The Power of Emotion to Drive Purchase Intent Paul Chaney | Social Media Smarts | | | Two seemingly unrelated articles I ran across recently carried a single theme - convey emotion if you want your message heard and products purchased. The first focused on research that revealed images of women shared by brands on Facebook get more "likes," while images of men get more "shares." That made no sense until the author interpreted the results. He said most brand images of women show them wearing the product. Images of men, on the other hand, are cast in a different context... | NASA Launches Instagram Account, Robotic Research Mission Lisa Lacy | Social Media | | | One small step on a social media platform is one giant leap for Instagram. That's because NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, launched an official Instagram account on September 6 - a social profile it says will "take its fans on an out-of-this-world journey through images of Earth and beyond." According to a press release, with content including aeronautics, astrophysics, Earth science, and human spaceflight, the NASA account will provide a view of the agency... | Facebook Updates Promotion Policies Roger Katz | Social Media Smarts | | | Last week, Facebook announced some changes to its policies for running promotions (campaigns that require entry, registration, elements of chance, giveaways, etc.) on its platform. Contests and sweepstakes are a mainstay of social brand engagement, so these changes are of interest to all brands marketing on Facebook. A quick rundown: Facebook business pages can now collect promotion entries by having people post on the page, or comment/like a post. Pages can collect entries... | Everything You Need to Know About Social at #SESSF John Lee | Social Media Smarts | | | Fact: social conversation at last March's SES New York spiked so high that it overloaded a popular URL shortener for a few minutes. That's how you know this show isn't playing around when it comes to social. But with 80-plus sessions, 3,000-plus attendees, and even more thousands of tweets posted, it can be hard to map a social plan of action. But no worries. This post is designed to help you - the social marketer, or maybe someone just interested in social - get the most out of... | Pinterest Launches New York Fashion Week Hub Anna Lee | Social Media | | | Pinterest is making its official fashion week debut, teaming up with some of the biggest and brightest names in the industry to create its own virtual fashion hub. New York Fashion Week (NYFW) is kicking off next Thursday and the streets of New York City are going to be swarming with models, designers, editors, and celebrities as they make their way to countless shows and parties. 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