Thursday, July 29, 2010

Photos and Videos Soon To Show on Twitter

I was reading Mashable the other day and one of their articles caught my eye. Photos and Videos Soon To Show on Twitter.  I have always wondered why these features weren't originally implemented into Twitter but after using it I'm not sure that these features are necessary. 


It would be nice to share photos and videos directly into the Live Twitter Stream, however Twitter was not designed that way for a reason. It was meant to be actively updating short messages, and a tool to use in social media to drive to other platforms. Personally, I use Facebook and YouTube for uploading pictures and  video. I would have to get used to posting pictures and videos onto Twitter. Eventually I'm sure I'll have to learn to do this and even like it.


But according to Mashable these features are still in the testing period, and Twitter has recently taken down the Tweet Media Setting (to be able to upload photos and videos). 


Twitter's comment: “We’re constantly exploring features and settings. What you saw was a small test of a potential consumption setting for inline media. We show inline media on our own iPhone and Android apps.” (Compliments of Mashable)


I'm on the fence with this. What do you guys think?? I want to know!


Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Just Two Clicks To Deposit Checks on Your Iphone

So I was riding home from work the other day, and jamming out to the radio and by no other choice listening to commercials. This Chase commercial came on started talking about depositing a check in TWO clicks. My attention immediately focused. What was this commercial talking about??

So here's the deal: Chase added some new features to their mobile banking application. One of these features is the ability to deposit a check by taking a picture. Just launch the application and take a clear shot of the front and back of the check. ( Be sure to sign the back!) It immediately confirms whether the check is valid and deposited!

Funny thing is Chase isn't the first bank to do come out with this application. USAA, a private bank for military personnel, came out with it about a year ago. However, since USAA isn't a public banking institution, it didn't have the ability to reach the masses.

Currently, I don't have a Chase account or an Iphone ...so my question is when is it coming out for Android or Blackberry? and when is Bank of America going to catch up in technology??

I definitely have Chase on my mind now..that's fore sure! What about you? Would you switch banks for this cool depositing mobile feature?

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Facebook is Adding More Features to the Like Button

I don't know about you guys, but I definitely enjoy "liking" other people's status's pictures, and generally anything of interest on Facebook. Now Facebook is adding on to this already great feature.

They are adding an iFrame version to the like button which means when you like something you can leave a comment or longer story for all to see. For example, if you see a dress online and you "like" the picture, now you can add a comment to your like and say "That's a really cute dress, does it come in blue?"

Facebook is also allowing you to send out messages to specific users who "liked" a certain product, brand story. For example if you "liked" an eyeshadow on Mac's website, they can send a special coupon, or just a personalized message to you and the others that liked that specific eyeshadow. This will work really well for targeted marketing. Looking forward to Smashyn implementing these new features into our sites.

Want to know where people are clicking on Facebook? Now you can. Facebook now allows a fb_parameter to be added to show you what kind of stream the click was, and where the click happened. It also filters out people's private information allowing you to see the anonymous URL.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Social Media Campaigns

While some of you are wondering, why does she keep posting about this SkinCare Blogger Wars presented by Natural Skin Shop.

Well the answer is simple: Natural Skin Shop is one of the clients I help represent. I work directly with my superior to manage their social media. SkinCare Blogger Wars is our newest social media game and the concept is fairly simple.

Natural Skin Shop would like YOU to blog about them(Natural Skin Shop) on YOUR personal blog and link to their website, (www.naturalskinshop.com). Whomever drives the most unique traffic to www.naturalskinshop.com wins 1st place, and 2nd and 3rd place accordingly. There are tons of other prizes to win, so there is a really good chance IF YOU ENTER YOU WILL WIN SOMETHING.

We decided to run this campaign because the rest of the team at Smashyn is working to optimize our websites and increase our SEO. We decided we would like to stick with the same goal in mind!We also know all you BLOGGERS love a good competition. So why not Blogger Wars?

So besides the CASH and Products you could win, why should you write about Natural Skin Shop. They will feature your blog(post) on their Facebook Page which has over 2600 fans and is CONTINUOUSLY growing. This is a great chance for new people to follow your blog.

Now WHAT are you waiting for?!? GO BLOG ABOUT NATURAL SKIN SHOP!!

*Don't have a blog?? : Subscribe (follow) Natural Skin Shop's blog and get a chance to win a skincare kit. **TODAY ONLY**



Check back to learn how running this campaign went. I'll talk about having realistic goals, and really having a clear goal in mind when running social media campaigns. Check back later this week!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Blogging Contests: A Whole New World



As a newbie to social media I never realized there were so many blogs out there doing contests and giveaway..I mean at one point I had no idea what a blog was. Natural Skin Shop is hosting a Blogging contest on their blog called SkinCare Blogger Wars! The objective is to get bloggers to write something about Natural Skin Shop on their blog and link to their website. Whomever drives the most unique traffic to naturalskinshop.com, will win an array of great prizes including CASH and skin care products. They have already given out skin care kits like this one!



To learn how to participate in SkinCare Blogger Wars  Click Here. 


Other great contest blogs I have come across are Bloggin' Mamas Cruise , Lets Win!, The Giveaway Gallery

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Blogging Contest: Skin Care Blogger Wars



For all of you who have blogs out there simply write a post about Natural Skin Shop and link to their website. Whoever drives the most unique traffic to www.naturalskinshop.com will win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place which includes a skincare kit and CASH! They are also giving away a MYSTERY prize to one lucky blogger daily for the 14 days of the competition.There is over $2300 in prizes so what are you waiting for? BLOG!

Friday, July 9, 2010

I'm back!...I've been swamped behind the Scenes of Social Media

Hey guys! It has definitely been a while since I wrote last. In the world of Social Media, things move extremely fast and I am learning how to keep up, which I am however that doesn't leave much time to write and keep myself sane at the same time. I check one thing off the list and add 5 more. Just to keep you up to date on what I am doing:

My job entails many things from knowing where my boss's phone is to handling 20 writers for the content that we are producing, for a lot of different websites. I work with them on a one-on-one basis, assigning topics, editing and giving constructive criticism about their articles, and even had to fire some too. (How cool is that?? How many interns do you know that get to fire someone? Awesome!!).

We are also looking to take on a potential client and going through the different aspects such as what are the benefits? What are the negatives? Will this client work well with our company? We are working on a proposal and knowing what we want out of it if Smashyn decides to go forward and work with the client.

Something that I think will definitely help our Social Media Team to be more productive: We just switched offices!! With this I have now learned how to use our flat screen tv to project what I am working on my computer onto the screen. We keep TweetDeck* up there to keep an eye on the many different accounts and it makes things much easier. Not to mention that our old office didn't have a window, and the new found sunlight =happiness.

*Tweetdeck is a useful tool to manage multiple Twitter accounts. This proves to be very useful when managing my personal Twitter @socialmediaintern, @Smashyn, and our other clients. (I'll touch more on Tweetdeck in another post).

Last week we attended Mashable's Social Media Day in South Florida where we were co-sponsoring the event with other local companies. Since our company works directly with a premier skincare line, we were able to create personalized Social Media Day moisturizer bottles to hand out. Very excited about this, as I did help design the layout of the bottle.

Also, finally getting my own business card!!This I have found to be extremely pertinent, since I am going to many different events and networking with many different contacts. It should be interesting, in the future if we will even need business cards? I have even seen business card barcodes, where people wear them as a sticker, and people can get all their information in one shot. Can't wait to see where technology will take us.

Promise the next time I write it will be sooner than a month. Check back to see what else I have been up to at Smashyn.