300!

. . . examples of social media marketing. Click the links to see how social media has shaped the image of many fortune 500 companies.

Site Building for Dummies

Here’s a few great pointers on how to construct a successful website.  Smashing Magazine: 10 Usability Findings

One finding, taken from psychology and the publication knowledge well – people relate to other people. By putting a image of another person on your website, you can encourage users to look in the same direction as the person in the image. In the case of this baby, he wants you to take a look at some of that beautiful bold Times New Roman copy to his right.

 

Social Business By Design

Insights into how people interact with social media, websites, and each other – and how businesses can help facilitate that interaction.

Social Business By Design

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Youtube’s Top 100 in 4 Minutes

Gotten into Youtube a little bit late? Here’s a brief summary of what’s happened so far.

Less is the Best

Now here’s a site that knows its purpose. Check out Umbrellatoday.com. Why does it work? Why is this the first time I’ve considered letting a company send me text messages? One word: Simplicity.

Shaking it’s way out of the box

Wario Land shakes up this Youtube video

Check out: Wario Land Shake

Top 100 Most Searched on Wikipedia

17.8 million articles in over 200 languages.
Millions read it’s articles daily.
What better way of knowing what’s on people’s minds than taking a look at what they want to learn about:

Top 100 Wikipedia Searches in 2009

Simply tell a story

Even the most complicated topics can be riveting when presented in the correct way. The book “Made to Stick,” by Chip and Dan Heath, outline 6 criteria in making an idea compelling or “sticky.”

The 6 steps are:

1. Simplicity

2.Unexpectedness

3. Concreteness

4. Credibility

5. Emotions

6. Stories

This is a perfect example of a vastly complex topic, simplified, and turned into a fascinating story. Take the history of the internet . . .

Give them what they came for

6 Steps to prevent high bounce and low conversion web sites

Not this . . .

But This!

Attentional Visual Learners!

Microsoft Bing releases Visual Search. Images of dogs fly about your computer screen.

TechCrunch: Visual Search

Also, Google unveils the new “Google fast flip” which allows you to see a visual of a publication, similar to magazine/news stand.

Google Fast Flip