Twenty-ten was huge for Social. We saw baby companies grow to giants, old giants fall and innovation beyond our wildest dreams, but what does that mean for 2011?
Facebook and Twitter and YouTube are all dominant, but that doesn't mean permanently dominant. 2011 will bring more innovation from them and others to further strike footholds into the digital market.
We should see some incredibly huge buy-outs, and some extraordinarily large sums of money changing hands. The usual Google/Yahoo/Microsoft/AOL suspects will be spending large of course.
We will see a larger commercial explosion utilising much of the geolocation/crowdsourcing technologies we have so far only used for fun, and 'Social' experiences becoming more serious, more integrated with everyday life.
On the handheld device front, expect more power at your fingertips, a larger competition-level on the mobile and tablet market, and further, deeper integration into our home life.
Where do you think it's all going?
http://ping.fm/fCXYS
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/XNMvR
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Where can I get business articles written?
Interestingly, content is important for both SEO and Social campaigns. Content provides some important benefits to your site including:
New generation of keywords to rank for
An increased 'weight' of your site
A collection point to measure campaign effectiveness
Landing pages
Blog material
Supporting information
Pages for new products
Pages for product variations
and much more
New articles should be written around 250-300 words and contain keyw0rd-saturation, a method of inserting relevant keywords to your specific industry.
If you need to take advantage of the wide advantages of a content-rich site experience, we can help:
http://ping.fm/wfdyM
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/uxjZz
New generation of keywords to rank for
An increased 'weight' of your site
A collection point to measure campaign effectiveness
Landing pages
Blog material
Supporting information
Pages for new products
Pages for product variations
and much more
New articles should be written around 250-300 words and contain keyw0rd-saturation, a method of inserting relevant keywords to your specific industry.
If you need to take advantage of the wide advantages of a content-rich site experience, we can help:
http://ping.fm/wfdyM
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/uxjZz
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Congratulations Mark Zuckerberg, Time's Person of the Year 2010
It had to happen one day, it might as well be today.
Mark Zuckerberg, brains and co-founder behind Facebook has been honoured by Time Magazine.
His creativity and foresight gave us a new 'home' on the internet, and proved a juggernaut on the online space.
Now with over 550 million members, Facebook counts for one in 12 people in the developed world.
His tremendous success has made him a six-billion dollar man.
Congratulations from the team at Strongman Digital.
http://ping.fm/Of0ee
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/lVcb2
Mark Zuckerberg, brains and co-founder behind Facebook has been honoured by Time Magazine.
His creativity and foresight gave us a new 'home' on the internet, and proved a juggernaut on the online space.
Now with over 550 million members, Facebook counts for one in 12 people in the developed world.
His tremendous success has made him a six-billion dollar man.
Congratulations from the team at Strongman Digital.
http://ping.fm/Of0ee
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/lVcb2
Monday, December 13, 2010
Being Social without doing much at all
You might think we're already there. Sitting in front of a computer or staring mindlessly at a handheld device and digitally "socialising", but we're not even half way to awesomeness.
Being "social" is about to become much more than just plain sharing images, locations and comments - it'll soon consume our private lives, and consume our public lives.
Take communication for example - traditional telephones are being outdated at an alarming rate, being replaced by VOIP systems and Skype phones.
Our TV's are now displaying internet content and our gaming devices are smarter than ever.
Integration is the key, and is what we'll see a lot of in 2011. A massive boom in Social Technology, taking our lives to the next level, making our lives that much more fantastic.
http://ping.fm/4rg9H
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/DPrK4
Being "social" is about to become much more than just plain sharing images, locations and comments - it'll soon consume our private lives, and consume our public lives.
Take communication for example - traditional telephones are being outdated at an alarming rate, being replaced by VOIP systems and Skype phones.
Our TV's are now displaying internet content and our gaming devices are smarter than ever.
Integration is the key, and is what we'll see a lot of in 2011. A massive boom in Social Technology, taking our lives to the next level, making our lives that much more fantastic.
http://ping.fm/4rg9H
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/DPrK4
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Can Social Technology Empower Humanity?
It's interesting to note that Social Technology is growing beyond the means of communication and education.
I've been privy to some top secret projects on the cards and will be launching in 2011.
Some of these projects use API's of readily-available online tools to engage and promote the existence of us as human beings.
Others serve the purpose of preserving that existence.
