Online fundraising campaigns have the reputation for being successful in the social media world without any of that success actually translating to physical donations. That’s not the case with the current Haiti relief efforts. Read below for a few of the initiatives taking place that harness user-generated sites to raise real money for Haiti. (more…)
General Motors Canada is doing its part to get into the Olympic spirit and has just launched a user-generated content (UGC) contest to get fans involved, even if they can’t make it to Vancouver. Over the course of the Winter Games GM wants fans to express their cheer and send well wishes to Team Canada through GMCheer. (more…)
A new Twitter storm reporting program now uses Geotagging to allow the National Weather Service (NWS) to monitor the weather through your tweets.
Geotagging allows users who opt-in to Geotag their tweets with their exact location. To enable Geotagging, users must click the “enable geolocation” option, found in the Account tab of the Settings option in their Twitter account.
Geotagging does not change the appearance of tweets on Twitter.com, but third party API developers can take advantage of the information to create APIs such as the one described in this post. (more…)
Do you want a free download of Pearl Jam’s new single? You can have it, but you have to tweet about it first. Pearl Jam is using the digital media house Culture Jam’s Twitter application to trade tweets for an iTunes download of their single “Just Breathe”. (more…)
H&R Block is taking a leap into the social media field. To file their 2009 taxes Americans can take advantage of the 1000 H&R tax-professionals who are trolling the cyberwaves, employed to answer tax related questions. (more…)
This past Christmas LightInTheBox.com released a new program called TwitVantage aimed exclusively at Twitter users. While preparing for the holiday’s and ensuring gifts are delivered on-time can usually be a big stress, LightInTheBox.com allowed Twitter users faster order fulfillment. (more…)
Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams announced this past week that the microblogging company has recently acquired Mixer Labs, creator of the GeoAPI after launching its geotagging API with support from several of the top Twitter clients last month. (more…)
Nikon has kicked off a new user-generated content (UGC) film festival with the help of actor Ashton Kutcher and the popularity he has inspired among the microblogging service Twitter to launch new promotions. (more…)
When I first encountered Twitter during a presentation during the last year of my education in the field of public relations, I have to admit that I wasn’t sure how short status updates were going to change how the world does business and connects with others. (more…)
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