How to Get a Verified Account on Twitter| How to Get Blue Verified Badge ?
Wouldn’t it be cool if you had that white check mark in a blue cloud on your Twitter profile? If you get one, it means you hold a “verified account.” Twitter uses verification to establish the authenticity of tweeters, and does so proactively—they concentrate on “highly sought users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, […]
Twitter Shares Soar to Record on Optimism for Mobile-Ad Growth
Twitter Inc., the microblogging service that held its initial public offering last month, rose to a record for a third trading day amid optimism that the company has room to expand sales in digital advertising. Twitter jumped 8.4% to $69.96 at the close in New York after rising 7.5% yesterday. The stock has surged 169% […]
Tailored Tweets, Coming to a Country Near You
Twitter offers a large target for marketers hoping to drive home a specific message — and its accuracy is improving. A new tool, offered through Twitter’s API, allows marketers to send targeted tweets to specific geographic locations. For example, a brand could send a tweet to followers in the United States and a separate tweet […]
Twitter Arrives on TV in India
Technology and platform convergence is the next big thing that businesses are looking for –- whether it be mobile and Internet or Internet and TV. It’s all about a revenue stream for the future. Airtel Digital TV, an arm of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel, revealed Monday that it has integrated Twitter with its digital […]
Facebook Average Referral Traffic to Media Sites Up 170% This Year
Flexing its muscles as a public-facing forum, Facebook reported Monday that the average referral track from Facebook to media sites jumped 170% last year. Facebook also disclosed that from September 2012 to September 2013, Time’s referral traffic rose 208%, BuzzFeed’s increased by 855% and Bleacher Report experienced a boost of 1,081%. Facebook also announced a […]
When Facebook Was Down, Brands Pounced – Social Media Marketing
Facebook experienced widespread service disruptions for much of Monday morning, which prevented users from posting and engaging with posts on the social network. While the outage may have been a headache for Facebook and many users, some brands decided to turn it into a marketing opportunity — for better or worse: #Facebookdown Grab your Venus […]
