Occupy May Day’s Seattle casualties included Niketown, American Apparel, Verizon Wireless and Wells Fargo. A handful of black-clad protesters attacked storefronts throughout The Emerald City during Tuesday’s demonstration. Hardest hit was Belltown, a shopping district near the southern shore of Lake Union. Members of the so-called ‘Black Bloc’ threw rocks, shot paintballs and instigated conflict with armed SPD officers. Then,... Read More
Here are four quick tips to help make your links a little more search engine-friendly: 1. Keyword-Rich Anchor Text When linking, use keyword-rich anchor text. It is widely accepted that using keyword-rich anchor text for links improves search engine ranking. It also helps visitors understand what to expect from a link in one of your articles or pages, helping to increase... Read More
Men and women across New York City awoke on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 to two SMS messages on their cell phones. These messages -- sent through the emergency text message system set up by the movement last fall to defend against the NYPD moving in to uproot the occupation at Zuccotti Park -- went out the night before as a reminder to protesters that the May Day General Strike, the culmination of the movement's spring training efforts, had finally come. Spring had sprung. The time was nigh. The streets weren't going to take to themselves.
If you’d like to really understand what type of content is popular among your audience, take a few minutes to check your social media engagement each week. You will get valuable insight into the types of content and topics that are most popular with your readers, as well as the headlines that work best. What is Topsy? With Topsy.com, you... Read More
Social media is constantly evolving and changing. As a result, understanding and measuring the return-on-investment (ROI) from social media marketing is a challenge. Despite the challenges inherent to understanding and measuring the ROI of social media, 97 percent of companies believe social media marketing benefits their business, according to this infographic created by Column Five. The impact of social media on consumer behavior is nothing short... Read More
The lingerie industry looks like it is back. After the lingerie business saw negative growth during the height of the recession, 2012 lingerie sales are projected to reach $29.23 billion as a result of growth in emerging markets. Brands that effectively use their Facebook page and Timeline design will have a big advantage in many emerging markets. To better understand... Read More
Social Media Chimps was out in Manhattan all day yesterday covering Occupy Wall Street’s May Day General Strike, and we’re currently compiling videos and photos to accompany a longform written piece on the day’s actions, which should be available tomorrow. In the meantime, we thought we’d share this moment from yesterday afternoon, in which the Occupy Guitarmy prepares for its... Read More
As protesters across the United States take part in today’s May Day General Strike, we at Social Media Chimps thought we’d take a look at the relationship between Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring. In the above video, Yale sociology professor Jeffrey Alexander talks about revolution in today’s social media universe. Alexander, author of “Performative Revolution in Egypt,” discusses... Read More
Let’s take a look at the heatmaps below to find out which headline keywords get the most Facebook likes and shares. The heatmaps in this article feature the top headline keywords for some of the technology industry’s top magazines, including Wired, Mashable, TechCrunch, Engadget, Venture Beat and All Things D. If you have a blog covering technology or startups, these heatmaps provide valuable... Read More
Barnes and Noble’s spin-off of the Nook and its college education business into a newly formed subsidiary, and Microsoft’s $300 million investment for 17.6% of the newly-formed subsidiary Newco announced April 30th, 2012 as part of a strategic partnership between Microsoft and B & N, has the potential to not only disrupt the eBook industry but also to change the tablet and publishing... Read More
This is the first installment of Tweets from Last Week, a collection of some of the funniest, cleverest and/or most informed tweets between April 24 and April 30. In this week’s Tweets from Last Week: Comedian Patton Oswalt discusses a late-night appearance that made his decade; Mitt Romney is compared to Godzilla; and Joan Rivers makes a crude comment at... Read More
With a humble beginning dating back to its May 27th, 2003 release as a fork of B2/Cafelog, WordPress has risen to become the most popular content management system (CMS) on the Internet. During their 2011 “State of the Word” address, WordPress reported that 14.7% of the top one million websites in the world used their content management system. They also reported that 22 out of every 100 new active domains in... Read More
In 2011, 96% of Google’s reported $37.9 billion in revenue came from advertising. Let’s take a look at who spent the most money on Google ads that year. The finance and insurance industry spent more money on advertising with Google than any other segment, with spending topping off at $4 billion. This is 30% greater than the second-highest spender, the retailer and merchandising industry (which spent... Read More
Visitors to the island of Hawaiʻi (the ‘Big Island’) find breathtaking volcanoes, lush tropical forests and an established local culture that is tougher to find in the archipelago’s more touristy areas. Unfortunately, the island is also home to Kamilo (Kuh-mee-lo) Point — or as the locals refer to it, ‘rubbish beach’. Though it stretches a mere 500 meters, the beach... Read More
Sometimes you just run out of good ideas for your next blog post and need a little help. Here are six strategies, 33 tips and an infographic that are sure to eliminate your writer’s block and give you new ideas for truly compelling blog posts that your readers will love. 1. Hijack Engaging Brands A great way to get people’s... Read More