Archive for the ‘business’ Category
Mashable Weekend Recap: 12 Stories You May Have Missed
It's Monday morning, and you know what that means: It's time to rejoin the rat race. Make sure you have a head start by reviewing these news stories and resources you might have missed this Saturday and Sunday.This weekend, TwitterTwitter let a bug slip by that (for just a couple ...Read More
Facebook Acquires Web Publishing Startup Chai Labs
Facebook has acquired yet another small company. This time it's Chai Labs, a startup that helps other companies build search-friendly websites focused on specific topics. The All Things Digital blog BoomTown heard about the acquisition from "several sources" but wasn't able to confirm how much FacebookFacebook spent, so a ...Read More
7 Steps to Measuring Your Brand’s Social Media Health
Maria Ogneva is the Director of Social Media at Attensity, a social media engagement and voice-of-customer platform that helps the social enterprise serve and collaborate with the social customer. You can follow her on Twitter at @themaria or @attensity360, or find her musings on her personal blog and her company's ...Read More
25 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
If you've some catching up to do this weekend, we've got a list that's hot and fresh from the Mashable HQ kitchen. This is your one-stop shop for all the resources you might have missed.In the social media department, you'll find some useful tools to track those pesky TwitterTwitter unfollowers, ...Read More
Morning Brief: Foursquare Numbers, Bieber Scam, HTC Mystery Event
This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology.Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in ...Read More
5 Tips for Dealing with Complaints on Twitter
Megan Berry is Marketing Manager for Klout, the standard for online influence. She also blogs at The Huffington Post and Brazen Careerist. You can follow her on Twitter at @meganberry.Every business, blogger, and the rest of us on social media have experienced it: someone just called you out on TwitterTwitter ...Read More
Track Social Media Campaigns from Inside Microsoft Excel
Social media monitoring company RowFeeder has launched an analytics solution that gives marketers and brands the ability to monitor and measure social media data from inside Microsoft Excel.The product is built on Excel, so instead of simply exporting data, RowFeeder generates native Excel files with pre-populated charts, visualizations and pivot ...Read More
HootSuite Goes Freemium
HootSuite has just joined the ranks of websites like Flickr, Vimeo and Pandora: It's unveiled a freemium business model that's tiered and tailored for all kinds of users.As of today, all new users will have to select a plan during signup. Next week, all current users will have to migrate ...Read More
Morning Brief: HPOA Girl a Hoax, EFF Analyzes Google, Samsung Tablet on the Way
This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology.Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in ...Read More
Mashable Hosts #SummerMash in New York City [PHOTOS]
The Mashable team hosted its New York City stop on its 2010 U.S. Summer Tour Monday night. The event brought hundreds from the local community together for networking and prizes at the 92Y Tribeca. The Mashable NYC team was joined by Rachel Sklar, who interviewed event attendees and readers ...Read More