BLOG.HOOTSUITE.COM — Blog / Social LinkedIn hashtags were introduced in 2018. And while you may already be familiar with Instagram hashtags and Twitter hashtags, LinkedIn’s hashtag terrain is a little different from the other social networks. Just like Twitter or Instagram, a LinkedIn hashtag is any…

SOCIALMEDIAEXAMINER.COM — Want a quick and easy way for people to find you on Instagram? Have you heard about Instagram Nametags? In this article, you’ll discover how to find and customize your Instagram nametag so people can quickly follow your Instagram account. How to Use Instagram Nametags for Marketing by Jenn Herman…

TECHCRUNCH.COM — At a price typically reserved for semiconductor companies, telecoms, and pharmaceutical giants, IBM announced today it would pay a record $34 billion in cash and debt to acquire enterprise open source provider Red Hat. Ecclipsing Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, this is the biggest software acquisition in history.

TECHCRUNCH.COM — “Yeah! Well of course we’re working on it” head of augmented reality Ficus Kirkpatrick told me when I asked him if Facebook was building an AR glasses at TechCrunch’s AR/VR event in LA. “We are building hardware products. We’re going forward on this . We want to see those glasses come into reality, and I think we want to play our part in helping to bring them there.” This is the clearest confirmation we’ve received yet from Facebook about its plans for AR glasses.

MASHABLE.COM — It’s Troll Week on Mashable. Join us as we explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of internet trolling. Right now, you are on the internet. Thus, you have probably come across a troll. But the name “troll” is far from one-size-fits-all. In fact, there are lots of trollish internet types…

LOLLYDASKAL.COM — Every team has its own habits, but some habits—like some teams—are more effective than others. Building and reinforcing good habits can be the key to a cohesive and productive team. Make sure your team is supported with habits that will take them from vision to goals to achievement. Here are some…

MOZ.COM — Content link building: Are infographics still the highest ROI format? Fun fact: the first article to appear online proclaiming that “infographics are dead” appeared in 2011. Yet, here we are. For those of you looking for a quick answer to this strategy-defining question, infographics aren’t as…

MOZ.COM — The debate is over and the results are clear: the best way to improve domain authority is to generate large numbers of earned links from high-authority publishers. Getting these links is not possible via: Link exchangesBuying linksPrivate Blog Networks, or PBNsComment linksPaid native content or…

THEATLANTIC.COM — Nevertheless, some took the claims of the president and his allies seriously. On Saturday morning, Shabbat morning, a gunman walked into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and killed 11 people. The massacre capped off a week of terrorism, in which one man mailed bombs to…

BLOG.BUFFERAPP.COM — Whether you are a seasoned social media marketer, a marketer looking to venture into social media marketing, or a business owner looking to leverage on social media, it’s helpful to know the most popular social media sites around. This will allow you to maximize your brand reach on social media,…

TECHCRUNCH.COM — AnyMind Group, a Singapore-based company that uses AI in online advertising, HR and marketing, has pulled in a strategic $13.4 million investment to go after growth in Japan and other Asian markets. This Series B round was led by Line, the Japanese messaging app firm, and Mirai Creation Fund, which is backed by Toyota among others.

BLOG.BUFFERAPP.COM — If you want your business to have a presence on social media, Facebook is probably one of the first or the first social media platform you think of. More than 1.4 billion people use Facebook every single day, and many multiple times a day. It’s almost certain that your potential customers are on…

TECHCRUNCH.COM — With its latest $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, IBM may have found something more elementary than “Watson” to save its flagging business. Though the acquisition of Red Hat is by no means a guaranteed victory for the Armonk, N.Y.-based computing company that has had more downs than ups over the five years, it seems to be a better bet for “Big Blue” than an artificial intelligence program that was always more hype than reality.

BLOG.HOOTSUITE.COM — Blog / Social With all the talk of trolls, hackers and impersonators, it’s no wonder social media seems scary to some. We so often hear about the negative side of social media that there’s now a culture of fear and uncertainty around social for many casual and non-users. Well, we’re…

TECHCRUNCH.COM — brewing over at Miami-based facial recognition startup Kairos. Late last month, New World Angels President and board chairperson Steve O’Hara sent a letter to Kairos founder Brian Brackeen notifying him of his termination from the role of chief executive officer. The termination letter cited willful misconduct as the cause for Brackeen’s termination.

THEATLANTIC.COM — In 2010, the editor of n+1 magazine, Chad Harbach, famously wrote that there were two distinct and rival literary cultures in America: the institutional, university-driven M.F.A. track and the New York-centered publishing world. But now there is a third option: the fast-paced, democratizing,…

HOOTSUITE.COM — Step 2: Learn everything you can about your audience if you’re not engaged in social media listening, you’re creating your business strategy with blinders on—and you’re missing out on mountains of actionable insights from real people who are actively talking about you or your industry online….