By Mike Lewis | January 27, 2012

We all wish we had a crystal ball we can consult whenever we need to peek into the future.  Short of offering our peers that magic crystal, we connected with some of the best and brightest to ask them to predict what 2012 has in store for us.  We compiled the collective wisdom of 34 renowned experts in the field of strategy, marketing and technology in our free eBook: 2012 Social Marketing New Media Predictions.  We asked about the top

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By Mike Lewis | January 28, 2012

If you are looking for information on Facebook marketing, John Haydon literally wrote the book on it, as co-author of the soon-to-be released Facebook Marketing for Dummies (3rd edition). He is also a regular contribution to the Huffington Post, an instructor at MarketingProfs University, and co-founder of 501 Mission Place and SocialBrite.  We sat down with John to discuss Facebook marketing in anticipation of our upcoming free webinar

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By Erik Qualman | 11 hours ago

This video from Microsoft takes a quick look at what the future may look like from a mobile and technology perspective. Wouldn’t it be nice to have these devices? Or does it make the world too impersonal?

Posted in Featured, Mobile, Video | Tagged future of mobile, mobile future, mobile video

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The thought that is beginning to permeate everyone’s mind these days, including experts in the technology field, is ‘what happens to my digital life when I die’?

Leading technologists are starting to consider this issue a priority because the use of the Internet and other online services have boomed in the past few years, and nobody really has a clear policy of what to do with all of this ‘stuff’ when someone dies, especially unexpectedly.

You can see the What Happens Online When You Die Infographic here

One

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The year 2011 witnessed a chaotic war in the mobile-device industry. Where the dominance of Android devices has been wounded by Apple’s lawsuits, tablets and 4G devices are the next big investments. The progressing year is geared-up with some kick-ass innovations for the mainstream mobile technology.

Tablets have become the new age devices, and the race of dominance is on. Smart phones have entered the contest of the “Cheap and Best”. The leaders in mobile-device industry have focused their attention towards changing the trends of technology. Here’s a list of the top five predictions, which is likely to interest everyone with

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The explosion of social networking sites has redefined how companies are approaching their online presence.  In many ways, social media has become an art of engagement for businesses that want to successfully maneuver within today’s changing consumer landscape. Brands are now, more than ever, directly connected to their customers via the social voice of the consumer. Tweets, likes, dislikes, comments, etc., play a very important role in brand marketing strategies. With this expanding social networking footprint, there is now an opportunity for brands to obtain direct and measurable real-time consumer feedback for brands to understand their positioning within the community.

However, it is

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Of the $4.3 Billion in quarterly profit that Apple reported for 2010′s Q4, over $1 Billion came from iTunes sales.*

Seth Godin’s latest book Poke the Box (Read a Summary) encourages provocation – challenging long held beliefs or accepted practices.  Seth (and others) suggest we need to re-examine our “boxes” and relish the opportunity to reinvent them.  I’m looking forward to reading it because, personally,  I think the box is dead.  And at the same time, more important than ever before.  Let me explain…

It dawned on me the other day when I did a quick inventory

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