Will 2011 bring a giant leap forward in the way we use the internet and handheld devices?
We think so!
http://ping.fm/gi6s7
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/6ZPrB
I've been privy to some top secret projects on the cards and will be launching in 2011.
Some of these projects use API's of readily-available online tools to engage and promote the existence of us as human beings.
Others serve the purpose of preserving that existence.
Will 2011 bring a giant leap forward in the way we use the internet and handheld devices?
We think so!
http://ping.fm/gi6s7
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/6ZPrB
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Social Gaming the next Advertising Front
Study reveals some games have larger audiences than prime-time TV.
If you've ever heard of Farmville, or been annoyed at someone on Facebook asking you for grains for their sheep, you know about a platform with over 30 million weekly users.
That's more than Dancing with the Stars (20m), NCIS (18m) and The Mentalist (15m).
So what makes Social Gaming so compelling? It's the fact that you're not only being entertained, but you're playing against friends, or potential friends.
Some of the biggest Social Games, including Farmville, Frontierville (17m), and Texas Hold'Em Poker (16m), have planned advertising within the game experience itself. This means that your business could soon be integrating more tightly, within the relaxed, social entertainment mediums that your customers are spending plenty of eye-time on.
What do you think? Social Gaming just "games"?
http://ping.fm/CzlqP
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/vMOMu
If you've ever heard of Farmville, or been annoyed at someone on Facebook asking you for grains for their sheep, you know about a platform with over 30 million weekly users.
That's more than Dancing with the Stars (20m), NCIS (18m) and The Mentalist (15m).
So what makes Social Gaming so compelling? It's the fact that you're not only being entertained, but you're playing against friends, or potential friends.
Some of the biggest Social Games, including Farmville, Frontierville (17m), and Texas Hold'Em Poker (16m), have planned advertising within the game experience itself. This means that your business could soon be integrating more tightly, within the relaxed, social entertainment mediums that your customers are spending plenty of eye-time on.
What do you think? Social Gaming just "games"?
http://ping.fm/CzlqP
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/vMOMu
Visa the next victim in WikiLeaks hacker backlash
A group called "Anonymous" are on an "Operation Payback" to attack every site denying service to controversial WikiLeaks.
First, Mastercard paid the price, then Senator Joe Lieberman's website, then Sarah Palin's website, then PostFinance, and now Visa's website has suffered an attack.
A string of websites denying Wikileaks the ability to act of freedom of speech and information have been the target of a Denial of Service campaign by supporters of the controversial site.
Other sites in the firing line have been the lawyer representing founder Julian Assange's alleged rape victims, and the Swedish prosecutor's website. Twitter was also named as a target for supposedly 'removing' Wikileaks from trending topics.
PostFInance, a bank withholding payment from Assange, was hit the hardest, leaving customers with inability to conduct any form of banking.
PayPal, Amazon, US and Australian Government sites have also been named as potential targets.
For a complete rundown of the "war" check out this blog.
Are you pro or anti WikiLeaks?
http://ping.fm/SagTY
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/syU5z
First, Mastercard paid the price, then Senator Joe Lieberman's website, then Sarah Palin's website, then PostFinance, and now Visa's website has suffered an attack.
A string of websites denying Wikileaks the ability to act of freedom of speech and information have been the target of a Denial of Service campaign by supporters of the controversial site.
Other sites in the firing line have been the lawyer representing founder Julian Assange's alleged rape victims, and the Swedish prosecutor's website. Twitter was also named as a target for supposedly 'removing' Wikileaks from trending topics.
PostFInance, a bank withholding payment from Assange, was hit the hardest, leaving customers with inability to conduct any form of banking.
PayPal, Amazon, US and Australian Government sites have also been named as potential targets.
For a complete rundown of the "war" check out this blog.
Are you pro or anti WikiLeaks?
http://ping.fm/SagTY
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/syU5z
Monday, December 6, 2010
Wikileaks: The War We Can't See
There is an incredibly huge ware going on, right now.
It involves Governments, Billion-dollar enterprises and hackers - and it all has to do with Wikileaks.
