My young friends, are you worried about the jobless future?
Vivek Wadhwa talks about a jobless future, where machines do everything. Even the McJobs go away, as robots will ask you whether you want fries with that. No offense to my friend, Atif Rafiq, who is the new Chief Digital Officer at Mcdonalds’. But seriously, in a world where the factories are smart and the […]
How Smart Do You Think Facebook Is?
Facebook knows where you are, what songs you’re listening to, what you like, and what you have bought. Is this a pure coincidence, friends?
Why Facebook’s New Business Manager is a good thing for Everyone
A couple of weeks ago, Facebook quietly released business.facebook.com. Go check it out, if you haven’t already. It’s all right there in their video. You can manage pages, multiple accounts, users, and anything an agency would need to directly manage clients on Facebook. Sensationalists like TechCrunch believe it’s the doom of many folks in the […]
Facebook knows who your best friends are and what you did last night
You can do some crazy data mining on your competitors and your own page right now. And you may have noticed that Facebook can make recommendations based on what you might like. Not everyone gets the same recommendations, since the search results are sorted by where you live, what your friends like, where you’ve checked […]
What happens when you go to facebook.com/apple?
It’s here: If you were Apple, wouldn’t you go grab this? At the same time, we know that Apple isn’t officially on Facebook. And in my opinion, Apple is still the most social company on the planet. They generate sales by creating raving fans and providing tremendous support. Social media is not about Facebook pages […]
Guy Kawasaki shares impact of Facebook newsfeed algo changes
A lot of folks have been complaining about reduced newsfeed reach, Magic potions won’t save them. Guy Kawasaki tests the impact of 3 posts simultaneously– text, link post, and embedded link. Notice that the reach is still better on the text-only post, by 64%. But what really counts is engagement, which is still the highest […]
The 3 campaign system for your Facebook funnel, how it operates
Don’t know how to organize your ads into proper campaigns or find yourself boosting posts sporadically with uneven results? Or wanting to generate leads and sales, but not getting conversions on Facebook? You need to implement the 3 campaign system, layered into Awareness, Engagement, and Conversion. Word of mouth, whether on Facebook or in the […]
Google+ finally allows custom urls
I got a notification from Google: I just got mine today at: https://plus.google.com/+DennisYu The catch is that you have to phone verify: You get yours?
5 Things You Didn’t Know Gmail Could Do
This is a guest post by Tom Samph, Director of Content at Grovo Email takes up 28% of workers’ time. That’s about two hours and 14 minutes per every 8-hour workday. Emails are by far one of the biggest productivity killers in the workplace, along with mobile phones, and meetings to review meetings. If you’ve […]
Starbucks is not my office
When I left Yahoo! a few years ago, I prided myself on Starbucks being my office. Meet folks there, have a drink, and use the free wifi. It was in Silicon Valley, where tech folks meet for lots of coffee, though the elites may wish to mention Bucks, Il Fornaio, or other high-end VC hangouts. […]