Monthly Archives: March 2012

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FAVE RECAP: 6 things you need to know about tech and social this week

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Time for your FAVE recap and mine… It’s what’s hot in tech and social.

Listen, I know you’re busy. When I first started this blog I considered making the tagline, “Putting in the man hours so you don’t have to.” I enjoy doing this research and I want to make it as easy as possible for you to always be in-the-know on all things social. If you read nothing else this week, this run down will keep your social and tech IQ above the rest. Rest easy, busy one, I’ve got your back.

Go ahead and copy and paste your favorite links and send them to your boss, co-workers, peers. They’ll remember (in case they forgot) what a rockstar you are. (Or you can always forward a copy of this post.)

 

  1. LoopInsight reports that Apple’s new iPhoto for iOS has hit 1 million users in the 10 days from its launch
  2. Justin Bieber is the first Instagram user to reach 1 million followers. Never say never Beliebers.
  3. Hipstamatic and Instagram team up for photo sharing.
  4. Apple sells 3 MILLION new iPads in less than four days
  5. Facebook and Twitter aren’t a major source of traffic for news websites says the State of the News Media 2012.
  6. Twitter says it has 140 million users pumping out 340 million tweets perday, celebrates its sixth birthday and launches Promoted Tweets to mobile users.



By the by, I still have two giveaways going on. You can win a new iPad or three pairs of Warby Parker glasses.

photo credit: ~Ilse via photopin cc

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GEEK CHIC: @Tracky and @PRsarahevans are giving away @WarbyParker glasses!

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We’re back with ANOTHER awesome giveaway. This time my friends at Tracky and I are giving three (yes, three) pairs of geek chic Warby Parker glasses to three lucky people. Your choices include regular glasses, sunglasses and the oh so chic monocle.

The countdown is on. Tracky is about to launch its social collaboration software on March 27th in Las Vegas. I’ll be there as an Advisory Board member, cheering them on. To celebrate with all my virtual friends we’re doing some geeky giveaways to promote the launch.

We still have the NEW iPad up for grabs and now we’re giving away my new FAVE glasses from Warby Parker.

Why do I care so much? Because I know that Tracky is going to be a game changer. Really. I wouldn’t put my name to it if I didn’t think so.

Tracky helps people and companies organize all of their to do’s, work projects and social connections in a single, easy-to-use dashboard – from planning a wedding to launching an international brand. They’ve put together the most popular types of productivity and collaboration tools into one (amazing) platform, including:

  • To-do lists
  • Shared calendars
  • Live chat
  • Task management
  • Social accountability
  • Cloud-based file sharing
  • Community building



Where else can you work on a project with someone real-time, tweet a comment from the dialogue, check off a task list and add something to Outlook? The answer is NOWHERE, except for Tracky.

Thanks for letting me share my excitement with you. Now, how to win those goggles:


a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway will award three random participants with three pairs of any combination of Warby Parker glasses. Plus it’s going to help Tracky get users, followers and spread the message of a better way to collaborate. The more actions you take, the more entries you get, increasing your chances of winning.

You can spend the rest of the day thinking about the three pairs you’ll select if you win!

Welcome to Tracky from Tracky on Vimeo.

Connect. Collaborate. Done. Welcome to Tracky.

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FAVE TWITTER: Advertisers can now target Promoted Tweets to mobile users

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That’s right. Twitter’s Promoted Tweets are on a mobile device near you. Advertisers, take note.

Twitter officially launched Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts on iOS and Android devices. That means an entirely new opportunity for advertisers. Promoted Tweets will appear to “users that share similar interests .”

They also added new targeting options so brands can target their campaigns specifically to desktop computers and laptops, iOS, Android, and other mobile devices. If you just launched a mobile app, looks like this is a great fit. Target people where they would actually use your product.
Need more info? Here is Twitter’s official post.
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FAVE SOCIAL: 4 subreddits you’ll learn a lot from (or at least keep you entertained)

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Memes, I mean content is king on reddit. There’s a lot of free knowledge floating around over there. These are few places I go to glean new info.

4. One of my FAVE subreddits to stalk is Life Pro Tips. 

You’ll learn things like:

 

3. How to do almost anything. I mean it. Anything.

Like:

 

2. Need more news headlines? There’s a subreddit for that. Check out World News (non-US).

You’ll see headlines like:

 

1. Probably my FAVE subreddit. Have a question…about anything? Ask Reddit  is the place for that.

Check out gems like:

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FAVE WEB APP: Craftmonkey lets Etsy sellers easily create and send email newsletters

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Craftmonkey is a free web application that lets you crafty mc-crafterson Etsy sellers connect your shops to your MailChimp accounts to send out sweet email newsletters.

Looking for ways to boost your sales on Etsy or just stay in touch with current customers? Building up your email database and regularly communicating with them doesn’t hurt. I’m not talking about hourly email spam that eventually makes people want to hunt you down. I’m talking about useful, thoughtful content sent to people who like what you’re peddling.

You don’t have to create and manage an email list you say? I say rubbish (I must be channeling British Sarah today). There’s a (web) app for that. With Craftmonkey all you need to do is connect your Mailchimp account, drag and drop images and throw in your (thoughtful) copy. It doesn’t hurt to have a few email addresses on hand in order to send your latest work of art.

Made by the nice people over at Social Glu, they make creating and tracking newsletters as exciting as your crafts.

Here’s how it works:

  • Create a MailChimp account (or use your existing one)
  • Connect with Etsy shop using Craftmonkey
  • Pick a template, add photos of your products, write a bit of text and send away!

They’re also on Twitter:  @hiCraftMonkey.