Dec.01, 2011 by Samantha DeVita
There are lots of great organizations making this world a better place, and the kicking-cancer’s-butt group at LIVESTRONG is one of them. R2i has been honored to help this organization and last month the teams met up in Austin, TX at the 2011 LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance to speak about the importance of social interaction and community building. The goal? Explore how the newest social technologies and strategies can help continue to spread awareness in our fight to “break cancer.”
Read More »Tags: Community Building, Google, LIVESTRONG, social media, Social Media Engagement, Twitter
Categories: Design, Facebook, Google Plus, Internet Marketing, Social, Thought Leadership, Twitter
Jul.10, 2011 by Leslie Grandy
With all that is being written about Google +, tell us if you think that Google finally has gotten social right after Buzz, Wave and Orkut.
Read More »Tags: Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter
Categories: Advances in technology, Social
Mar.24, 2011 by Leslie Grandy
If you still haven’t gotten the hang of Twitter, here are some training wheels to help you get started. Our own social media guru, Lynn Morton, aka @MissLynn13, laid out all the basics you need to know to get your Tweet on.
Twitter 101
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Read More »Tags: microblogging, social media, social networking, tweets, Twitter
Categories: Internet Marketing, Social
Sep.23, 2009 by PageSands
I recently analyzed a company’s social media practices using R2i’s 4 Ways to Leverage Social Media. What I realized is that most companies are adept in using the message distribution qualities of the tools, but are not as strong in using them to develop relationships with customers.
Read More »Tags: social media, strategy, Twitter
Categories: Social, Thought Leadership
Jul.16, 2009 by EricJones
This post comes courtesy of Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the base of the Grand Teton’s National Park. Having lunch over the 4th of July weekend at Bubba’s BBQ (which I totally recommend if you ever visit this area) I overheard a conversation regarding a recent purchase and the desired upcoming purchase of a new horse. While I have no interest in owning a horse the conversation intrigued me as the three cowboys conversed on the pro’s and con’s of a fairly little known breeder in the area. How does this relate to social networking? This is the very root of social networking… just a difference of how it is administered.
Read More »Tags: Eric Jones, Facebook, Horses, social media, social networking, Twitter
Categories: Social
Jun.17, 2009 by Matt Goddard
Our series continues with the third part of our social marketing framework: How social media execution can help accelerate our message. Message distribution has always relied on sharing; in fact the entire concept of word of mouth marketing was based on peer-to-peer sharing. We also know that word of mouth is very powerful because it typically comes from a credible source. Credibility shrinks the sales cycle.
Read More »Tags: InfoGroup, Matt Goddard, message distribution, series, social engineering, social marketing framework, social media, social networking, thought leadership, Twitter
Categories: Uncategorized
May.14, 2009 by Lindsey Hill
R2i traveled to San Fran late in April to unveil the latest version of their social networking mash up technology, R2i Live, as the focal point of the Inbound Marketing Summit 2009 Conference. Assigned the aptly named moniker “Smash”, short for social mash up, R2i SMASH provides a robust and friendly environment which integrates the popular heavyweight social networking capabilities of Twitter, Flickr, text messaging, mobile video, Ustream, webcasting and multimedia messaging.
Read More »Tags: CMS backend, Flickr, Inbound Marketing Summit 2009 Conference, mobile video, multimedia messaging, open source frameworks, R2i Live, R2i SMASH, social networking, text messaging, Twitter, Ustream, webcasting
Categories: R2integrated News
Apr.24, 2009 by BrookeWarner
I have an unlimited appetite for media and information. Frankly, I’m known to gorge on a regular basis to the consternation of my friends, family and employers. Luckily, it’s also my field so I’m given some grace. But the variety of new social tools and their ability to bring me new info in infinite new ways is not helping in my quest for personal pacing. In fact, it’s a downright smorgasbord: “Ma’am, will you have that in 140 characters or would you prefer it in a 5 part quiz on the Former Queens of Ancient Egypt You Most Admire on Tuesdays?” Let me state for the record, I stay as far away from Twitter as I can. For anyone with strong political opinions, challenged impulse control and strong verbal compulsive tendencies, Twitter is not the best tool for winning friends and influencing people. Trust me. I’m drawn to it like a magnet to metal.
Read More »Tags: Brooke Warner, Facebook, Facebook Evangelist, personalization, personalize, social media, Twitter
Categories: Social
Apr.23, 2009 by LoriUlloa
Social Media has changed the way that the world largely communicates. Advances in social website technology now allow users to keep up with individuals and groups on a more intimate level that they may not have had the ability to stay connected to in the past.
Read More »Tags: blogosphere, Blurb, Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, lori ulloa, MeetUp, MySpace, Personas, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube
Categories: Content Management, Open Source, Social
Mar.20, 2009 by Debbie White
So while the world focuses on joining the Twitter universe, the new Facebook changes seem to have flown under the radar. Has anyone else noticed that Facebook buttons now have rounded edges? What about the new home page format to the “publisher”? Can you remember how the business pages used to look?
Read More »Tags: Business pages, Facebook, Twitter
Categories: Social