A university is to offer a master’s degree teaching students about social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.
The one-year course at Birmingham City University will consider social networking sites as communications and marketing tools.
The course, which will start next year, was advertised through a makeshift video on the university’s website.
Jon Hickman, the course convener, said he had received a good response from potential students and described what the course would entail.
He said: “It’s not for freaks or IT geeks, the tools learnt on this course will be accessible to many people.
“During the course we will consider what people can do on Facebook and Twitter, and how they can be used for communication and marketing purposes.
“There has been significant interest in the course already, and it will definitely appeal to students looking to go into professions including journalism and PR.”
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Let’s talk about budgets.
It took a while.
Even though tens of millions of users were flocking to social media sites every day, most marketers stayed away. They either didn’t understand how to join the conversations—without sounding like shills—or they were frightened away by the prospect of associating their brands with questionable content.
But things are changing.
Companies are learning how to leverage social media and tap into the rising tide of consumers participating in social network sites, blogs, wikis and Twitter.
According to the “The ROI on Social Media Marketing” report from the Aberdeen Group, sponsored by Visible Technologies, marketers have developed the tools and methodologies to drive marketing ROI by listening to and learning from customers and prospects.
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I saw a Facebook status update the other day from a busy working Mom. “waiting for Grace to finish practice so I have time to check in with Facebook”. How often do Moms……and Dads find themselves with a little a downtime and reach for their smart phone, ready to check in with their favorite, or multiple social networking site? Very often and growing is the answer. The recent “Power Moms” Study by Nielsen reports some findings that validate what we are seeing and hearing:
“Women ages 25 to 54 with at least one child are nearly twice as likely as the average American Internet user to provide frequent online advice about parenting and family issues (88% more likely), non-food household products (84% more likely), and beauty/cosmetics (82% more likely).
These “power moms” are also 51% more likely than average Web users to provide frequent online advice on clothes and fashion, food and beverage products (39% more likely than average), home decorating (36% more likely than average), and health, dieting and exercise (27% more likely than average).
“We’re seeing women using online avenues like email, online forums, and social networking websites to extend a role they’ve long held as information seekers and relationship builders,” Chuck Schilling, research director, agency and media analytics, Nielsen Online, noted. “Moms, in particular, look to the Web to connect with other parents for tips and support, and they aren’t afraid of new technologies – this group is nearly 25% more likely than average to author a blog.”
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We need your HELP! $250US in it for you!
We have a business that users RFID technology that connects users to Social Media platforms on behalf of clients. We are already working on some exciting projects but things are moving so fast we haven’t had time to think of a Cool name we like!
Can you help us…We need something that is funky/fresh and just plain cool.
Just to clarify RFID means:
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.
Most RFID tags contain at least two parts. One is an integrated circuit for storing and processing information, modulating and demodulating a radio-frequency (RF) signal, and other specialized functions. The second is an antenna for receiving and transmitting the signal.
There are generally two types of RFID tags: active RFID tags, which contain a battery and thus can transmit its signal autonomously, and passive RFID tags, which have no battery and require an external source to initiate signal transmission.
-Wikipedia
Lets remind you what the reward is. We are offering $250US (paid into a paypal account),
Enter/Terms:
1. THIS IS GENUINE
2. You need to follow SocialMediaMum on twitter and reply to us with your Name suggestion (and no, we dont just want followers)
For Example: @SocialMediaMum This is my ENTRY (dont forget to be a follower first)
3. Can enter as many names as you like
4. Need to have a Paypal account
5. Entries close: Fri 04/17/09, midnight AEST
6. if its down right stupid, it will not count as an entry
7. Obvious spam entries will result in immediate disqualification and the user will be blocked!
We need a minimum number of entries (approx 200, so there is a selection to choose from), so send it onto a friend and Retweet it!
Top ideas will be retweeted by us each day to #RFIDComp and of course to follow the status of the Competition
HAPPY NAMING!!!
Last week, TechCrunch reported on rumors that Google was in “late-stage talks” to buy microblogging service Twitter.
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Moms are one of the Internet’s most desirable groups. eMarketer estimates that there were 35.3 million US mothers online in 2008, a number that is expected to reach 39.6 million by 2012. New communities and content sites for moms appear practically every day. Marketers and advertisers are constantly trying to reach this all-powerful group, who not only carry strength in their numbers but also in their purchasing power.
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According to research just released by MySpace.com, over 73,000 Australian mothers between the ages of 21-34 are using MySpace.com. Traditionally considered the realm of young adults or teens, these findings are consistent with Nielson’s demographic insights, which tell us 68% of the total Australian MySpace population, around 2 million users, are 18 years and above.
The British are looking very hard in the mirror these days. Perhaps it is related to the belief that the country is running out of money.
In any case, who would have thought that they would choose to give up mandatory education about the Second World War and begin teaching their children about Twitter and Wikipedia?
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People always used to laugh when Prince Charles talked to his plants. Now, thanks to Twitter and a software called Botanicalls, the plants can talk back.
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Truth be told, it’s kids, even twenty-somethings
MySpace became one of the country’s most-visited sites thanks to users under 30 who joined it to reconnect with long-lost friends. Facebook rose to prominence with a cadre of high school and college devotees who messaged about school, social outings and sports practice.
The fastest-growing social networking destination on the web these days is being driven by a very different demographic: older adults. They make up nearly double the visitors to Twitter.com as those under 30, according to new data from Nielsen Online.
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