Oscars Tonight

   The 81st annual Academy Awards are tonight! There are many amazing movies this year that have been nominated. I am very excited to see tonight's winners. One of my personal favorites to win is Slumdog Millionaire. I really think it deserves to take home the Oscar. It was such a heartwarming tale of struggle and triumph. 

   Oscar night is a great night for fashion! The top designers get a lot of free publicity from the celebrities that wear their designs. Many people love to hear what the celebrities are wearing but, only a few lucky people get to actually buy those designer dresses. I'm anxious to see who wins and what people are wearing! I hope everyone enjoys the Oscars!  

Microblogging for PR

   Twitter is a new form of social networking called micro-blogging. Twitter will allow you share your thoughts or what you are doing with your friends and family by only using 140 characters. It is a short way to stay updated in people's lives. With Twitter you have to keep your thoughts brief. Twitter is fun, but is also good for business.  It is a wonderful way to see what other people are thinking about issues and products. Twitter is helpful as a PR tool because it helps companies get to the point of their message. 

     Twitter is another way  for a company to connect with their customers by following the customer's brand. A company can respond when a customer tweets about a certain product of theirs or when their company is mentioned. While micro-blogging is still "new" to many marketers and public relationships professionals, it is quickly becoming a must need like a website. Since micro-blogs are bite-sized updates, a more intimate environment is created between the Twitter and its followers. A company that engages its audience with micro-blogging can further increase its brand awareness, which creates a stronger community.   

 

Some Great Social Bookmarking Tools You Can Use

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Everyone Can Use Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is a way for Internet users to rank and store websites, blogs, articles, videos and other types of website content bookmarking is making many people's lives easier. People are saving time using bookmarking sites. More and more people are using these sites. Professors are using bookmarking sites to connect with their students. By using such sites professors share information with students and colleagues. Rather then emailing each person the sites, the bookmarked sites are tagged so that everyone can have access to them. People are even using social bookmarking sites to promote their businesses. Social bookmarking sites are particularly popular among people with affiliate marketing programs because such sites are a free and effective way to get backlinks and drive traffic to websites and blogs. Anyone can use social bookmarking to help them find websites for business or for pleasure. Here are some tips you should know about social bookmarking  

Social Bookmarking: New Ways to Connect with People

  Social bookmarking is a new way people can connect on the internet. Social bookmarking websites are places where a person can bookmark certain websites they enjoy. It is the practice of saving bookmarks to a private website and "tagging" them with keywords. Social bookmarking, basically, is a way for people to move their list of favorite sites from their hard drive out into the cloud by saving them online. People can search other people who have similar interests as they do. Social bookmarking websites are becoming more and more popular. They allow you to save bookmarks online categorize them with keywords instead of saving them as bookmarks in the favorite’s list of your browser. Bookmarking also is very helpful in saving time. By bookmarking you can search for certain topics and interests with a simple keyword. There are dozens social bookmark sites. Among the more well known are Digg, Delicious, Reddit, and StumbleUpon.

Jumping on the Social Media Band Wagon

   So many people have begun joining in on the social media band wagon. Millions of people are connected each day through these websites. Social media is the new way of sharing information with people. With social media websites people can stay connected and in touch all over the world. With social media websites you can share pictures, thoughts, personal information, and just about anything else. Becoming hooked on social media websites is easy to do. Even my aunt and uncle have a Facebook account and they are technologically challenged. If you have not heard of social media websites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter then you must be living under a rock. 

The Clue Train Manifesto

   The way the world works is changing therefore, companies must adapt to that change. The Clue Train Manifesto states that companies must speak with a human voice so they can relate to their customers. If a company does not change to fit in with the times of the Internet they will begin losing customers. The loyalty people once had to particular companies will disappear if companies do not adjust to the new social media age. People want to buy products from companies they can trust. The Clue Train Manifesto is trying to help companies become more human and get in touch with the people and their needs. The Clue Train Manifesto is trying to get companies to become more networked. I believe that the use of social media is a great way for companies to relate to their customers. By using social media people will be heard.