Tips & Tricks

Nicole Williams has made a career out of helping others find their path to success. With three best-selling books and her own lifestyle brand, WORKS By Nicole Williams, a job at LinkedIn was a natural next step. As the site’s career expert, Williams helps job-searchers optimize their chance of landing a dream gig. In the […]

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YouTube is undoubtedly the largest online video provider online. But what you may not know is just how international the content and consumers are. Eighty percent of traffic to the site comes from outside the U.S., and 60 percent of that traffic comes from countries where English is not the primary language. The world’s most […]

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New technologies that gather, analyze and preserve vast quantities of data have raised concerns about how individual privacy might be protected or compromised. Earlier this month, the United States President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a new report called “Big Data: A Technological Perspective.” In today’s world, re-identification technologies often outpace […]

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Every major style and beauty publication hosts an annual beauty awards. Usually, the awards are very brand- and industry-driven, with a page for each category. But Women’s Health has been evolving in recent years, and publisher and vice president Laura Frerer-Schmidt didn’t want to do the same old beauty awards. Instead of the typical categories […]

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YouTube creators, those who make the videos that populate the site and participate in revenue sharing, haven’t always had it great. The pool of content creators gets larger every year, and dealing with the infrastructure can be problematic for some. But it looks like things are about to get a lot better, with new tools […]

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One of the most beautiful and nerve-wracking parts of being a real, live human is knowing that any random event could instantly change the course of your life forever. Sometimes, like in the case of Stella & Dot founder Jessica Herrin, that instant is stumbling into a conference of ambitious and enthusiastic beauty consultants. This […]

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In this month’s Prosumer Report, “The New Consumer and the Sharing Economy,” Havas Worldwide explored the “coming wave of ‘smarter’ consumerism that promises to significantly alter our economic models and the roles brands are expected to play.” The report depicts a global population in search of a better way of living and consuming: Seventy percent […]

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWwOxQmLzls] Fullscreen Media, a multichannel YouTube network that boasts more than 3.2 billion monthly views, is looking to build a premium subscription service similar to Netflix or Hulu that would operate separately from YouTube. The goal of this service would be to target a large chunk of YouTube’s audience – millennials. See also: Google […]

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Queen couldn’t pull off live the operatic middle section to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but they knew damn well that fans wanted to hear it. So instead of attempting a second-rate imitation, they left the stage and let the studio recording (and some dramatic lighting) take over. When they reappear, bursting into the rockin’ third section of […]

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This might surprise you. (It surprised me.) Since being released in February, Parallax Pro has been the top-selling child theme for Genesis. No, that’s not what is surprising. Parallax Pro is a gorgeous theme and the web is smitten with parallax effects. (Plus, the worst fears about parallax are unfounded.) Its enormous sales numbers are […]

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMEWY2EBH_M] Which dog breeds are adored where you live? In the new Mashable Minute, Elliott Morgan delves into international dog preferences, with a special emphasis on corgis and maltipoos. In yesterday’s episode, Elliott shows us how to survive the apocalypse using Pinterest [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCsR5-mD_xg?list=PLSKUhDnoJjYmVEZrJ8ni7qFa0IkRsRTNI&w=560&h=315] … More about Dogs, Social Media, and Youtube …read more […]

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[emailonly]{{{ sbox300x250 }}}[/emailonly] Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Yahoo’s ‘YouTube’ May Debut This Summer (VentureBeat) Yahoo is gearing up for a summer launch of its new rival YouTube video service, reports AdAge. News first leaked that Yahoo was interested in building its own streaming video site back in March, […]

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It’s no secret that the current job market for recent graduates is — how can we put this lightly — not the best. The process of looking for a job is exhausting, and a lot of guidance, particularly from the very universities we’ve graduated from, can be summed up with the frustratingly simple recommendation to […]

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If you’re a performer and songwriter, of course you want to record and perform your own songs… But you might be missing out on a very effective and easy way to take your music career to the next level: Cover songs! Here’s why cover songs are great if you want to: 1. Be More Liked […]

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We spend a lot of time here at SME: Digital talking about Return on Investment. Heck, our CEO wrote the book on it. So, it should come as no surprise that when we were out post-client meeting enjoying adult beverages that the conversation should come back to measuring social media. We had this amazing conversation […]

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We spend a lot of time here at SME: Digital talking about Return on Investment. Heck, our CEO wrote the book on it. So, it should come as no surprise that when we were out post-client meeting enjoying adult beverages that the conversation should come back to measuring social media. We had this amazing conversation […]

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Many people are very protective of their email accounts. Email is generally a more private space for communication than social media. Most often, users have no expectation of privacy on social networks. But if you’re a Gmail user, perhaps you shouldn’t expect privacy on email either. Still, the question is: Just how secure can email […]

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App makers are increasingly finding ways to undercut the traditional cellular service provider models. SMS messaging has been slumping as messaging apps grow in popularity. The writing is on the wall for the standard text message — with an always-on Internet connection there are simply better options. And now, more services are interested in cutting […]

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