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by Devin Sugameli
Have you ever spent hours writing what you expect to be your greatest work, only to bemoan the utter lack of visits to your blog post 24 hours later? Wonder why you just can’t seem to break 100 RTs, or even 50? It might be that your content just isn’t as great as [...]

by Kristen Malzone
Two weeks ago, Conan O’Brien launched a personal Twitter account. It has received quite a lot of buzz in the Twittersphere. He has only tweeted 19 times and already has over 600,000 followers.
On March 5th, Conan tweeted:
“I’ve decided to follow someone at random. She likes peanut butter and gummy dinosaurs. Sarah Killen, your [...]

By: Shannon Aronin

Back in the early 90s, many of us enjoyed the PBS show Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Today’s technology would have made the gumshoes job a whole lot easier.
Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, now Google Buzz, and even Twitter allow users to announce to the world their exact location, right down to latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates. What [...]

by Kristen Malzone
Since its debut 8 years ago, American Idol has arguably been one of the most interactive shows on television. This season, Fox is taking it to the next level. Ryan Seacrest announced yesterday that all of the top 24 contestants will have individual Fan Pages on Facebook, Twitter streams, and MySpace profiles.

But, what [...]

In today’s Watch Me Wednesday video, we show you what it’s like to be a Buzz Builder @theKbuzz.
We are now accepting applications for Summer and Fall semesters. Apply to be a Buzz Builder and learn more here:

http://facebook.com/BuzzBuilders

Lyrics:
by Topher Van Cleave
Hey there sugar baby
Saw you checking your Facebook
Your Twitter backgrounds awesome
So is mine so take [...]

By Dave Kerpen
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of social media, you’ve seen “Follow us on Twitter” everywhere and you’ve probably joined Facebook yourself. Just in case you’re not convinced of the seismic shift in marketing and communications currently underway, take a few minutes to watch this video, from Socialnomics author Erik [...]

By Shannon Aronin 
On Saturday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs joined “the Twitter.”

Now tweeting from the @PressSec account, his follower count on Saturday grew by more than 1,000 per hour. By Monday morning he put out his third tweet and was up to 18,000 followers. I guess people really want to hear what Robert Gibbs has [...]

It’s the moment Vancouver’s been waiting for. Today marks the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics. We’re all waiting to see the special moments that will separate these Games from all the others. If you don’t have time to follow the Olympians’ moments on the slopes or on the rink, you can follow them on [...]

by Devin Sugameli
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you may be scratching your head trying to think of the perfect gift for that special someone. And with Valentine’s Day’s falling on a Sunday this year, you’ll be hard-pressed to find flower and candy companies that offer delivery on the holiday. Luckily for you, we’ve [...]

By: Shannon Aronin & Dave Kerpen

Given the buzz Pepsi’s Refresh Project generated by NOT participating in the Super Bowl and instead donating ad spend to charity, we expected the Big Game ads to be pretty heavy in social content. Overall, we were disappointed. At nearly $3 million for 30 seconds, what a waste when brands [...]