Social media update: 25th January 2013

25 Jan

Hi all,

This week we’ve had some exciting launches including Google+ Jobs, check out a new app called Vine and don’t forget that Community Manager Appreciation Day is on Monday 28th January!

Read on to find out the latest this week.

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Discussion/ research:

  1. It’s probably time to bring social media eduction to schools – what do you think? (via @socialmedia2day)
  2. Facts about mobile commerce in the UK (via @econsultancy)
  3. Social media facts for 2012 (via @socialbakers)

Facebook:

  1. Privacy updates to Facebook (via @socialmedia2day)
  2. The lowdown on Facebook Graph Search (via @wearesocial)
  3. Buy items on Facebook by commenting using Soldsie (via @springwise)

Google/ Twitter/ tops tips: 

  1. Google lets you apply with one click (via @techradar) 
  2. What do you think about Google Glass? (via @mashable)
  3. Top tips for starting social media marketing (via @socialmediaexaminer) 

Other news:

  1. Tesco’s get themselves into more trouble after the horsemeat issue! (via @guardian) 
  2. Gamification examples in ecommerce (via @econsultancy)
  3. 2013 – the year we go beyond the ‘like’ (via @econsultancy)

Cool apps/ websites:

  1. Do you remember Path? (via @theverge) 
  2. How to use Vine (via @mashable)

This week’s quote:

I don’t see anything on the new Myspace music platform that you can’t do elsewhere.” –Brenda Fiala of Blast Radius, as quoted by Bloomberg Businessweek

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