etting around a social media site is not always easy. For some users, it’s a matter of getting used to social media. For others, the issue is keeping up with constant updates and changes to features, privacy settings, and account specifications. This, of course, is why social media cheat sheets exist.Cheat sheets are basically infographics that can give a user a simple rundown of various features and how to use them. Here’s a roundup of great cheat sheets for the most popular social networking sites.
All posts by Pierre
Facebook Tab Engagement Down 53% Since Timeline Launch
Facebook’s Timeline redesign profoundly altered the appearance and the function of brand Pages.It’s also significantly affected the degree to which fans interact with tabs, which point you to different content at the top of the Page.According to data provided to Mashable by PageLever, tab engagement has dropped off 53% since brand Pages began adopting Timeline.
Why Are B2B Social Media Firms So Hot?
The Great Cash-Out got under way in May when Oracle paid $300 million for Vitrue, a cloud-based firm that mans social media communications for McDonald’s, American Express and Gillette, among others. Oracle followed that acquisition by gobbling up social media monitoring firm Collective Intellect for an undisclosed sum in early June.
Meanwhile, Salesforce.com paid $745 million for Buddy Media, a Vitrue competitor that counts Ford Motor and Hewlett-Packard among its clients. Soon after, reports circulated that Microsoft was interested in buying Yammer, a provider of a Facebook-type solution for businesses, for $1 billion or so. Just last week, the smallish Syncapse bought a smaller social media firm, Clickable. That flurry of activity came after Adobe bough Efficient Frontier, another player in the social CRM space, back in November. Don’t expect things to die down, either — the latest industry rumor is that Facebook is going to buy Wildfire Interactive.
Social Media-Connected Teens Seek Time Offline [STUDY]
Today’s American teenagers are digital natives — connected to the Internet since youth. About 75% of 13 to 17-year-olds have personal social networking accounts. Since 2008, there has been a huge spike in teenage connectivity; only 59% of teens were on social media four years ago.
Despite seeing “racist, sexist and homophobic content” online, teenagers view social media networks positively. A national survey of 1,030 13-to-17-year-old individuals, conducted by Common Sense Media, reveals teenage perceptions of their digital lives.
Do Share, Google Plus Post Scheduling | Social Media Services and Resources | Tweet Philadelphia
Twitter has many third party software clients that let users draft posts and share them later. And now another sign that Google Plus is growing—it has its , a Chrome extension, for drafting and scheduling posts. Welcome Do Share, and thanks to it’s creator, Joel Califa. Many of us love Google Plus because it has a member base as intelligent as what can be found on Twitter, but it is a very visually based social network (heck, photographers are the “rock stars” if you look for who’s getting the +1s).
via Do Share, Google Plus Post Scheduling | Social Media Services and Resources | Tweet Philadelphia.
Public Speaking: What are some great public speaking tips one can pick up from watching Barack Obama? – Quora
What are some great public speaking tips one can pick up from watching Barack Obama?
How the Arab World Uses Facebook and Twitter [INFOGRAPHICS]
Social media has been often touted for the role it played in the popular uprisings that have spread across the Arab world since December 2010. Despite the buzz, you may be surprised that only 0.26% of the Egyptian population, 0.1% of the Tunisian population and 0.04% of the Syrian population are active on Twitter.
Of all the countries in North Africa and the Middle East, Twitter is most popular in Kuwait, where 8.6% of the population is active users, defined as those who tweet at least once per month. Facebook’s more popular throughout the region. In its most popular country, the U.A.E., some 36.18% of the population is on Facebook.
Khaled ElAhmad (who goes by the Internet alias Shusmo) created these two infographics, exploring Facebook and Twitter trends in the Arab world, using Visual.ly. His data comes from a Dubai School of Government report on Arab Social Media.
via How the Arab World Uses Facebook and Twitter [INFOGRAPHICS].
Visualising quantitative data | Feature | .net magazine
Matthew Scharpnick of Elefint Designs explains how his agency created the infographics for .net magazine’s Web Design and Development Survey 2012
One of my favourite things about infographics and data visualisations is that they simultaneously make a subject more interesting and increase your understanding of the material. In our last tutorial, How to Create Great Infographics, we worked primarily with qualitative data, describing the purpose and process of a nonprofit organisation. This time around we looked at purely quantitative data, digging into insights in the survey .net magazine conducted of its audience of developers. While many of the processes are similar for qualitative and quantitative infographics, there are a few key differences that we can see in this recap of how we created these infographics.
via Visualising quantitative data | Feature | .net magazine.
Why do YouTube views freeze at 301? – YouTube
Numberphile pays a visit to YouTube and learns the secret behind one of the website’s famous idiosyncrasies – why view counts on new videos often freeze at 301
Moms Are Biggest Brand Boosters on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
Moms lead the pack when comes to liking brands on Facebook, according to a recent survey by Burst media. Fifty eight percent of moms follow or like brands on social media sites.
The survey showed that moms are the group of consumers most likely to follow their favorite brands on social media. It also found that 2 in 3 readers learn about brands via “likes” from blogs, with moms and 18-34-year-olds particularly influenced by brand mentions. Sixty-six percent of blog readers answered that a promotion by a blogger influences their purchase decisions online.
The survey, provided by Burst Media, uncovered some other interesting stats: 49% of respondents are loyal to brands online and occasionally “like” or follow a brand on social media sites. The most common reason people gave for “liking” their favorite brands online? — “To show support for it.”
via Moms Are Biggest Brand Boosters on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC].