INFOGRAPHIC: LinkedIn Vs Facebook what's best for B2B?

Facebook is the undisputed social media leader with a massive user base, however LinkedIn has been more of niche in the area of professional social network. So what's the best option for B2B marketing? See for yourself on the Infographic the difference between what sets LinkedIn apart from Facebook and vice-versa for B2B marketing.

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VIDEO: Microsoft's Take On Google's Products!

The classic battle between Microsoft and Google has taken a bad shape with this video. Googlighting, a video that takes numerous hits on Google's business products like doc and excel. This video tried to highlight the loop holes that Google docs have and their approach of changing its features as they see a need.

The serious question is, how healthy is this practice of directly undermining the competition rather than highlighting ones own product offerings?? What do you think??



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Article: Why are Retailers shutting their Facebook Stores?

Last April, Gamestop Corp.opened a store on Facebook to generate sales among the 3.5 million-plus customers who’d declared themselves “fans” of the video game retailer. Six months later, the store was quietly shuttered.

Read more on Mashable to know more

INFOGRAPHIC: How to utilize Social Media for Business

Social Media has been widely accepted ans used by business / brands all over the world. In this Infographic you will see how to use the different social platforms for your business / brand.

79% of companies expect that their investment in social media sites is all set to increase rapidly.

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VIDEO: Gumroad - Selling Things Online Wasn't This Easy!

In the current e-commerce or re-commerce market there is clearly a gap which is attracting heads from the silicon valley to invest in their ideas which are simple to use and easy to execute. Gumroad, a re-commerce site started by a young entrepreneur Sahil Lavingia, an ex-Pinterest guy, leveraged on his idea of easy selling products and started this website.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Fake Vs Real people on Facebook

So how do you identify a Fake Facebook account from a real person? In this Infographic you will some general characteristics of a Fake account, spammers are using the social media sites to greater extent to exploit the innocent users by posting links and other messages on their profile and onto their friends profile.

Learn to recognise these fake people on Facebook to avoid being a target of the spammers. Some generic characteristics of these fake accounts are:

* 97% of fake profiles are created using women’s names, and 58 percent claim to be interested in both men and women.

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Flickr: Putting On Pinterest Skin!

Somebody seems to be really inspired with Pinterest and its easy to use UI. Flickr on its way to increase its user engagement and this how they plan to do. They're rolling out some serious design changes to the photostream, justifying view, better uploading feature and much more.

For more information on the changes read here : Mashable

INFOGRAPHIC: Twitter Timeline

The power of 140 characters has changed the way brands market and connect with their customers. In this Infographic you will see the journey of Twitter from the original idea in 2001 named stat.us to its journey till June 1, 2011. The important milestones and changes in the Twitter Interface and more.

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VIDEO: Facebook IPO

Facebook recorded the biggest IPO for any technology company, the most impressive part is the net income of Facebook which stood at $1 billion. Mark Zuckerberg has become the 9th richest person in the world and many of the employees of Facebook will become millionaires overnight. More on the Video below.



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INFOGRAPHIC: Generation Y and Facebook

Generation Y are the ones who are actively using Facebook constituting a major chuck of Facebook users world wide. In this Infographic you will see some apparent trends of the Generation Y who use Facebook. Check the Infographic to see similarities if you belong to Generation Y!.

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SLIDESHOW: An Interest In Pinterest?

Ok, so there's quite a lot of buzz about the latest social media kid on the block, Pinterest. It seems that Pinterest is driving more traffic than Google+ in some cases and it's active user base has crossed 10 million. This interesting slideshow aptly titled "An Interest in Pinterest" goes over some interesting info about Pinterest!

Source: Stephen Davies SlideShare channel

INFOGRAPHIC: Who's who of Social Media

Social Media has been the eye candy for the new generation marketers to maximize their brands visibility. There are multiple social media platforms to choose from, but how does a business decide on the right platform for their business? In the Infographic below you will see the Who's who in the social media space. What is the uniqueness of these platforms and for what purpose these platforms can be used for and who is using these social media platforms.

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SLIDESHOW: Encouraging numbers from LinkedIn's Q4 results

Going through this short slideshow gives you confidence that LinkedIn is increasing users, increasing revenue and increasing profits. The numbers for unique visitors, page views, No. of members are all increasing. Something else we liked about this slideshow is the detailed break up of revenue by product, geography and channel. Have a look below.

Source: LinkedIn Slideshare Channel

VIDEO: Work at Twitter

Here is a fun video on the work culture at Twitter! If you are looking to work with a multi-national company here is what Twitter work culture looks like. Twitter being one of the fastest growing social platform is certain to attract some bright minds from across the globe.



Source: Twitter