Here's some of the things we've seen happen, just today:
Amazon bans Wikileaks
Original Swedish host bans Wikileaks
Wikileaks considered a Terror organisation in the US
Julia Gillard cannot explain why founder Julian Assange is a criminal
China bans Wikileaks
Wikileaks.org's site down
Wikileaks now hosted on hundreds of mirror sites
Wanted for charges in Switzerland
Handing himself over to UK Authorities
Switzerland closing his bank account
PayPal denies Wikileaks
Mastercard denies Wikileaks
Twitter accused of not showing Wikileaks in trending topics
Hackers attack websites that are anti-wikileaks
Hackers succeed in a Denial of Service attack on PayPal
Hackers succeed in a Denial of Service attack on banks that will not support Wikileaks
Hackers plan to attack Twitter
US trying to list WikiLeaks as a terrorist organisation
Columbian University students threatened against mentioning WikiLeaks
US Government warns of instant dismissal of any staff that mentions WikiLeaks in their Facebook or Twitter
Julian Assange lading the TIME 2010 Person of the Year list
WikiLeaks threatens to release a 'poison pill' of all documents, uncensored if Assange goes to jail
Sarah Palin says Assange should be 'hunted like Osama bin Laden'
Anti-WikiLeaks Hackers begin to attack mirror sites after a DIY WikiLeaks mirror guide is released
WikiLeaks now a 'Stateless' organisation
Australia Post closes WikiLeaks PO Box
Sites like Pirate Bay and 4Chan publicly supporting a WikiLeaks uprising, supporting a type of "shadow internet" to host WikiLeaks
Canadian Govenment says if you read classified material without debriefing you lose your security clearance
Scotland Yard have 'paperwork to arrest Assange'
Threats made against son of Assange
This is an incredible thing to watch, and here's a list to the live, real-time feed:
http://ping.fm/rC2MT
What do you think about WikiLeaks?
http://ping.fm/RVuUh
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/wN2hL
It involves Governments, Billion-dollar enterprises and hackers - and it all has to do with Wikileaks.
Here's some of the things we've seen happen, just today:
Amazon bans Wikileaks
Original Swedish host bans Wikileaks
Wikileaks considered a Terror organisation in the US
Julia Gillard cannot explain why founder Julian Assange is a criminal
China bans Wikileaks
Wikileaks.org's site down
Wikileaks now hosted on hundreds of mirror sites
Wanted for charges in Switzerland
Handing himself over to UK Authorities
Switzerland closing his bank account
PayPal denies Wikileaks
Mastercard denies Wikileaks
Twitter accused of not showing Wikileaks in trending topics
Hackers attack websites that are anti-wikileaks
Hackers succeed in a Denial of Service attack on PayPal
Hackers succeed in a Denial of Service attack on banks that will not support Wikileaks
Hackers plan to attack Twitter
US trying to list WikiLeaks as a terrorist organisation
Columbian University students threatened against mentioning WikiLeaks
US Government warns of instant dismissal of any staff that mentions WikiLeaks in their Facebook or Twitter
Julian Assange lading the TIME 2010 Person of the Year list
WikiLeaks threatens to release a 'poison pill' of all documents, uncensored if Assange goes to jail
Sarah Palin says Assange should be 'hunted like Osama bin Laden'
Anti-WikiLeaks Hackers begin to attack mirror sites after a DIY WikiLeaks mirror guide is released
WikiLeaks now a 'Stateless' organisation
Australia Post closes WikiLeaks PO Box
Sites like Pirate Bay and 4Chan publicly supporting a WikiLeaks uprising, supporting a type of "shadow internet" to host WikiLeaks
Canadian Govenment says if you read classified material without debriefing you lose your security clearance
Scotland Yard have 'paperwork to arrest Assange'
Threats made against son of Assange
This is an incredible thing to watch, and here's a list to the live, real-time feed:
http://ping.fm/rC2MT
What do you think about WikiLeaks?
http://ping.fm/RVuUh
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/wN2hL
Sunday, December 5, 2010
New Facebook Profiles Released Early!
Tomorrow, we would have found out about Facebook's new Profile pages, but it seems that if you just visit http://ping.fm/oykk8 you can get there early.
What does it look like? Well, a bit of the old Facebook, mixed in with a bit of the new. It looks more interactive, and the images are noticeably larger.
What is the significance of it all you may ask? It's about deeper integrations into our lives, more detailed relationships, new features, better personal info, interests as images and a whole slather of stuff we're just uncovering now...
What do you think of the new Facebook Profile Pages?
http://ping.fm/jiaEQ
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/JX7Wf
What does it look like? Well, a bit of the old Facebook, mixed in with a bit of the new. It looks more interactive, and the images are noticeably larger.
