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Working from home can be a blessing and a curse. Many in the world of social media work out of their homes; in fact, I’d be willing to bet that most blogs are written by someone wearing bunny [...]

Facebook just announced a bunch of changes that will affect the visibility of brands and the engagement users have with brands. Here are some key elements to keep in mind. Timeline Facebook [...]

Social media is affecting the world in big ways, both good and bad. Just a few years ago, news didn’t travel as quickly as it now does through Twitter, Facebook, news aggregators, etc. [...]

Are you in a restaurant rut? Hungry, but not sure where to go? Often, hitting the old neighborhood standby, with its familiar menu—maybe even a waiter who knows your name—can be the path of least [...]

Unsurprisingly, Facebook’s top branded fan page is…Facebook’s own Facebook page, now at around 40 million fans. Last month, a few more surprising brands made it into the top 50, including: [...]

Social Media moves at a remarkably fast pace, meaning that just one month in social media time can lead to stunning new developments, including new tools that allow you to save both time and [...]

Do you like things? That is, do you often, or even sometimes, “like” the news story, music video, picture or status that your Facebook friend has posted? Chances are, you’ve “liked” something in [...]

Since we’ve recently highlighted a few of our favorite social media case studies, this week we thought we’d bring attention to some top social media agencies and what they are doing. These are [...]

Simon Mainwaring’s new book is called We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World. In opposition to the “me first” mentality that has informed so [...]

This is a repost from my blog on The New Agency. It’s a bit of an experiment in reclaiming the first page of Google from a “reputation flamer.” I’m interested to see how [...]