog post
Quick vid talking about http://www.digital-photography-school.com/ a great website for anyone interested in photography.
After doing this video I decided to create my own Facebook Page dedicated to my photography activities. Yeah! I’ll let you know how it goes!
Do you have/use a fan page for your photography activities? is it successful?
Boya!
Go Pink. Pass it on.
This is the latest campaign I’ve worked on @ my day job. Will we reach 500 000 people to turn their profile pics pink on Facebook during the month of October? I don’t know, but one thing I know is that we need to support this cause and I’m really proud that my company is taking it really seriously.
Hey, we are all in this together, right?
BTW, more than 245 000 people have already gone pink, have you?
Do it here: Go Pink. Pas it on.
Will “Places” make Facebook the ultimate data collection platform?
Well it’s fair to say that recent Facebook announcement to add a localization services to their social media platform did create a buzz around the world wide web and offline too. Knowing that Facebook will now have the ability to not only track interests, “likes”, sexual orientation, etc. but also track real-time human behaviors with millions of people around the globe. Imagine the possibilities when you think about it one second. First, Facebook is darn good at crossing large quantities of data to offer really targeted advertising options to their clients, that we know. Now with Places, they will be able to add in a real added value by knowing where people hang out, eat, shop and with who they do that with. Sound scary? I don’t think so, this day and age as shown us that people are willing to provide that level of detailed info because they see the value of connecting, sharing and participating in such networks. Now we all know that Foursquare is having great success in doing that, but the difference here is the number of people involved and the interconnectivity with other Facebook apps.
We live in a very interesting world now days my friends and we are seeing unprecedented levels or interactivity between technology and humans or it may just be that people are no longer using technology to connect, they connect trough technology without even noticing!
I’m interested in knowing if you think Places is the next big thing and if people are going to continue using “smaller” company services like Foursquare and Scavenger? Don’t forget to leave a comment!
Footnote:
- See the Places promo video: Here