Plastic Surgeon Gets Personal With 100,000 Followers On Twitter

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon, Dr. John LeRoy is one of the most active plastic surgeons on the social network with a Twitter following @JohnLLeRoyJrMD of over 100,000. Dr. LeRoy is committed to having a strong online presence and has always been an early adopter of technology as one of the first Atlanta practices to have a [...]

Compare Your 40 Time With Rich Eisen, NFL Draft Prospects

The NFL Scouting Combine begins today (2/22) as teams get ready for the meat market-like approach to evaluating future NFL prospects, in preparation for the upcoming NFL Draft. The Combine is popular event in the sports world, getting almost as much attention as the NFL Draft itself.
When you hear NFL pundits say the season [...]

Twitter Helps Man Sell Home For $135,000 Above Asking Price

A tech-savvy Melbourne homeowner used social media to go all out in selling his home and was rewarded with $135,000 above his asking price. Not bad for a little extra work around the house. Real Estate agents, neighbors and most everyone in general is impressed with the 33% increase Kurt Opray received above median home [...]

Twitter Hashbang URLs Will Soon Be A Thing Of The Past

Favstar.fm founder Tim Haines had a Twitter conversation with Twitter engineer Dan Webb, and found that Twitter is apparently moving away from hashbangs in its URLs.
Haines shared the conversation at a Storify link, but here are the relevant tweets:

@timhainesTim HainesReading a gazillion articles on hashbang URLs (#!). 99% of them seem to be [...]

Social Media Is Proving To Be An Effective Job Performance Predictor

Social media is continuing to prove to be a useful hiring tool and a two-way street for both employees and employers. Hopeful job applicants continue to use the internet to search and apply for employment and 91% of employers are now using social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to screen applicants for [...]

Nebraska Debates Ownership of Facebook, Twitter, and Email Accounts of the Deceased

If you are the executor of someone’s will in the state of Nebraska, you might have some extra responsibilities given to you in the near future.
State Senator John Wightman is the sponsor of a bill that would give the deceased’s representative power over their internet life – Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, email. The bill, LB783, [...]

Content Marketing Infographic Looks At “Heart Of Online Success”

Content+ put together the following infographic breaking down “the anatomy of content marketing,” which it calls the “heart of online success”. It draws on data from a variety of sources as cited at the bottom.
Some interesting stats it lays out:
- Word of mouth is the primary factor behind up to 50% of buying decisions
- [...]

Sports and Social Media [Infographic]

A new infographic released by GR Marketing gives some eye-opening stats and facts about social media use among sports fans and watchers.
Among the tidbits to note:
81% of people prefer the Internet for their sports news over radio and other traditional sources
During a televised game that they are watching, 83% of people will check game updates [...]

Twitter Sells Past Tweets For Reference

Twitter is now offering access to 30 days of historical tweets through Gnip. The service, called 30-Day Replay, would be a handy tool for companies that already keep an eye on their social media presence but need to do some comparisons to older items that they were not aware of.
Gnip describes the serve on their [...]

Google Home Page Gets The Share Box

A couple weeks ago, Google announced an update to its new Google Bar (the navigation bar that spans across Google products), and showed the Google+ share box appearing on Google’s home page.
We’re not sure if this is 100% rolled out yet, but many users are now seeing that share box:

Even if you’re [...]

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