Social Media far from being a fad
May 27th, 2010
Illinois Auto Insurance Agency reaching out to Social Media
Palatine, Illinois – Illinois State Insurance (ISIA) today announced new connection with an extra support for their current and new customers by Social Media sites such as Twitter, Facebook as well as Google Buzz.
This is the second vehicle Insurance Agency from Illinois that made the move towards consumer interaction over Social Network in past week and there is no doubt about it that more will follow their lead.
“The days of Yellow Pages advertising are long gone, it’s time that we remove unnecessary printouts, machines and go back to real-time consumer interaction, not just over the phone we must do this with Facebook and Twitter too” says Helen Pertini, PR Manager at Illinois State Insurance.
Social Media is most definitely not a fad.
About ISIA:
Established in 1997, ISIA specializes in all facets of Auto Insurance in Chicago and throughout the Illinois. Representing many Insurance Companies to make sure competitive pricing and greater choice to guarantee individualized coverage.
Contact:
Illinois State Insurance
1717 N Rand Rd
Palatine Illinois 60074
1-877-333-ISIA (4742)
http://illinoisstateinsurance.com
Social Media Hotter than ever
May 24th, 2010
Get ‘em while they’re hot
The Social Network is always one of the best advertising options, however now is the best time to use them at your advantage.
Every time when there is a big fuss about anything huge going on online, whether there is a Hollywood celebrity troubles or currently the Facebook Privacy Policy issues, people tend to interact more and spend more time on their favorite social media site around these “events”.
Good suggestion for better Twitter usage to get more hits on your bit.ly, goo.gl, is.gd or any other URL Shortener is to use hash in your tweets, i.e. #facebook, #yahoo, #google etc.
Using social sites even more when there is something going on with any of the big names out there you as Business or personal user you just tripled your changes of gaining more volume to whatever is that you are offering or promoting.
This does not mean that users should SPAM the social networking sites, it means that you must use the correct tools and steer “few” people towards your way.
Togetherville strikes on Facebook
May 24th, 2010
New Social Media Site just for families
Kids who are under the age of 13 are not allowed to be on Facebook, but that did not stop many of them from joining. Togetherville is a new social networking site created just for families where parents can create safe cyber environment for kids under 10 to play and socialize with the real-life friends and family they already know and trust.
“The adults take part directly,” said CEO and co-founder Mandeep Dhillon, whose kids are 8, 5 and 2. “Which is why this is not a digital babysitter.”
Families can have separated logins for their kids where there are no advertisements and different screens depending on who is logged in. Kids have games and pre-screened YouTube videos as well as other activities. Parents can also send virtual gifts to their children and check their online activities.
Togetherville is free to join and simple to use, one great community where families can interact online, best of all the account must be created by parents with no exceptions.
Togetherville is a fun, safe social site where kids under 10 can play games, create art, and learn new things, with you and people you know and trust there to supervise
To learn more about Togetherville visit their site at http://togetherville.com
Addicted to Social Media
April 28th, 2010
Students of Maryland University agreed to cut on social networking for 24 hours, not even use of computers or mobile phones
Recent study at the University of Maryland asked their students to go without use of websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz etc, in other words no connection with social media at all. However at the same time any use of internet or even computers including cellphones were forbidden as well.
From 200 participants from this study, students wrote 110,000 words on how they experienced 24 hour period without “connection” to the world. Basically all the participants simply hated to be “unplugged” from their friends, relatives and anyone else they interact with.
We were surprised by how many students admitted that they were ‘incredibly addicted’ to media,” noted the project director Susan D. Moeller, a journalism professor at the University of Maryland and the director of the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda which conducted the study. “But we noticed that what they wrote at length about was how they hated losing their personal connections. Going without media meant, in their world, going without their friends and family.
What this study showed is that student can be without television and without newspapers, however that is not the case with their personal gadgets such as notebooks or cellphones.
Google Buzz Unblocked
February 12th, 2010
You can’t block me now
Government agencies, businesses, schools many of them already migrated their e-mail services to Google’s Gmail. They all want more space, more reliability and better control over their e-mail hosting server. This is nothing new. According to Google over 6 million students already use Google Apps.
54% of U.S. companies block social media sites according to Robert Half Technology Survey. It’s not the first and the last time when Employers are using firewalls to block their workers from social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook or MySpace, well it’s time to change all that. Google Buzz is integrated into Gmail leaving Employers without option to block the access.
Will this be a sign or a message that we don’t need to be blocked? How about employers, will they realize the future and potential of social media sites? Well I really hope so, however it’s very early to say for sure.
