Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Analysis: Facebook's algorithm changes show it's still in control

Analysis: Facebook's algorithm changes show it's still in control | What Twitter is doing to spark conversation | Why Sprint released its new ad to a single Twitter fan
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December 4, 2013
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Analysis: Facebook's algorithm changes show it's still in control
Facebook's upgraded news-feed algorithm might mean users see higher-quality content, writes Ezra Klein. But it also means that what's high quality will be decided by Facebook's own changing priorities, highlighting the difficulty faced by brands hoping to craft Facebook-friendly content and marketing strategies. "This gets to the downside of writing content designed to go viral on Facebook: You're at the mercy of Facebook's engineers," Klein writes. The Washington Post (tiered subscription model)/WonkBlog (12/3)
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What Twitter is doing to spark conversation
Twitter is running a series of low-key experiments in a bid to get users to actively tweet and send messages rather than just reading messages sent by others. Some users have reported seeing tweaks to Twitter's mobile application, to the way the service displays connected messages and to the way unread messages are highlighted. "Twitter is clearly trying to get people to talk to each other and interact more; to converse rather than broadcast," Mat Honan writes. Wired.com (12/4)
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Why Sprint released its new ad to a single Twitter fan
Leo Burnett in Chicago has created another ad for its Sprint campaign in which James Earl Jones and Malcolm McDowell read mundane phone and text exchanges. The ad didn't debut on television, however -- it was first released via the Twitter timeline of a fan, Danielle Gray, who had previously tweeted how she liked the commercials. "We wanted to do something around what really matters to people and celebrate everything they do," said Mark Skroch of DigitasLBi, which is handling social media for the campaign. Advertising Age (free access for SmartBrief readers) (12/4)
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Study: Engagement tactics thrive on social media
Social media interactions that require brands to engage with customers are the most effective tools for building brand awareness and retaining customers, according to a recent survey of marketers by ExactTarget. While only 34% of Facebook marketers said they answer customer service questions on public pages, 69% reported this as an effective marketing tool. Seventy percent said prize giveaways requiring users to click a "like" button were effective, while 42% said the same of promotions that give users discounts or rewards in return for sharing with their networks. eMarketer (12/2)
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The Takeaway
Twitter is winning the social media rap battle
Twitter is the most-rapped-about social network, according to a RapStats analysis of hip-hop lyrics. Twitter overtook Myspace a few years ago, and now stands head-and-shoulders above its rivals. Instagram and Facebook round out the top three. All Things D (12/3)
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The darkest timeline for social media outfits is the one in which they're the beneficiaries of a collective-action problem that Facebook will soon solve."
-- Ezra Klein, writing in The Washington Post's WonkBlog
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 Andy Sernovitz, Editor at Large
Andy Sernovitz is the New York Times best-selling author of "Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking" and the blog "Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That!" He runs WordofMouth.org, where marketers and entrepreneurs learn to be great at word of mouth marketing, and SocialMedia.org, the community for social media leaders at the world's greatest brands.
 
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