Social Media

Social media strategies for engaging with readers and advertisers.

Ten tips for more effective Tweets

Ten tips for more effective Tweets

A brief boot camp for publishers who want to give good tweet.

How will location-based services play out for publishers?

How will location-based services play out for publishers?

Location-based services are all the rage ― except most people don't use them.

Is social media optimization part of your digital toolkit?

Is social media optimization part of your digital toolkit?

Web publishers that have tuned their websites for search engines are now discovering benefits in optimizing their digital content for social media as well. Technology from a startup called Gigya enables publishers to integrate authentication and content sharing across multiple social media platforms. Another startup, Janrain, has released a new feature for its user-management platform that captures users’ social profile data, giving publishers more insights into the activities and behaviors of their audience.

Janrain launches service to capture users' social data

Janrain launches service to capture users' social data

Publishers have a new option for collecting audience profile information.

Publishers turn to Facebook for community-building

Publishers turn to Facebook for community-building

A Facebook fan page was once considered a branding experiment, but more media companies are tapping into the site as a community forum.

Why LinkedIn's acquisition of mSpoke is good for publishers

Why LinkedIn's acquisition of mSpoke is good for publishers

What LinkedIn's acquisition of mSpoke potentially means for publishers and content creators.

What's good for bloggers is good for publishers

Why all your reporters should be blogging and social networking.
 

Social engagement could help the bottom line

Social engagement could help the bottom line

Panelists at the recent Supernova Forum in Philadelphia offered plenty of optimism about making money through social engagement. It might take a shift in mindset, but some media companies are finding opportunities in the increasingly audience-involved world.

Twitter users prefer online ads to paid content: USC Annenberg study

Twitter users prefer online ads to paid content: USC Annenberg study

The 2010 USC Annenberg Digital Future Study finds that twitter users would prefer to see Web advertising than pay for content.

BuzzLogic aims to make blog ads more engaging ― and more profitable

BuzzLogic aims to make blog ads more engaging ― and more profitable

Advertising platform provider launches an interactive ad widget.