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How to Engage on Sites Using Facebook's New Commenting Plugin

Originally posted on Dave Fleet’s blog.

Facebook recently introduced a new version of its Facebook Comment Box Plugin, allowing website owners to integrate their commenting functionality with their Facebook presence.

We’ve already looked at the pros and cons of the Facebook…

Friday Five: What Facebook Page Changes Mean for your Brand

Yesterday, Facebook implemented the new page layout and features converting all brand pages to a new design previously rolled out for user profiles. There have been some important changes to the way a brand can now interact and present itself, so it is important to check your own brand page and adjust accordingly. While your brand may not be affected by all of the changes, you should be aware of five key updates. Let’s explore what these mean for your brand.

1. Administrator Display Feature


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Social Media Tenets That Can Help Financial Services Recover from the Trust Deficit

As the results of our recently released Trust in U.S. Financial Services survey showed, individual investor* trust in the U.S. financial services industry fell sharply in 2011. Oh and don’t forget to check out our awesome infographic below (for the normal size version, click here)

For 46% of…

Readings About Revolution

As a first-time SXSW attendee, there’s hardly a better way to kick off the experience than to jump right in… On Friday, I’m really looking forward to be moderating the Lessons Learned from the Arab Spring Revolutions panel at SXSW on Friday. I’ll be joined by an impressive panel comprised of Frontline journalist Azmat Khan; Habib Haddad, Founder of YallaStartup;

Social Media Milestones

 

 

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It’s been a year since former Edelman Digital president Rick Murray introduced this property to the community announcing that “it takes a village” to not only launch—but sustain initiatives like what you see here on EdelmanDigital.com. Looking back, we hope that we’ve provided value in the form of insights…

Getting Ready for SXSW 2011

In just a few short days, more than forty Edelman team members from eight different offices will be in Austin for South by Southwest Interactive. This yearly event which hosts five days of presentations, countless networking events and an exhibit hall with the latest digital trends, is an event we surely couldn’t miss. We’ll be partaking in everything the conference has to offer and we’ll be bringing back interviews with some of the most innovative minds in the digital space.

If you are headed to SXSW this year, be sure to check out some of the panels and events below:

Health Digital Check-Up: The Gratitude Quotient of Digital Health

The ability to communicate gratitude is an important thing in any relationship – professional or personal; it balances the line between both respect and motivation, no matter what realm. Think of when a famous athlete leaves one city to join a new team; sometimes they show their thankfulness on the road away with something like a full page ad in their old home paper, and, while a small gesture, it shows that the time spent was valuable.

Online…

Facebook Commenting Platform: Pros and Cons For Businesses

Originally posted on Dave Fleet’s blog.

Facebook has announced a new version of its Comments Box plugin – its social plugin that enables Facebook-connected commenting on a website. In this post we’ll take a look at some of the apparent benefits and risks of this new feature for businesses.

Facebook’s Comment Box plugin

Among the features Facebook…

Friday Five: Social Shopping and User Experience

The emergence of Social shopping demonstrates that the use of digital channels to bring the real world to the digital world is tangible and happening now.

Social shopping gives brands a way to track the consumer journey from communication to online sale. Start-ups such as Groupon, which encourage group purchasing behaviour to…

10 Steps to Undertaking a Successful Blogger Outreach Programme

Originally posted on Social Web Thing.

This post is the third of a series looking at online influencers. The first listed great free tools that help identify influential people and the second suggested practical considerations when

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