SXC Digital News, June 11th, 2012
Posted by: Sean X on: June 11, 2012
This was the last SXC DIGITAL NEWS post.
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Sexy Digital News reports the most useful and interesting stories I have culled from the web on digital media, business and the future of marketing and advertising.
This weeks installment brings you a wide selection; from QR Codes as art, and the Future of Advertising, to how women are changing the tech world, and an inspirational video from Buddy Media’s CEO that you cannot miss.
Facebook Launches First Mobile Ad Product
mashable.com – Marketers can now buy Facebook Sponsored Stories for the News Feed – both on the desktop and on mobile devices. Facebook’s first mobile ad product is a significant move for the company. Since filing for an initial public…
Painted QR Code Shows the Beauty Behind the Trend
mashable.com – Yiying Lu – the Australian-based artist famous for creating the iconic Twitter whale logo – has released a video of her latest art project, painting QR codes into plant life.
The Future of Ads: Mobile Will Crush Display, and Games Could Crush Them All
theatlantic.com – By some measures, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are ABC, NBC, and CBS circa 1964. That makes Zynga ESPN in 1992.
L.A. tech scene is on the map (literally)
latimes.com – Tech start-ups and accelerator programs have been popping up all over Los Angeles and Santa Monica recently, and now there’s a map for that.
A More Social Email
socialmediatoday.com – Email marketing has long been the staple of digital marketers and online entrepreneurs. It is a marketing channel that, despite the stigma placed on it by spamming, phishing and other undesirable marketing tactics, remains a…
How to Rate Social Media Loyalty Strategies for Crisis Prevention
socialmediatoday.com – Engagement. It’s the bull’s eye of all social media strategies. We all strive to achieve it. We all want to understand how to segment content to foster it. But are all engagement strategies created equal?
Buddy Media CEO Makes Unforgettable ‘We Got Bought’ Video
mashable.com – Buddy Media is not a brand most consumers would recognize, but in the halls of social media and marketing, it’s a king. It connects major brands with their customers throughout all the major social media networks. Now, thanks…
How women are changing the tech world
usatoday.com – Female-led start-ups are on the upswing, thanks in part to the tremendous online purchasing power of…
4 Startups Revolutionizing Social Commerce
mashable.com – Michoel is Director of Platform and Product Strategy at Big Fuel, a social media agency. He is also an adviser at Social iQ Networks and VideoGenie and a frequent speaker at social media technology conferences and events. You…
5 location-based tools for non-local brands
imediaconnection.com – If your brand isn’t local, it’s impersonal. But don’t worry; you can fix that. The fact is that every brand is connected to a physical location in some way. It could be through the history of the brand, products associated with…
5 Ways Social Media Is Revolutionizing Talent Acquisition
mashable.com – Sajjad Masud is co-founder & CEO of Simplicant, a cloud-based social recruiting platform transforming talent acquisition and making enterprise-level recruiting technology accessible to companies of all sizes. Connect with…
50 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
mashable.com – Maybe you were busy this week scheduling all of your Facebook posts with the new scheduling feature, or maybe you were just trying to figure out how the heck it works. For whatever reason you couldn’t keep up with everything on…
Facebook Explores Access for Younger Kids
online.wsj.com – Facebook Inc. is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the social-networking site under parental supervision.






















