In the past few years The Academy Awards began losing its status as the show of the year. In 2008, the show’s ratings dropped to an all-time low. In 2009, viewership increased by 13%, which is the third lowest-rated broadcast in Oscar’s televised history.
What are the reasons behind this drop in ratings? Well, one of [...]

Last night I was catching up on some Facebook notifications, checking up on some old friends, looking at my upcoming events, etc., and I got to thinking about how much Facebook evolved since I first started using the social networking site.

I remember when I updated my Interests at least once per month, was invited to [...]

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games is the most recent big event to use social media to connect with millions of fans across the Web. The IOC set up an official Olympic Games Fan Page on Facebook for Fans to stay updated on Olympic events and to promote contests. The Fan Page has just under 1.5 [...]

Google Buzz is all the buzz on blogs, Twitter and other social networking sites today, but in case you’re still unsure of the new service, I’m going to outline the best features.
Buzz is Google’s newest way of showing it is committed to making Google “as social as the web itself.” It’s also a way for [...]

As you’ve probably heard (or seen if you’re one of the chosen people), Facebook began rolling out a new homepage design today for the site’s now 400 million users. The redesign comes just in time for Facebook’s 6th Birthday! (Can you believe it’s only been six years since Facebook launched?) The Facebook redesign emphasizes search, [...]

Last Tuesday, January 12, Facebook launched a new feature that allows users to respond to Facebook email notifications (i.e. comments made on wall posts) and post directly to Facebook without being logged in to the platform.
THANK YOU, FACEBOOK!
This new feature will make it so much easier for users who are scrolling through their alerts (on [...]

The 451 Heat team is excited to announce our new LinkedIn Q & A series! In this series, we will gather frequently asked social media questions on LinkedIn and answer them here on our blog. We hope you find this helpful. Part 1 features this week’s top four LinkedIn questions about SEO, Facebook, measurement of [...]

If you haven’t heard about the T-Mobile Sidekick disaster from Perez Hilton’s tweets, or the thousands of angry Sidekick users sharing their feelings on social networks, here’s a little background: T-Mobile USA and Microsoft found themselves in a PR crisis after T-Mobile Sidekick users lost all of their personal data (calendar, contact information, etc.) because [...]

Looking at the consumer landscape, it is easy to pick out brands that have been with us for as long as we can remember. Immediately, you might think of brands like Coca-Cola, Apple, IBM, McDonald’s and many others. Their personalities are emblazoned in our minds to the point where we can recite their popular jingles [...]

For part four in our series of “451 Heat 1-on1’s,” we spoke with the General Manager of New Media Marketing Labs, Justin Levy. Justin, based in Boston, helps businesses understand the potential of new media marketing, including how to use social media tools like blogs and community platforms to listen to clients and drive business [...]