What is the significance of it all you may ask? It's about deeper integrations into our lives, more detailed relationships, new features, better personal info, interests as images and a whole slather of stuff we're just uncovering now...
What do you think of the new Facebook Profile Pages?
http://ping.fm/jiaEQ
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/JX7Wf
Thursday, December 2, 2010
DKNY's Facebook Page Attacked by Anti-Fur Protesters
Rabbit fur is to blame for the attack on DKNY by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Thirteen people changed their Facebook profile images to single letters and posted in quick succession to the DKNY Facebook Page, spelling out "DK BUNNY BUTCHER" in protest of the high-fashion brand's use of rabbit fur in its latest campaign.
Surprisingly the protest is still live, and has been exposed to over 200,000 of the brand's fans - many of which have joined the protest.
For reasons unknown DKNY has not removed or responded to any of the backlash comments against it.
Check it out here while it's still hot: http://ping.fm/OS2TX
How does your business deal with negative feedback? http://ping.fm/iPraM
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/k8R0P
Thirteen people changed their Facebook profile images to single letters and posted in quick succession to the DKNY Facebook Page, spelling out "DK BUNNY BUTCHER" in protest of the high-fashion brand's use of rabbit fur in its latest campaign.
Surprisingly the protest is still live, and has been exposed to over 200,000 of the brand's fans - many of which have joined the protest.
For reasons unknown DKNY has not removed or responded to any of the backlash comments against it.
Check it out here while it's still hot: http://ping.fm/OS2TX
How does your business deal with negative feedback? http://ping.fm/iPraM
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/k8R0P
Google to buy Groupon.com - for $6 Billion
That's right, six billion dollars. The world has gone mad.
The move by Google has been described as "imminent", with acquisition of the coupon-sharing site taking the Social world by storm.
Groupon.com is only really a big thing in the US, with over 12 million active users. It's large revenue stream and interest base have tweaked the interest of Google, which has been extremely keen on entering the Social Media world.
Google believes it can severely reduce Groupon's running costs and therefore turn it into a multi-billion dollar business - and take it worldwide.
To put it into perspective, Google purchased YouTube for $1.1 billion.
What's your take on Google's spending spree? http://ping.fm/2SwaM
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/Qd3vq
The move by Google has been described as "imminent", with acquisition of the coupon-sharing site taking the Social world by storm.
Groupon.com is only really a big thing in the US, with over 12 million active users. It's large revenue stream and interest base have tweaked the interest of Google, which has been extremely keen on entering the Social Media world.
Google believes it can severely reduce Groupon's running costs and therefore turn it into a multi-billion dollar business - and take it worldwide.
To put it into perspective, Google purchased YouTube for $1.1 billion.
What's your take on Google's spending spree? http://ping.fm/2SwaM
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/Qd3vq
Amazon Bans Wikileaks Growth Plans
The whistleblower website WikiLeaks.org's popularity has boomed, but migrating to a new server seems almost impossible.
Amazon Web Services, a giant in the e-commerce cloud computing and hosting services, has officially banned Wikileaks from its servers.
The ban came in at just under a day, when Wikileaks migrated from its Swedish servers to Amazon's servers, only to be booted off in under 24 hours.
The move comes as intense scrutiny of the site and Denial of Service attacks pose security risks to Amazon's servers. Amazon certainly does not want to misalign itself politically.
So far, over 250,000 leaked documents have appeared on Wikileaks, including sensitive Iraq war documents.
What's your take on WikiLeaks? http://ping.fm/XBJT2
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/Ffh6b
Amazon Web Services, a giant in the e-commerce cloud computing and hosting services, has officially banned Wikileaks from its servers.
The ban came in at just under a day, when Wikileaks migrated from its Swedish servers to Amazon's servers, only to be booted off in under 24 hours.
The move comes as intense scrutiny of the site and Denial of Service attacks pose security risks to Amazon's servers. Amazon certainly does not want to misalign itself politically.
So far, over 250,000 leaked documents have appeared on Wikileaks, including sensitive Iraq war documents.
What's your take on WikiLeaks? http://ping.fm/XBJT2
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg (Keynote Social Media Speaker and Social Technologist)
Australia to the World: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
www.strongmandigital.com.au
http://ping.fm/Ffh6b
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