How Your Social Media Can Stand Out From the Crowd
Like many entrepreneurs and innovators, growing a social media following can help increase the power of your brand. The question is, how do you stand out in such a crowded field of platforms and content creators? According to Entrepreneur Network partner Neil Patel, growing your social platforms' … Read More
This Ad-Free Social Media App Thinks It Can Capitalize on Facebook’s Privacy Woes
As one billionaire social network CEO faces the ire of the nation, if not that of both houses of Congress, another billionaire social network chief executive sees an opportunity to connect people without using an advertising-based model. Vero, a three-year-old social platform, thinks it can capitalize on … Read More
Should Social Media Companies Pay Us For Our Data?
A lot of us are OK with giving away our data because it makes our life easier. But some experts say that we should be getting even more for it. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Email. It's Your Business. Each week, we'll send stories that explore trends in money, work and the …
[LISTEN] How to deal with your bad image on social media
CapeTalk presenter Abongile Nzelenzele speaks to the Managing Director of PR Worx, Madelain Roscher, about how a company can protect its brand when it's trending for the wrong reasons on social media. Roscher says people often think that a crisis on social media is a negative, bad product review … Read …
Nick Kyrgios enjoyed a victory off the court on Thursday
The 22-year-old engaged in a war with a social media user who has continually pestered his account over the past two weeks. Twitter user Sen Chao sent the first shot across the bow when he challenged the Aussie to a one-set singles match while also saying “I hope you're not …
Social media abuzz following Winnie Madikizela-Mandela documentary
JOHANNESBURG – There's been a strong reaction on social media following eNCA's broadcast of Pascale Lamche's award-winning documentary, Winnie. The film brings a fresh perspective on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's life, dispelling some controversial notions about her. It includes interviews with … Read More
Canada failing to grasp scale of social media ‘bot’ use in politics, report finds
Much of what is known about bots in Canada comes from Twitter, offering a glimpse of a phenomenon that could be playing out across social media platforms, said McKelvey. A 2017 Reuters Digital News report suggested that 40% of Canadians access news on Facebook, followed by 17% on YouTube … Read …
EU privacy watchdogs to look into harvesting of data from social media
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union privacy watchdogs will look deeper into the harvesting of personal data from social networks for economic or political purposes, following the scandal engulfing Facebook after data from nearly 87 million users was improperly accessed. “A multi-billion dollar … Read More
Legislators’ social media naivetė shows in Zuckerberg hearings
NEW YORK — Mark Zuckerberg faced two days of grilling before House and Senate committees Tuesday and Wednesday to address Facebook's privacy issues and the need for more regulation for the social media site. Yet the hearings in Washington managed to showcase the normally press-shy … Read More
Zuckerberg: Regulation ‘inevitable’ for social media firms
Washington: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that regulation of social media companies was "inevitable" and disclosed that his own personal information had been compromised by malicious outsiders. But after two days of congressional testimony, what seemed clear was how little … Read More