Social Media 101

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  • Twitter Knew Bin Laden Was Dead Before CNN: How the News Was Broken

    This past Sunday night, 56.5 million Americans stayed up until 11:35 p.m. EST to watch US President Barack Obama’s 9 minute speech confirming the death of Osama Bin Laden, making it the most watched presidential address in nearly a decade. But President Obama’s speech wasn’t the beginning or the end of the explosion of news…

  • It’s Finally Here!: Behold The Apple iPad 2

    Beginning at 5PM local time, the much anticipated iPad 2 will be on sale across the U.S. at Apple stores (236 to be exact), AT&T & Verizon stores, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, and other Apple-Authorized Resellers. Additionally, customers can order their iPad 2 at Apple.com starting at 1AM PT/4AM ET on March 11th. Furthermore, Apple…

  • Hashable: Keeping Track Of Your Relationships

    Let’s face it.  Business cards are out of style.  People are no longer buying fancy business cards and handing them out for people to put in their rolodex.  Come on, it’s 2011 people, it’s time for a better way to track your business and social relationships in a more efficient and beneficial way.  Hashable is…

  • Why is About.me so Important?

    About.me is a single site with access to all your personal social media site information(Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Formspring, etc) and analytics on who comes to visit and what they read about you. Any user can figure out exactly who comes to look at their data. About.me allows users to personalize their own page by…

  • Can’t shake the never ending Facebook trail? Here’s a suggestion.

    As we all know Facebook has taken over the internet.  It is currently the second most visited site and has roughly 500 million users.  With all the publicity and success that Facebook has had, they have also had a significant amount of backlash from users about privacy concerns.  So what can you do? The first…

  • Visualizing Friendships

    You probably use Facebook primarily to talk to people you know. However, many of these people may live in different parts of the country, or even different continents.

  • Got Questions? Need answers? Just ask Quora!

    So you’re probably sitting there thinking to yourself, “What’s the difference between Quora and the numerous other online question or information sites?”  Well there are actually several.  Quora is a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by all the users of the site. credit You can search specific questions, people,…

  • Free Shipping Day is the New Cyber Monday

    Free Shipping Day is the New Cyber Monday

    Cyber Monday outpaced Black Friday in 2009 as THE holiday shopping day by nearly $300 million in sales. Most holiday shopping surveys predict further growth this year. Forrester Research estimates total sales will increase 16 percent this yea and an Accenture survey found more than 70 percent of consumers plan to do a portion of…

  • Interview: findmyaccident.com

    Interview: findmyaccident.com

    We recently got the chance to talk with Justin Schneider and the team from findmyaccident.com (FMA). Their site serves up interactive accident reports and resources across the country. In doing so, they’re taking advantage of a host of social media techniques. Read on to learn about how the idea developed, and get a glimpse at…

  • Prevent Drunk Posts with Webroot’s Social Media Sobriety Test

    Prevent Drunk Posts with Webroot’s Social Media Sobriety Test

    “Nothing good happens online after 1am.” . . . So, clearly, we’re all very much in need of this funny sobriety test brought to us by Internet security provider Webroot. Offered as a browser add-on compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explore, and Safari, the Social Media Sobriety Test, when enabled, requires that you pass a…

  • Welcome

    Welcome to socialmedia101.org, social media education for the masses.  More to come.