An article by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured on Forbes recently. Holmes weighs in on the rise of Paid social media. You can read the original article here. In July 2011, social media users began noticing unexpected guests in their Twitter streams. Nestled among messages from friends and colleagues were a mysterious new breed of Promoted Tweets:
Read more
This post is part of a special series of contributed posts by Joel Windels, Lead Community Manager at Brandwatch—one of the world’s leading tools for monitoring and analysing social media. Joel will be investigating and uncovering the various ways that social media meets business, and providing you with insight and advice on how to make
Read more
By HootSuite CEO, Ryan Holmes First it was dot-com. Then real estate. Is higher education the next big bubble set to burst? In the US, average higher education costs have risen approximately 440% in the past 25 years. Grads are coming out of school saddled with debt, with training that doesn’t match the demands of
Read more
In October of 2012, the North-East coast of the United-States was hit by Hurricane Sandy, a storm of record size that brought mass flooding and devastation to multiple states. New Jersey was hit worse than any other state, but Morris County, New Jersey was prepared. Their preparation and effective emergency response was due in part
Read more
The greatest thing about social media is the bridge it creates across the diverse cultures that are spread throughout the globe. People from all over the world can communicate and exchange messages in an instant. The HootSuite Dashboard is designed to support the diversity of languages found throughout the world. To help get you acquainted
Read more
An article by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured on Fast Company recently. Holmes shares his thoughts on the recent HMV Twitter debacle and how it could’ve been avoided. You can read the original article here. At 9:45 a.m. last Thursday morning, the first of an unlikely series of messages went out from the official Twitter account at HMV,
Read more
An article by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured on Fast Company recently. Holmes shares 7 free, road-tested mobile business apps. You can read the original article here. In its December 1999 issue, Popular Science previewed an ususual new product. In addition to standard call functions, the “thin and rich” Ericsson R380 cellphone boasted a black-and-white touchscreen, built-in modem
Read more
One of our most popular webinars to date, ‘Social Command Center: The Emergence of the Social Business Command Center’ is now available to view and share anytime you like. Hosted by the SVP of Social Business Planning at Edelman, Michael Brito, this webinar is about visualizing social data, the missing link between the adoption of social throughout
Read more
By Frederic Gonzalo, Guest Contributor Do you have a trip or special holiday planned for 2013? The process of choosing a vacation or booking a business trip isn’t what it used to be. Thanks to the explosion of social media and the rising use of mobile devices worldwide, travel today is a very different experience
Read more
By HootSuite CEO, Ryan Holmes Can your business make huge gains by building authentic relationships with every single enthusiastic user? Even the non-paying ones? Is it worthwhile to spend time injecting your brand with intangible elements like passion, empathy and heart? Absolutely. Yes. And yes. I believe these principles are paramount to business success because
Read more
