A Difficult Decision

Friday, 27 February 2009 , 20:32 | Category : Big Brands, social media
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Today, I laid someone off at our firm theKbuzz. I do believe letting someone go is hardest thing a company owner can ever do, and this move was quite painful. It was hard mostly because it really wasn’t our employee’s fault- we didn’t have the infrastructure in place to support him, and couldn’t give him [...]

Just as more of us embrace social media, so do the spam bots

Thursday, 26 February 2009 , 16:55 | Category : social networking
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After 5 weeks straight of free social media-related webinars, I thought it might be good to step back and remind us of some precautions to take while we’re jumping in headfirst. Unfortunately, the more people are attracted to these sites, the more spam and scam artists are attracted as well. When you first get [...]

TWEET- Our Philosophy

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 , 15:11 | Category : twitter, watch me Wednesday
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Trust building: Build Relationships
Wisdom: Learn from Industry Leaders and Your Customers
Ears Open: LISTEN! Monitor Conversation
Establish your Brand: Create a Strong Presence
Teach the World About What You Do
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Don’t forget about the mobile! Number of mobile users on social networks continues to climb

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 , 12:12 | Category : Buzzworthy
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The GSMA Mobile World Conference was last week in Barcelona, and it would seem that this year’s hot topic was not necessarily who had the hottest new model or accessory, but rather how mobile brands can continue to benefit from the increasing numbers of mobile users on social networking sites.  Myspace alone reported a quadrupling [...]

We hit 1,000 fans!

Monday, 23 February 2009 , 15:50 | Category : Facebook
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We know that 1,000 fans on Facebook may pale in comparison to Coca Cola or Barack Obama’s massive Facebook fan bases – but how many of THOSE pages gave away a $100 bill when they hit their first thousand? I guarantee you that not many did. Congrats to Fan #797!! Watch the [...]

25 Innovative Ways Companies are Using Twitter (That You May NOT Have Heard of Yet)

Friday, 20 February 2009 , 11:39 | Category : twitter
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A lot of people have been talking about Twitter lately, the social media site that brings users the conversation of right now. We’re even doing a free webinar on Twitter next week. If you’ve spent any time studying Twitter or on the site, you already know about @comcastcares, @jetblue, @zappos, etc. But what are smaller [...]

Change is coming! A new layout for Facebook pages and what it means for yours.

Thursday, 19 February 2009 , 14:00 | Category : Facebook
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A few days ago, Inside Facebook talked about Facebook’s plan to move its fan pages over to a new format as soon as within the next few weeks. The new format isn’t all that “new” anymore – it’s the current format for your personal profiles (a change which caused a huge stir last year [...]

can’t we be friends, mr zuckerberg?

Tuesday, 17 February 2009 , 16:22 | Category : Facebook, Guest Blogger
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david bowie stuttered it… ch-ch-ch-ch-changes…turn and face the strain
as we are all aware, by now, of the sudden surprise change in facebook’s terms of service, it is a fine time to reflect on the change and the reaction. ok, so facebook decides to modify its tos to where they “control” our content even if you [...]

Tweeter Getter- Making Twitter Better? No.

Monday, 16 February 2009 , 22:51 | Category : twitter
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Fooey.
I spend all this time trying to use twitter correctly, and in walks “Tweeter Getter“, a new system that supposedly gets you thousands of followers on Twitter through some kind of chain-mailish type thingamagig. There were some folks in my office who thought this was a good thing (I may even be married to one [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day and 2 Ways We’re Celebrating

Happy Valentine’s Day! We at theKbuzz hope your day is filled with lots of love, hugs and kisses. Here are promotions a couple of our clients are doing to celebrate!
1-800-Flowers.com is celebrating V-DAY and their brand new Facebook Page by offering 15% off of all items for Facebook fans only! Little Partners is [...]