Most who give advice about Digg say that the fastest way to get to the front page is by being active, picking out the right friends, digging all of their submissions, and waiting until they add you back. Once you have enough friends, look for strong content to submit and VOILA! you hit. For most, this is the most valid plan. It can take time and effort, but it’s possible to take an account that isn’t very old and get it to the front page within a couple of weeks.  There is another... Read Full Story

The debate has been raging since before Barack Obama or Ashton Kutcher had even heard of Twitter.  Is it better to join the “race for size” on Twitter or is quality of engagement the goal?  There are many easy answers to this question and a handful of tough answers. Let’s keep it easy at first. It’s in the tough answers that we can truly find the answer, so we’ll save that for the end. Twitter Followers Debate – The Easy Answers “Twitter is not a pop... Read Full Story

It was scheduled for an hour and went a bit over, but pound for pound it seems to have been a success.  Feedback was positive, LOL’s filled the chat, and millions of viewers gave it an A+ rating. 2 out of 3 of those statements were true – can you figure out which one? * * * Find out more about Social Media on this blog. Read Full Story

It was scheduled for an hour and went a bit over, but pound for pound it seems to have been a success.  Feedback was positive, LOL’s filled the chat, and millions of viewers gave it an A+ rating. 2 out of 3 of those statements were true – can you figure out which one? * * * Find out more about Social Media on this blog. Read Full Story

The excitement is building. The anticipation grows. The swords are drawn and rotten tomatoes are present in their most glorious state of foulness. Will the first official episode of “The Social Blade Show” meet its expectations? Pat, Erin, Victor, and I had a nice dry run at it last week, but this will be the first official airing of The Social Blade Show (7pm PST). It’s goal – to cover the social media sphere in an entertaining manner that will be both enlightening a... Read Full Story

This job listing was first noticed by Center Networks.  Best Buy, listed by Mashable as one of the 40 Best Twitter Brands, fell short in their understanding of the Twitter phenomenon. (more…) Read Full Story

In 1985, John Hughes wrote and directed The Breakfast Club. It helped push the careers of five rising stars to achieve relative success. These members of The Brat Pack were quoted, emulated, and launched into the yearly playing schedule on TBS 24 years after the film was made. In this era of unoriginality in Hollywood, they really should considered making a new version that takes everything about the movie a little closer to the edge. Why? Why not? Claire Standish – The Princess Whil... Read Full Story

As Digg works to perfect its service and enhance one of it’s latest features, the Diggbar, they have re-added a nice component that was taken down shortly after launch: view counts. Well, they’ve sort of brought it back. Looks like it’s still in beta or development or something because as of right now, the counts are way off. (more…) Read Full Story

A few months ago we covered some of the updates that Digg had made to help prevent duplicated submissions. Now, Digg has (hopefully) lived up to its promise of combating the dupe problem once and for all. In their blog post today, Digg announced that they are going to use some of the technology that they developed in their improved search function to find stories that are either the exact same story fromt he same site with different URLs or similar stories from different sources that are basi... Read Full Story

A few months ago we covered some of the updates that Digg had made to help prevent duplicated submissions. Now, Digg has (hopefully) lived up to its promise of combating the dupe problem once and for all. In their blog post today, Digg announced that they are going to use some of the technology that they developed in their improved search function to find stories that are either the exact same story fromt he same site with different URLs or similar stories from different sources that are basi... Read Full Story