new media
Social Media Accounts Get Verified
Leading social media sites have been changing things up a bit lately, and have started the trend of offering verified accounts to certain individuals, businesses and other organizations. What is a verified account? It’s really simple: having verified accounts simply means the public can easily see if an account is authentic—in other words, that the…
Facebook Vanity URLs
Since its inception, Facebook has linked to user profiles through randomly assigned numbers in the URL (e.g., “http://facebook.com…id=592952074/”). While effective, the method has not allowed users to easily share links to their profiles with others. When copying and pasting a link was the main option, users often found themselves sifting through Facebook search results in…
How exactly should we be using Twitter?
Quite often we receive this question from individuals that possess varied amounts of online savvy. Some have a solid grasp of how to utilize sites like Facebook and LinkedIn for personal and professional purposes, but they struggle to understand the benefits (and the “point”) of Twitter. Others are just confused about everything that is going on in…
An Online Dilemma, and an Opportunity, for the News
An article in today’s New York Times examines the “free-versus paid online content” debate that is currently on the minds of all members of the newspaper and magazine publishing industry. Amidst a decline in their subscriber-base, many publications embraced the internet as a channel to help build their audience and increase revenues. But the recession…