Social Media and Social Bookmarking Sites for Web Designers
28 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
by reneuriegas in Social Media Tags: social media for designers, social media marketing, social media sites, social media tools, web designers
Social Media and Social Bookmarking sites for Wed Designers.
With this day and age being so focused around social media. It is important to make sure to have the latest social news and web resources for designers.
Those web designers who like social media will really enjoy this, those who do not will still find them useful. I found a good article that lists some useful social bookmarking and news sites that are focused toward designers.
One of the interesting bookmarking sites is called designbump. This site is a lot like reddit, digg and mixx. However, designbump contains the most recent material for designers. This site is also known to have quite a few of the famous designers in participation.
Image Spark is a unique bookmarking site because you do not bookmark websites but you bookmark images and pictures you find. It is more in a gallery style design which designers can get some inspiration for their own creations.
design:related is a community site for designers that seeks to bring them together. Designers can set up a portfolio on their site, then they share what is inspiring them, and submit news to which members can vote on. This site is a very good source for those seeking ideas and inspiration.
zaBox, Design Float, Graphic Design Links and the Web Blend are other quality social bookmarking sites for designers to use. Some contain illustrations, typography, web design and illustration. These all contain very useful information.
Pixel Groovy and Ffffound are other good bookmarking sites. Found is a collection of images and inspiration for designers and not web links. Pixel Groovy has a large amount of graphic design tutorials available. I think that these sites are all very informative and helpful for graphic designers seeking the news ideas and information available in their field.
To learn more about social media sites, check out other information by Rene Uriegas.
Facebook’s Most Recent Changes
29 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
by reneuriegas in Social Media Tags: facebook, facebook tools, social media connections, social media marketing, social media tools, Yahoo, yahoo email
Facebooks most recent changes.
Facebook Fan Pages are the first to change. Instead of you becoming a fan you now have to click that you like the promotional brand.
Stats show that people hit the like button two times more than they do become a fan. So now the fan wording and the like button will both give access to News Feed information from the promoting brand.
Another change is that Facebook statuses can now be updated through Yahoo Mail. You can also now import your Facebook friends information into your yahoo email address list. Now there will be a status update box that appears in your inbox for you to update. Also when someone emails you that is your Facebook friend, their profile picture will show in your email.
What does this mean for us. More features and more connectivity. Great!!!
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Using Social Media To Increase Small Business
22 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
by reneuriegas in Social Media Tags: social media and advertising, social media and small business, social media marketing, social media marketing strategy, social media platforms
Social media and small businesses
Social media can help small businesses grow when used properly. It can easily help to gain exposure if the business is not worried about what people may say and let it be.
It is best not to pitch things to people with social media but to post about building relationships. Opening a post saying that you are a new business trying to gain as many friends as possible is better than posting about your goods are services because more people will respond to the relationship gathering. Be real as much as possible. Try to have conversations with your friends, this will help to build rapport and greatly increase your chances of success with social media.
It is ok to post now and again about your services or what is new in your company but don’t base every post on just that. Have some fun with your customers and let them know that you care.
People will tweet or post about your services as well. This is free advertisement for you that you do not have to pay ad costs for. Hurray! Just another way that social media can help your business grow. Customers are more likely to come to you from the suggestions of their family and friends than an ad they read somewhere.
This video goes into how to use Twitter for small businesses. Check it out.
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Is Social Media On Its Way Out?
23 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
by reneuriegas in Social Media Tags: facebook, Social Media, social media marketing, social networking, social networking sites, twitter
Is Social Media slowing down…
I don’t think so! Recent data released shows that more time is being spent on social sites like Twitter and Facebook now more than ever. It even says that the regular user spends more than five hours on social networking sites in December alone.
Facebook is showing a wopping over 200 million users which takes up over 60% of the social networking communities.
It seems without surprise that the United States is the home of the most social network connectors clocking in at a huge over 140 million people. You can see more about these numbers, here.
I read a post today stating that even your large and small resorts are pouring tons of money into social media this year in order to boost their image and reach out to different demographics. Here is one by Vail Resorts for you to view.
I mean did you ever think you could see what some 1000 of your friends are doing in one day or how many times you may see @Rene in a sentence. Welcome to the world of social media. Hold on to your hats because it aint over yet!
What is Social Media and What Does That Mean to Me?
16 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
by reneuriegas in Social Media Tags: business, Internet marketing, marketing, products, services, Social Media, social media marketing
Many people in the world aren’t quite sure what social media is or what it stands for. To me it represents accountability for business owners and customer recommendations to build product brands. I found this video this afternoon and it says a lot about how social media is growing in today’s world. If you don’t come on board, then you may be left behind!
Learn all you can about social media from this site recommended by Rene Uriegas. Join today’s world one step at a time!
